We found out where we are headed! We're going to the Dominican Republic!! August 18th is our departure date. Well, we found out a while ago and we've been caught up in the excitement of getting more paperwork to the Peace Corps and Dan was finishing up school. Now we're in the midst of packing, garage sale 'ing' and overall downsizing. It is quite liberating to be letting go of so many personal possessions and trying to pare down to 80 lbs of what is most important to us.
Our adventure in the PC has begun! We will be in Miami on August 18th for staging. From there we will head to the capital of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo. Ten weeks of language and cultural training in addition to competency development is on the docket in Santo Domingo. From there, we will find out details of our future placement.
Each of us has been assigned to Youth Development. This, in my interpretation, is an all encompassing project area. We will likely be conducting formal and informal educational projects, job training, HIV/AIDS awareness, conducting youth groups, teaching communication skills, obtaining birth certificates for undocumented children, and any number of other youth related projects.
We are both VERY excited and anticipating the next steps.
