christophdz

I don’t want to answer a lot of questions about what went on, so I will pass on to all of you how we stayed in contact while overseas: blogspot.
mine was:
www.chrisjamieburkina.blogspot.com

a friend who is still there:
http://lizjordan.blogspot.com/

There are so many of us departing in the next two months. I am wondering how the rest of you are doing with packing lists and preparations for storing your stuff.
It was pretty easy to find other online groups dedicated to countries of assignment, and joining them really helped me prepare for the next, more specific steps.
It makes the whole experience so much less mysterious, to be able to contact the other people who will be going to the country with you and chatting about which books to bring, what tent to buy, what sort of charging system you need, etc. If you haven’t found your group yet, do a search on Yahoo Groups, or create one yourself and post it here.
If no-one else has told you, Chaco’s are 50% off for Peace corps volunteers, and Cascade Designs gives us a pro-discount. you have to contact the companies directly, friends@cascadedesigns.com…. not sure how to ask for the Chaco deal though…

Hello all my friends,
We have turned in our aspiration statements, resumes, passport and visa applications, and it truly seems that all the requirements have been met. Now we wait again.
We have worked out storage issues with my in-laws and I have to sell my wonderful Passat. The cats have a possible home, and we are very worried about their futures, maybe more than our own at this point.
I get to turn an upcoming business trip into a visit to my family in Arkansas to say good-bye and see their cocmplete puzzlement at my decision to go to Africa. They, mostly, cannot fathom the reason for leaving a good job and comfort for the very ideal of poverty. They are relatively poor in my family..
I have one question still: should we bring up a recent non-health impacting visit to the dermatologist? We get scared by the line in our invitation letters saying that non-disclosure, as confirmed by the FBI, will be punished by dismissal from the Peace Corps. The matter seems trivial but…
I have appreciated this site during the months of uncertainty. Funny, but now that the uncertainty is past, I don’t feel the need to come here anymore? Anyone else experience this?