Finally

After over a year of what seemed like endless waiting, needless doctor’s appointments and paperwork, I have finally received an assignment from Peace Corps. My hands were shaking furiously as I tore open the envelope to read… HONDURAS!

What a great location. Beautiful coastlines, Maya ruins, and only a three hour flight from Miami! Honduras is also a relatively small country (approximately the size of Ohio), so I hope to have opportunity to travel substantially within country. I will be serving as a “Health Educator” in HIV/AIDS prevention and child survival activities – which essentially means I will either be working in a health clinic through the MOH or I will be paired with a local NGO. I will depart on the 3oth of January, 2006 for a one-day orientation, or “staging event,” after which I will fly directly to Tegucigalpa. From there I will move to a small town called Santa Lucia, which is about an hour to east of the capital. I will be participating in intensive technical, language, and cross-cultural training for about three months, at which point I will relocate to my site – location TBD. I will complete my Peace Corps service on April 21, 2008.