Alison Reenock, 131 TESS Please allow me to introduce my Girl Squad here at Ban Hinlubsilamongkol School in Nong Bua Lamphu, Thailand. There are 17 teachers in total at my school, 13 […]
Puu-Ying Power: Alison’s Site
And I Was Running!
Shannon Murphy Berrios, 131 TESS If there is one quote from a movie I love, it would have to be Forrest Gump’s Alabama clad accent saying proudly, “And I was running!” as […]
Facing Your Waterbugs
Larissa Delgado, 130 YinD First night: I innocently open the door to my second floor bathroom. Yes second floor, I lucked out and live in a spacious bougie two floor home […]
Healthy Living: Social Media
Bianca Henao, 131 TESS Social media consumes much of our daily lives. If you think this doesn’t pertain to you, take a look at your screen time reports. Being in a country […]
A Peace Corps Collection
Writing and artwork by Natalie Heinitz, 131 YinD I wrote a while ago that cultural integration is like letting a wave wash over your face, pulling your hair towards the shore, digging […]
On Living In The Rainforest
Halli Benson, 130 TESS A week before site placement, we were in a training session when we heard the soft “shh” grow to a roar, and I wondered out loud, “What’s that […]
On Finding Gratitude
Bianca Henao, 131 TESS Pure bliss. That’s what I’ve felt all day today. November 28, 2019. It’s Thanksgiving Day. My family and friends are celebrating halfway around the world without me. But, […]
Here’s to the (Thai) Women
Ali Talwar, 130 TESS My service has been largely dominated with the love from many amazing Thai women. These women do more for me than I could ever thank them for, and […]
On Belonging
Natalie Garro, 129 TESS Sunday, August 25th, 2019 I think an unintended, unconscious consequence of never feeling like I fit in anywhere was, perhaps, the freedom to evolve however I wanted. I’ve […]
Yá’át’ééh Shí Eí Joely Allen Yinishyé (Hello, My Name is Joely Allen)
Joely Allen, 131 YinD Yá’át’ééh shí eí Joely Allen yinishyé. Ákót’éego Diné asdzáán nishłį (Hello, my name is Joely Allen and I am a Navajo woman.) It’s nine days into Níłtch’its’ósí (November) […]
I Am Most Thankful For…
Happy Thanksgiving! Today, a few 130 and 131 PCVs reflect on what they are most thankful for… I am thankful for the magic that is chaos. I am thankful for all these […]
The Family I’ll Never Have Again
Emily Maginnis, 131 TESS Mom doesn’t answer my calls, Then I remember the time and stop trying. I ask Dad about his day, The details are many but I only catch some. […]
Thank You, Khun Anuwat
For the past six years, Khun Anuwat has served as the Program Assistant for the Youth in Development (YinD) program. Staff, PCVs and RPCVs would like to say thank you to Khun […]
There’s a Free Breakfast at the Heartbreak Hotel on Khaosan
Anonymous Are you really a PCV if you’ve never cried on a late-night bus ride? Never felt tears trace your stress-creased face falling, speckling, seeding the rice fields over […]
Healthy Living: Ashley’s Yoga Retreat
Bianca Henao, 131 TESS Bpit term: the month-long break for Peace Corps Thailand volunteers that occurs twice a year and sends us just about anywhere. Most of us take advantage of the […]
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