Category: Peace Corps
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Arriving in Gleno with our Host families
Today was our drive to Gleno to meet out host families and move in to where we will spend the next 10 weeks of PST (Pre Service Training). Everyone was really nervous on the bus out of Dili, primarily about meeting the host family (the other volunteers thought I looked calm, but on the inside…
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A Week In Dili
This post will be a little short on words and I will let the photos try to tell most of the story. We have been here in the capital, Dili, for almost 1 week. Its been a week of language, culture, security and health training here in a small hotel in the capital. I will…
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Dili here we come!!!
We landed in Bali for a brief 1 night stay. The heat and humidity hit me and once we dragged our bags off the airport bus and into the hotel I was pretty drenched in sweat. But… the other volunteers were in high spirits even though the travels had made us tired. It’s funny, but…
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Leaving for Taipei
So,.. on the bus with the full crew. 16 of us. Everyone is super excited. We’re heading from our staging hotel in San Francisco to SFO for our flight to Taipei and then Bali. The last couple of days have been orientation/staging at the hotel in San Francisco . It’s been Informative and Britany was…
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Why Volunteering And Timor-Leste?
I’m writing from Fremont, CA…In an empty apartment (except for a leaking air mattress which needs pumping up every 2hrs 😂)…car sold…furniture in storage… I’m leaving tomorrow to meet the other Timor-Leste Volunteers for “staging” in San Francisco. This post will be a little poignant and maybe not as “fun” as I plan my future…