A New Adventure
What began as a blog for one journey has morphed into another. Ctrl-Alt-Depart started as a couple's courageous move to drop everything and leave their lives, as they knew it, behind. As far as I am...
View Article(Personal) Space Invasion
I am proud to say that I have officially done it. I have made it through the first two weeks living with my African family.To preface...After the second grueling flight, from Zurich to Nairobi, the...
View ArticlePosh Corps
Two weeks ago we found out our site assignments. I will be living in a town called Kabarnet, which is along the North Rift Valley. For all you hardcore followers, whip out your maps and...
View ArticleA Short Post...
Over the past few weeks our brains have been bombarded with loads of information and all of us are more than ready to be finished with training. This past week we have been at an HIV/AIDS workshop in...
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Article 9
Warning! Before beginning, let it be known that this is a novel of a post. (In my defense, I haven't had much time to update, so it's my little gift to you.) If you have to take (dare I say?) two...
View ArticleJerop – She Came With the Rain
I have officially been renamed. The Kalenjins give names based on the time of day someone was born, the birth order and even the weather climate. I was blessed with the latter. Thus I am now known as...
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Hand Washing Day
This past Monday was International Hand Washing Day. Were you aware of this? –Don’t feel too bad, before last week, neither was I.After realizing that I needed to take matters into my own hands in...
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Halloween
Becoming a Peace Corps volunteer has forced me to face many of my fears; being alone, not being able to communicate with anyone around me, looking completely different from everyone else and being...
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Thanksgiving
This year, Thanksgiving snuck up on me. When you find yourself in a strange time warp where the seasons don’t change, days last for years and weeks fly by, it would be easy to forget a holiday that is...
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December and the Wee Hours of January
This past month has been a whirlwind to say the least. So much has happened (I’m quite proud to be able to say those words…) that I actually needed to take a moment and figure out what it all was....
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The Good, the Bad, the Ugly***
When first interviewed for Peace Corps, one question was phrased and rephrased and asked over and over again: “How do you handle stress in your life? How will you cope with very high-highs and very...
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Easter
I think one of the hardest things about being away from home for such an extended period of time is the holidays. Those special days that, no matter how small (I’m talking to you, Leap Year…), are so...
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On the Up and Up
This past month has completely flown by. Is it really almost May? While April held many heart wrenching, homesickness pangs, it also brought an awareness of how much I enjoy what it is that I do here....
View ArticleA Year Ago Today...
A year ago today I left all of the familiar faces, the familiar places, the familiar feelings behind and began an unimaginable journey. It seems like ages ago but at the same time it feels...
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