While on vacation, I received two emails from Pam Kingpetcharat. Pam is a current Information Technology volunteer in Guyana and will be training me in the next few months. Pam has been kind enough to share many of the pleasantries and discomforts that go along with being a Peace Corps volunteer — much like I …
Monthly Archives: May 2002
Peace Corps logo can be used for stories about the Peace Corps
Shortly before departing for Hawaii, I received the following email from Rita Jimenez, the country desk officer for the South American department of the Peace Corps. — “Jimenez, Rita” wrote: From: “Jimenez, Rita” To: ‘[email protected]’ CC: “Frola, Kimberly”,”Myers, Amber”, “Brown, Earl” Subject: Web site Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 16:30:10 ?0400 Hello Jason, Hope things …
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Urgent voice mail messages from the Peace Corps
We’ve returned safely from our Hawaiian vacation and are quite tired. The trip, however, was great. I hope to have the time to create an online summary of our trip before I depart for Guyana, but it is unlikely. There is so much to do. For starters, my personal list serve had been sending daily …
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Lava, helicopter, submarine, scuba diving
The family and I are wrapping up our last full day in Maui. In the last week, we have visited several volcano craters, seen flowing lava, flown in a helicopter, dove in a submarine, gone snorkeling, and went scuba diving. Tomorrow, we all fly back to the real world. Except for me, who will fly …
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Dinner with Katherine Occhipiuti, a RPCV
Tonight I had dinner with Katherine Occhipiuti. Katherine was a Peace Corps volunteer who actually served in Georgetown, Guyana. She has been back almost two years and said that she had a wonderful experience. Someone at dad’s office is a good friend with her, which is how we made the connection. Katherine was very helpful. …