Category: 10 years ago, peace corps throwback
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(a) Teacher/School Personnel
it’s tough to have to share my thoughts about teenage pregnancy. but this happens in the world, especially in the village. this is a blog post that i originally wrote and posted on 28 april 2009. it follows my journal entry i posted a few days ago. I feel like I need to share the…
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a journal entry: 28 april 2009
still at the changes2 workshop. it’s going alright but it seems to be dragging out a lot these last few days. brittany is back from vacation. she had a crazy but fun time. when i saw her, she looked like she had relaxed, a LOT! so i’m feeling a lot more comfortable with the idea…
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a journal entry: 28 april 2009
as an education peace corps volunteer, we would support organizations with trainings. it was really great experience. but i also found some tough stuff too.
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a journal entry: 11-13 april 2009
easter is almost here, and you’ll wanna stick around to read about my hilarious easter egg hunt in the village.
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a journal entry: 11-13 april 2009
phew! a lot of things happen in these journal entries, and a few require a bit of background that i haven’t written about before. i got ringworm. me, kim and brittany had gone to the mission in kalomo to visit, stay overnight, drink good coffee and help in the orphanage. and i suspect one of…
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a letter: 2 april 2009
i wrote so many letters while i was in peace corps i think i single handedly kept the mail service in business!
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a letter: 2 april 2009
while i was in peace corps, i journaled a lot. but i also wrote a TON of letters. and my mom and dad (and a few friends) kept these and gave them to me when i came back to the us. i haven’t read or gone through them until now! enjoy this letter from me…
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a journal entry: 17 march 2009
after a lot of medical tests and discussions, guess what? the peace corps nurses said i had allergies. imagine! but they also said that i could move back to my house in the village and work to cement the walls, put up plastic as a drop down ‘roof’ between me and the thatch and add…
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a journal entry: 17 march 2009
after a lot of medical tests and discussions, guess what? the peace corps nurses said i had allergies. imagine! but they also said that i could move back to my house in the village! i need to cement the walls and add more windows for ventilation. i also need to put up plastic between my…
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a house tour
enjoy video tours of my mud hut in the middle of the zambian bush!
carefree christa 