Hey friends! It’s been over a month since my last post (apologies) and a whole heap of stuff has happened. But first, some much-awaited photos! Since my last update, I went to my 3-month IST (in-service training) up in the mountains in a town called Jarabacoa where we presented our diagnostic reports with our project [...]

Hope everyone’s summer is going great! I keep up with U.S. weather when I can, and it looks like the entire country has been hot as hades lately. Well, it’s about the same here: during the day the high reaches to around 90 or 95, but the humidity (which makes me question my computer’s ability [...]

Well, when I said in the last post that I’d be able to post more frequently, I actually meant that I was going to let more than a month go by without updating. Oops. What can I say, I’ve been busy. So let’s start with what I’m actually down here to do – work. The [...]

I have a new cell phone and number! 809-723-9868. You don´t need to dial an international code to call me. It does cost a little extra per minute, but it´s free for me to receive calls and texts from the states. You can also send me free texts from this website: http://www.claro.com.do/sms/#layout-sms. Remember to include [...]

Hey everyone! Soooooo, a lot has happened since I last posted. Again, as always, sorry for the long wait. Let´s play a little catch-up. Where we last left our heroes, I’m pretty sure we were in El Seibo, which is a medium-sized town in the easter region of the country, for CBT (community-based training). To sum [...]

Well, two will have to be good enough for now. The Internet is slow, per usual. More to come soon, I promise!

Written Friday, April 9, 2010 Buen día! I hope that everyone’s doing great and that the weather up there is getting warmer. I, of course, am sweating bullets right now. Pero está bien. First of all, I apologize for my several week absence from my blog. You may have to get used to that. Second of [...]

Written on Saturday, March 13, 2010 Hola todos! Sorry I haven’t updated since I left but it’s been crazytown here. Thanks for being patient! I promise it’ll be a good one. I’ve been here for more than a full week and I feel like it’s been a month. Let me pretend like I can remember everything [...]

I’m in my hotel room in Washington, D.C. after a day from airport hell. I was supposed to report for staging at the hotel today at 12:30 pm but ended up here around 6 pm and missed almost all of orientation. Basically, the airplane for my morning connection flight to Memphis had some kind of [...]

…it was March. After a week of lasts and goodbyes, it’s finally hitting me that I’m leaving in two days. My schedule as I understand it for the next few days is as follows: Wednesday, March 3rd I’ll wake up early to catch my flight at 6:40 AM from Little Rock to DC (with stopover [...]

As any angst-ridden Peace Corps applicant will tell you, becoming a volunteer is no easy feat. On average, the application process takes nine months to complete. I began my application in February of 2009 and received my invitation ten months later. During that time, I found out the true meaning of the word “patience.” I [...]

Hola and welcome to my blog! I have decided to join the masses in the blogosphere to chronicle some of my experiences as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Dominican Republic (DR). Also, if you are a current applicant, I hope some of what you find here will be helpful to you as you begin [...]