Monday, December 29, 2014
One of the best things about the internet for those of us going into the Peace Corps is the ability to connect with others in our group (Staj 97) and to hear from volunteers who are already there. Thanks to Facebook I have gotten acquainted with Ruth in El Jadida who will meet me in Rabat with the gift of a down sleeping bag, a much needed item I have no room for in my two suitcases! Two weeks from today I fly to Philadelphia to begin the adventure. Christmas eve at church I met Alex, an RPCV who returned from Benin in July, who said he will pray for me. He loved his time in Benin but said it was very challenging.
Monday, December 22, 2014
December 22, 2014
Now we are all counting down until January 12th when we fly to Philadelphia for orientation before departing for Casablanca. I am looking forward to meeting the 108 folks who are going. I met three of them In DC, Alexis and Toby Thom, and Steven Howard. We are ready to go if not entirely packed up.
I was very happy to see my Mobile family John, Liz, Hannah and Jacob Wilson with whom I flew to DC on Thanksgiving Day (low fares!) Then I was happy to meet up with Martha Ann Overland and Aaron and Nina Sullivan in their new house in DC. We spent Thanksgiving together even thought they had barely moved in to their new home.
Next stop Brooklyn to visit granddaughter Mackenzie Garfield now working at What Comes Around Goes Around in SoHo. That visit included Rebecca Matovic and her family, a conference on ordaining deaconesses in the Orthodox Church (don;t hold your breath) and a great visit with Marwa El Shakri and Mark Mazower, Jed and Selma. Now I am back in Boston having fun with granddaughter Sarah.
Sarah's bestie is Yenet whose family is below. Sarah is the one in pink.
These ares granddaughters Lou and Juliette Cluzel, presently studying in Toulouse.
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Now we are all counting down until January 12th when we fly to Philadelphia for orientation before departing for Casablanca. I am looking forward to meeting the 108 folks who are going. I met three of them In DC, Alexis and Toby Thom, and Steven Howard. We are ready to go if not entirely packed up.
I was very happy to see my Mobile family John, Liz, Hannah and Jacob Wilson with whom I flew to DC on Thanksgiving Day (low fares!) Then I was happy to meet up with Martha Ann Overland and Aaron and Nina Sullivan in their new house in DC. We spent Thanksgiving together even thought they had barely moved in to their new home.
Next stop Brooklyn to visit granddaughter Mackenzie Garfield now working at What Comes Around Goes Around in SoHo. That visit included Rebecca Matovic and her family, a conference on ordaining deaconesses in the Orthodox Church (don;t hold your breath) and a great visit with Marwa El Shakri and Mark Mazower, Jed and Selma. Now I am back in Boston having fun with granddaughter Sarah.
Sarah's bestie is Yenet whose family is below. Sarah is the one in pink.
And while we were playing the Rosetta landed on the comet.
Here are the two I hope to see when training is done.
These ares granddaughters Lou and Juliette Cluzel, presently studying in Toulouse.
And this was our Moroccan New Year's Day dinner a year ago. Maybe I cooked my way into the Peace Corps!
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