So last week I got an email from Susan at the Peace Corps, wanting to set up a phone call to "check that my application was up-to-date and complete." When I told my mom this, she screamed, "YES it's complete, are they kidding?!" but I'm now used to my mother having much more extreme reactions to the Peace Corps (waiting) process than I do. I guess that's natural.
Got the call from Susan last Thursday while I was at work, and this phone call ended up being basically an hour long intensive interview. Lots of hard questions about specific situations and what I would do, about specific skills and experience that I have, and about my expectations of Peace Corps service. Hard questions but I was glad that they asked them, and more than anything I was just glad to feel like I was in the last step of this process!
One of the interesting things she said is that there was a real possibility of me going to a non-Spanish speaking country, because the broad area I was nominated to was "Inter-America Pacific," which includes all Latin America and the Pacific Islands (and maybe Asia?) But anyway, I went to a Peace Corps event in DC tonight and after talking to my recruiter, turns out I'm still nominated specifically to Central and South America. Not a guarantee, but a hut on the beach in Fiji is looking unlikely (sorry Fran).
The event tonight in DC was focused on questions from parents of Peace Corps volunteers, so I went with my mom (would have loved to have brought my dad since he has had less day-to-day contact with me and my PC process, but he couldn't come). They showed a video about Peace Corps' Legacy in anticipation of its 50th Anniversary in 2011 (the year I'll be leaving!), and I thought I would share. Hope you like it :)
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