6 More Days

I have 6 more days to go and the anticipation is high...

I decided I would begin this blog sharing a bit of my anxieties and excitement. I was officially invited by the Peace Corps to work in the Dominican Republic July 8, 2009. I begin my training August 20, 2009. As you can imagine 6 weeks notice is not much time to get everything sorted out and ready to go. Since applications can take over a year to process, I thought my leaving this soon was unlikely.

The Peace Corps is an organization I have wanted to join since high school. I was very close to applying my senior year of college but then decided to have some solid work experience that can shape some of my long term goals and help me decipher more of who I really am.

As of right now my future title as a volunteer is "Community Economic Advisor". I say right now because everything is still very much in the air. My three months of training could ultimately alter my assignment and final work destination depending on my response to the actual training. At the moment the only thing that is certain is that I will train for 3 months in Santo Domingo and will be living with an assigned family.

Communication will be limited and may be hard to come by however I hope to update this blog as often as possible and wish it to be a window to my experience abroad.

Now with only a few days left to go I am left with some packing to do and a lot of "good bye" and "see you later" . It is truly hard for me to leave so many wonderful friends and acquaintances behind. There really are no words to describe my experience in DC, which leaves me saying "I'll be back". I wish you all the best and hope to see you in the Dominican Republic.

-Marite