welcome to the family.
Each year Peace Corps Vanuatu receives a new group of volunteers. I had the privilege of hosting two of the new volunteers, Monica and Joel, in my village for a week to show them the ropes in an important part of training called the "host volunteer visit". It was a pleasure to show them around Ambae and I think they gleaned a fair amount of bush survival skills from their stay, including but not limited to- what to do when you find mosquito larva hanging out in your water bottle, how to get a bunch of pre teens to pay attention in class, how to make 'pad thai' out of ramen noodles, peanut butter and hot sauce, how to "wash" clothes in a bucket, how to procure more fresh fruit from your village than you could ever hope to eat in this lifetime, and so on.
Congratulations to Joel and Monica for making it through pre service training, I'm sure they're both going to rock their new sites- Joel on North Ambae and Monica on her very own island, Buniga, in the Shepard Islands.
Photos from "site announcements" (the very important last leg of the pre service training journey where everyone learns where they're going for the next two years), the swearing in ceremony, and other such shenanigans...
aaaaanddd Ambae gets 3! Welcome to island, boys.
The ambassador for Papau New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
The oath of service; which I just found out is the same one the president takes. Oh, the responsibility.
Special shout out to my new friend, Carlie. We talked briefly on the interweb before her touchdown in Vanuatu because she stumbled upon this very same blog. We have a lot of common goals regarding work, plus a lot in common, period, and it was great to finally meet her. The island of Epi isn't gonna know what hit it. Follow her here --->
http://congdoncarlie.blogspot.com
Parrot on the bar? Only in Vanuatu.
The Obama nakamal; can't think of many places more fit for celebrating.
God bless America.
Welcome to the family, yufala evri wan. It's gonna be a good year.
Congratulations to Joel and Monica for making it through pre service training, I'm sure they're both going to rock their new sites- Joel on North Ambae and Monica on her very own island, Buniga, in the Shepard Islands.
Photos from "site announcements" (the very important last leg of the pre service training journey where everyone learns where they're going for the next two years), the swearing in ceremony, and other such shenanigans...
aaaaanddd Ambae gets 3! Welcome to island, boys.
The ambassador for Papau New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
The oath of service; which I just found out is the same one the president takes. Oh, the responsibility.
Special shout out to my new friend, Carlie. We talked briefly on the interweb before her touchdown in Vanuatu because she stumbled upon this very same blog. We have a lot of common goals regarding work, plus a lot in common, period, and it was great to finally meet her. The island of Epi isn't gonna know what hit it. Follow her here --->
http://congdoncarlie.blogspot.com
Parrot on the bar? Only in Vanuatu.
The Obama nakamal; can't think of many places more fit for celebrating.
God bless America.
Welcome to the family, yufala evri wan. It's gonna be a good year.
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