Deciding to join Peace Corps is no small undertaking. There’s an application. [Really, it’s not that bad. They revamped the application process in 2014 cutting down the time from when you apply to when you leave. It’s been additionally updated post-pandemic as well. ]You are required to have references. There’s an interview. Then a federal background check. And medical and dental exams [My god with the medical exams]. Then there’s waiting. And more waiting. And even more waiting. Oh and let’s not forget about the packing. All this before you even join. Am I forgetting anything?
- My decision to join the Peace Corps
- Peace Corps Interview
- Preparing to leave
- Packing
- Detour
- Derailed
- Packing. Again.
- Good-byes are the worst
- Finally on the plane
- Staging
- 24 bright eyed Americans take a trans-Atlantic, trans-Continental flight.
- Why are we headed to the nunnery?