Yaneth “Janet” Peña, 130 YinD I once asked a friend if she felt her Peace Corps service had gone by quickly. She said: “the days are long but the months fly by.” […]
My Hardest Goodbye
Bpuat Naa Fai
Tim Connors, 130 TESS It was on the second day of the funeral that my Paw-aw (director) asked me to bpuat for Paw Gam Nan. I would bpuat naa fai: meaning I’d […]
Plai Ruaa
Neil Pickus, 131 YinD July 2019 was perhaps the most transient and fleeting month of my life so far. I was in and out (mostly out) of my “regular” life at site, […]
An Ode to the Host Family that Loved Me
Caitlin Navratil, 131 YinD I wrote and re-wrote this post three different times. The first time, it was too wordy – more like a memoir, not an ode. The second time, it […]
665 days, 16 hours, 16 minutes, and 16 seconds
Alex Khan, 127 YinD “There’s a thin line between love and hate.” You may have heard of the song. Back in the day these lyrics didn’t have much meaning, but boy, would […]
Family
Alex Khan, 127 YinD Living with a host family is everything you can imagine and more. Its filled with awkward dinners, love, confusion, and of course lots of rice! Hi there! My […]
MTV Cribs Thailand Style #IssanEdition
Alex Khan, 127 As Peace Corps Volunteers we often wonder what site life is like for others. How fast the wifi is or how cold your AC gets in the summer (Cheesy joke…drum […]
Inner Circles
Jordan Limoges, Ukraine 46 My host dad during PST in Ukraine was exactly the kind of stereotypical Eastern European man you imagine when someone says “Vladimir Putin”, except his name was Nikolay. A big, […]
Meet Interim Country Director, Ken Puvak!
Carissa Sutter, 126 Interim Country Director Ken Puvak Education 1979 Political Science Bachelors Degree from Penn State University 1984 Masters degree in Government Administration from the University of Pennsylvania Peace Corps Experience […]
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