A little info about the Peace Corps

Here is a link for Family & Friends of Peace Corps Volunteers:

http://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.faf

We still have 68 days until we leave this great country for two years of volunteer service--but those days are going to go by so fast! Within the next two months we will be selling all of our furniture, say goodbye to our inner-city Dallas school/students/fellow co-workers and friends. Then May 28th we will be making our last trip to Amarillo to say our goodbyes to our families.

Here goes...

My journey begins here. I've been waiting, dreaming, and preparing for the past 18 months for something I know will change my life forever. Who am I? What I am destined to be? What are my limits? Peace Corps will know.

I didn't understand why more people weren't volunteering for such an honorable and legendary organization--but now I know. Waiting, paperwork, flexibility, more waiting and more paperwork isn't for everyone. And that's just how to sign up.

So, 17 months after my husband and I started this application process we finally got our invite February 23, 2010. I am assigned to be a Primary Teacher Trainer and Justin is assigned as a Secondary English Teacher in......MONGOLIA! We are so excited and are currently in the crazy, running around like a chicken with its head cut off mode. We need to organize, pack up our lives into two duffle bags and sell everything else. We began the countdown for our last day of our jobs as teachers in inner-city Dallas. Justin and I have 67 days left in this country. Let the fun begin! This is life as a Newberry! :)