Tim Connors, TESS 130 The other day I went to the market. This was the conversation that unfolded. Seller: Hello! Me: Hello! Customer: Who is that? There is a foreigner here? Who […]
A Landscape View
Peace Corps Thailand Magazine
Peace Corps Thailand Volunteer Magazine is an online quarterly published by active Peace Corps Volunteers.
Being Bai Dtong
Zari Havercome, 130 YinD It has been a year since I wrote Becoming Bai Dtong for Sticky Rice articulating my experience being welcomed by Thailand and finding pride in my Thai nickname, […]
A Big Gay Peace Corps Spiritual Journey
Michael Marano, 129 TESS A Big Gay Spiritual Journey A story of strength, peace, belonging, healing, pride, freedom, forgiveness, and acceptance. I love you, but… I sat in the church I had […]
APAHM: The Other
The following article is part of a series dedicated towards celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM). Nhi Le, 130 TESS There is no getting over the feeling of “otherness” for an […]
PSDN: Integration & Identity
During PST131 (pre-service training), representatives from the Peer Support & Diversity Network (PSDN) polled Group 131 trainees about questions they had related to integration and identity. PSDN compiled these and presented them […]
APAHM: The Satisfactory Explanation
The following article is part of a series dedicated towards celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM). Poonam Benakatti, 130 YinD There’s a requisite elevator speech that every Asian American serving in […]
Group 131: A Diagnosis
Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD I should have known. I should have known when it took a group of 15 trainees 45 minutes to determine who was going to visit which school. There […]
Lumos: Remember to Turn on the Light
“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light.” — Albus Dumbledore, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J. K. Rowling […]
APAHM: Finding Familiarity in Funerals
The following article is part of a series dedicated towards celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM). Sachi Taniguchi, 131 YinD I think I feel most at home in Thailand when I’m […]
The Story of Momeo & Psiliet
Psian Avilés, 130 YinD If 472 days ago (thank you Lucy) you had asked me what I thought love was, I would have concocted the gay cliché version of Romeo & Juliet. […]
Journal Entry: Rain
Kevin Lentz, 131 YinD April 17th I was laying under my mosquito net trying not to sweat in the 91-degree heat when I heard raindrops tapping heavily on the metal roof. I […]
APAHM: Learning my ABCs
The following article is part of a series dedicated towards celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (APAHM). Lucy Zhao, 130 YinD To be completely honest, I didn’t want to volunteer in Thailand. […]
My Love in the Peace Corps
Daylisha Reid, 130 YinD A few months ago, I was thinking of a clever Sticky Rice Magazine theme and it dawned on me: “Finding Love in The Peace Corps.” Many people in our […]
On Solitude
Eric Mills, TESS 130 I could not see the moon, though it paced crossed the sky, But I knew it was bright, and I knew it was high. Through the holes in […]
Tatted in Thailand: Elizabeth, Spencer, & Lucy
Larissa Delgado, 130 YinD During Group 130’s Reconnect Conference in 2018, many of us decided on getting tattoos. Prior to that week, I also heard of Group 129 volunteers who got tattooed […]
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