Sunday, February 28, 2010

My first Peace Corps blog posting!

Hello Hello Hello...

This is my first posting of my Peace Corps service. As you can see I have posted an approximate timeline of my fun, often aggravating Peace Corps application process! As of right now I am just waiting on my invitation which will hopefully will come soon. There is not much else I have to do until then, unless my placement officer needs something.

I have already started to get things together, but most of all I have been doing a lot of research, and seeing what other people are going through on their own path to Peace Corps. From a lot of things people are writing, it seems that I am right on course for my invitation but its just a matter of not ripping my hair out in the mean time. I have also been talking to some people who said Peace Corps actually does this whole waiting game on purpose, not hearing from them for long periods of time is a test, because if you can't wait two month to hear back then you wont be able to survive in the Peace Corps. But be rest assured things are going to work out.

In the mean time I have been pouring over the Internet trying to figure out where I am going. Its a little conflicting because from what I have been able to figure out I should be going to Malawi. However, my friend who left for Zambia has this magical power of Peace Corps and was able to predict his posting two years before he left, and he says that I will be going to Namibia. My dad also thinks this because of some random conversations with people that involved PCV's who were posted in Namibia... So what am I to think... hmmmm

well back to scouring the Internet for Peace Corps.

-J