
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]