El Salvador

I finally received my inviation and will be moving to El Salvador to become a Peace Corps volunteer in the Youth Development program. I am so thankful and excited to go to the country and I am very ready to begin to learn about their culture, language, and assimilate into their society.

I have had many talks with returned Peace Corps volunteers (RPCV) about what sort of expectations one should bring with them to their country.

And I would love to give you my expectations, but I am in Boston and I have to go look at revolutionary author's houses.

Just Waiting To Be Invited

I have heard through friends that are now back from volunteering that the hardest part of the process is being cleared medically. I heard that it was the hardest part about a month ago, and I was cleared in February. Since then I have been waiting to be invited and from the person I talked to yesterday in the legal department I will be receiving my invitation in a week or so.

The main thing I need to do now is take care of some things here and sort of wrap my mind around the reality of this really happening.

I really do not have much more to say except that the next time I write it will probably be about where I will be living and some expectations that I have. For right now I will enjoy what I have here and wait.