Hey everyone! Hope things are going well in the states! Today is my last day of Peace Corps! I am offically an RPCV, which means returned peace corps volunteer. I survived the two hardest years of my life. The hardest being leaving my host family. Leaving the community, though a bit stressful, was fine. Throw a few parties, lunches, buy some bottle openers with my face on it, no problem! Debate whether I should take the Hello Kitty stuffed animal or the huge...

Hey everyone, I hope things are well in the states. Here, things have been better. Last weekend, we held a leadership camp for boys in high school, which went well, in Lunahuana in Lima. The boys had a blast, learning about goals and how to achieve them, sexual health, and first aid. The firefighters and our Peace Corps doctors came to speak. We played soccer, football, ultimate Frisbee, and a little rugby (just the two of us who knew how to play). Bu...

Hey Everyone! Hope you are well in the states. Peru 14, my group in Peace Corps, held its Close of Service Conference, our last opportunity to be all together. Most of these people, probably 30 of the 50 of us who finished our service, I will never see again. 20 of which I will see less frequently in the states, but hopefully keep in contact via internet and phone calls. (The picture is of Peru 14 who completed service) The Conference itself was not as sad a...

Hey all, I hope things are going well in the states. In my remaining 2 months of Peace Corps, we volunteers are bombarded by the one thing government agencies are known for…..paper work. I have to fill out a DOS, VRF, IF, etc…all acronyms for the same thing, which is reporting the things I have done in my site, to show that peace corps is really worth investing in. I was filling out one of these reports, when it finally hit me. I will be leaving in two ...

Hey everyone! So, things that seemed weird when I first got to my humble site of La Venta no longer surprise me. For instance, finding a hair in every meal. Yesterday, while building a pour-flush bathroom for a family in my site, a 5 year old child, in first grade, came home from school and watched us build this bathroom. Which is what all kids do, but then he started critiquing our mortar and building techniques. He collected all of the fallen mortar and bu...