McKenzie Paterson and Yaneth Peña Sometimes as Peace Corps Volunteers it feels like we’re powerless in making an impact on the things happening back home in the United States. We read the news, […]
Cat Nightengale, 129 YinD Meditation always sounds like a good idea when I’m stressed out or feeling off, but when I sit down in a “quiet” room, I start to notice how […]
Presented by PSDN (Peer Support Diversity Network) The period following Reconnect, a 10-day training that happens during our 7th month in Thailand, can be rough for many Peace Corps Volunteers. In an effort […]
Caitlin Roman, 128 RPCV Peace Corps Pets. Some of us have em, some of us want em, some of us would ET without them. Whether you’ve gained a furry friend as a […]
Kaori Cierra Alonso Yamamoto, 129 TESS January 1st, 2017 (New Year’s day) and only 4 days before Peace Corps staging, my boyfriend of 8 years proposed to me. I was thrown off, […]
Barbara Allen, 129 TESS Things I am learning in my Thai ladies aerobics class: The distinction between humility and shame. I think it starts with the clothes. Here, they are sort of […]
Christalynn Hamer, 130 TESS The best days are the imperfect ones. The ones where you’ve had enough egg on your face to make a couple servings of kai giao; the ones where […]
Clarence Say, 129 TESS All quotes in italics are taken from The Courage to Teach by Parker J. Palmer. As a student, I was in too many classrooms riddled with fear, the […]
Alex Cotrufello, 129 YinD Hello, readers. I suspect most of you taking the time to read this article are currently serving as volunteers in Thailand, we’ve probably already talked about this topic […]
Josh Kaufmann, RPCV Group 128 During the last few months of my service I began working with a brilliant teacher who encouraged me to put into action a final project that had […]
Daylisha Reid, 130 YinD Always say yes! It goes hand and hand with our Peace Corps Volunteer Community Integration Goal. Asked to attend a community event? Say yes! Asked to go […]
Audrey Ardine, 129 TESS Rewind to about a year ago when I was still in training. I heard about all the downtime volunteers would have at site and I told myself it […]
Peace Corps Thailand Group 129 This quarter our staff voted on the theme, “What have you learned from Peace Corps?” We reached out to all 49 volunteers of Group 129 and asked […]
Tiffany Fitzgerald, 129 TCCS Tis the season of Songkran. I remember being fresh into site in Satun and not quite anticipating a whole lot of celebration (my site is predominately Muslim) but […]
Kayla McCabe, 129 YinD Well, April is here. Depending on where you are in your service this either means bpit term and the chance to travel or your first full month at […]
