I recently returned from a fairly short trip back to Moldova to visit my host family. I spent about a week in my village. I arrived just over a year after I left Moldova at the end of my 2-year Peace Corps service there. I was blessed with cooler-than-normal summer temperatures (so thankful! a few … Continue reading Going Home (to Moldova)
I'm sure we all say this most years, but wow! What a year 2018 has been! Before we leap into 2019, I thought I had better wrap up 2018 with some of my top memories from the past year (in years past I've limited myself to 20 or so, but there were so many great … Continue reading Top Memories of 2018
I was awoken at 2:30 in the morning last night to an earthquake. This morning, I found out the epicenter was in Romania, and it was a 5.5 earthquake. The room shook pretty good, but nothing in my room fell at all. And it was pitch black, so I wasn't able to see anything. I … Continue reading Life Lately in Moldova
I'm finally past the two-weeks-until-Peace-Corps-staging point. In just a week and a half, I'll be heading to Philadelphia for staging. Staging is a 2-3 days of training that occurs in the United States before you depart to your country of service. In other words, staging is the point at which you say goodbye to all … Continue reading Less Than Two Weeks…
Hello everyone! I hope the weather is nice in your corner of the world and that you've had a good weekend! Here are some random tidbits from my life: 1) I went to Rochester, NY for the weekend to visit one of my best friends from high school. It was a fun weekend- we went … Continue reading Random Tidbits
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