All Things Peace Corps
Discover my adventures as a Peace Corps volunteer in Armenia (older blog posts from Thailand, Mongolia, and Nepal). Follow along for pictures, stories, and what it’s like living in a rural mountain village in Armenia. Learn about the projects I do, the people I meet, and my daily life as a teacher and volunteer.
I was a VIP invited to the women’s association shop grand opening. On the highway, they decided to sell local handicrafts as well as a regular mini-mart. Smart!
Women’s Association Shop Grand Opening Party Read MoreA “wat” is a Buddhist temple complex. On this day, one of the English teachers, Sompong, invited me to join his family at the wat for one of the ceremonies.
My first official visit to the Wat Read MoreToday was graduation day for the 9th graders, 6 girls and 7 boys. They are given a copy of their transcripts. No parents, just the students and the faculty.
Graduation Day for the 9th graders at our school Read MoreI went to Sport Day at the subdistrict administration offices with my co-teachers, Sompong. Each of the villages were in the parade and Sompong was a judge.
You can’t have a Sport Day without a parade! Read MoreAfter swearing in in the morning, it was moving day with my principle and co-teacher. We drove 7-hours to the O-Lo subdistrict in northwestern Chaiyaphum.
It’s Moving Day to my new home in Chaiyaphum Read MoreMarch 19th was our swearing-in ceremony where I became a Peace Corps Volunteer in Thailand for the next 2 years. The ceremony was covered by the local news.
Peace Corps Thailand 126 Swearing-In Ceremony was Awesome! Read MoreAll the host families in Bang Yai threw a Going Away party for the volunteers that they hosted for the last 8-weeks. Fun but sad too because of the goodbyes.
Bang Yai Families Threw Us a Going Away Party Read MoreCarter wrote a beautiful song that group 126 sang to our language teachers, the PC staff and the managers for all they have done for us during our Training.
A beautiful song to our teachers and the PC staff Read MoreWe found out where we are being sent for the next two years. My site assignment is in Chaiyaphum in north-central Thailand.
My Site Assignment is in North Central Thailand Read MoreMy host family took me, Kailei, Angela and Lydia to Wat Pa temple, an old temple in Suphan Buri, The locals call it “Wat Pa”, which means to Temple of Forest.
Went to see the 800-year-old Wat Pa Temple in Suphanburi Read More