This is a series in which I describe a typical Tuesday during our Peace Corps service. This will give you an idea of what we do on an average day – sometimes exciting and sometimes mundane. Tuesday, September 18, 2018:…
Travel Day: Philadelphia, USA to Harhoura, Morocco (September 11, 2018)
I left off in the previous post with the conclusion of our staging day in Philadelphia. Despite getting just three hours’ sleep the previous night (I woke up at 3:30am to leave Bay City), we loaded the buses at 11:30pm…
Staging Day
For any Peace Corps program, the group of invitees will gather in a city within the USA for a “staging” day. The purpose of this day appears to serve two goals: one is to gather everyone ahead of time so…
Applying to the Peace Corps: Invitee Tasks
This is part of a series in which I’ll describe our experience applying to the Peace Corps. It took 17 months from our initial contact with a recruiter to when we departed and there was a multitude of tasks involved,…
Applying to the Peace Corps: Legal and Medical Clearance
This is part of a series in which I’ll describe our experience applying to the Peace Corps. It took 17 months from our initial contact with a recruiter to when we departed and there was a multitude of tasks involved,…
Applying to the Peace Corps: Application and Interviews
This is part of a series in which I’ll describe our experience applying to the Peace Corps. It took 17 months from our initial contact with a recruiter to when we departed and there was a multitude of tasks involved,…
Applying to the Peace Corps: Timeline
This is part of a series in which I’ll describe our experience applying to the Peace Corps. It took 17 months from our initial contact with a recruiter to when we departed and there was a multitude of tasks involved,…
Life Update: April 2018
Some of you may be wondering where we have disappeared to, seeing as how I haven’t published a blog post in three long months. There’s no good excuse – I’ve had the time, so don’t have a good reason as…
Interview with a PCV (Peace Corps Volunteer)
We have spent the past two weeks in Puerto Lopez, Ecuador. The reason for coming here was to visit a friend and former colleague, Devin, who is serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV). During the past two weeks, I…