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Peace Corps will just have to wait.

I have actually been at site for an entire month. This has been one of the most difficult and rewarding months of my life thus far. I live in a small house on the campus of one of my schools, I am slowly learning how to cook, and I am working on integrating into my community.

Send a letter if you have a chance…

My new addy is

Sarah Schefers
75Mu3 Au Luk Noi
Au Luk Noi
Au Luk 81110 Thailand

I have about two and a half more weeks of training to go. We leave for Bangkok in about ten days, we then have our final week of training there. Then we are all sworn in and then go off to our sites! I am excited and scared and a million other emotions all in one. Wish me luck!

Stupid! Stupid! paperwork!

I leave in three days and….I just got a bill for student loans that were supposed to be defered…I have paperwork that I am supposed to fill out and none of my pens are going through all of the carbon copy layers….I hate paperwork! I hate stupid governmental agencies that have their heads lodged so far up their ass that they couldn’ see straight to save themselves.

I hate paperwork!

i’ve called, accepted. it’s offical. i have joined the peace corps… while i don’t leave until march 4th, i think i can mark this as done.

I leave in 12 days. It is hard to believe the day is almost here. It is something I have thought about, dreamed about, been terrified of….and now…now is it almost here.

Keep your fingers crossed for me as I get ready to leave. Packing and whatnot are not fun. And of course there is the paperwork. What would the peace corps be without all those dead trees.

Write me kids! and I will send you a prezzie!

drum roll please….

i know i just wrote the entry yesterday, but i’ve had a few days to think about the decision.

and it’s a go. after some long drives to think about it, i’ve decided that this is the only time i’m going to have this kind of chance. and while, it is over two years time, and i’ll be leaving a lot behind, i think i’ll gain enough from the experience to make it worth it. i’m sure it’s what i want to do, but with it comes a lot of mixed emotions. a little less than 9 weeks and counting.

i got it in the mail on friday. this is it. now i have to decide. i was offered a position in morocco (how freaking sweet), to do health/sanitation/hygiene program. leaves march 4th, then i’ll be there for a little over two years. i have 10 days from last friday to decide. i’m pretty sure i want to do it, but it’s quite a commitment.

the program i was nominated to (in jan 06) is full. :( now i have to decide what i’m going to do. i talked to my placement officer this morning about my other options… he’s going to call me back at the end of december/beginning of january to discuss specific programs. he wants me to take another spanish class (which makes me want to kill myself.. but…). i told him i would if i was definitely going to go to a latin american country, but i wasn’t sure that i would be willing to spend the time/money otherwise. i’m really disappointed by this development, but things could be worse…

I found my address for when I will be in training. It says it will take about a week for letters from the states. So if anyone wants to send me a birthday card – Feb 1 – that would be great.

Sarah Schefers, PCT
242 Rajvithi Rd
Amphur Dusit
Bangkok 10300 Thailand