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A Ni-Vanuatu Adventure: Goodbye Vanuatu

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Read as a Seattle CPA makes her way as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the South Pacific. Wednesday, November 7, 2012. Things I Will Miss. Evenings in my parents' kitchen. Being able to take a nap anytime of day. The smell of laplap leaves hitting hot stones. Exchanging hellos with everyone I see. My sister and everything about her - my first, my most loyal, and my best friend in Vanuatu. The warmth and humidity. Being a part of the Peace Corps family. Living in a country where. Is a good dancer. There's not ...

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A Ni-Vanuatu Adventure: The Women of Waluriki

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Read as a Seattle CPA makes her way as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the South Pacific. Thursday, March 15, 2012. The Women of Waluriki. Each of the incredible women in my next biographical installment deserve their own blog post, but I look at the dwindling months of my time here and I know I won't get a chance to do everyone justice. So I've grouped them together, but don't make the mistake of thinking that makes them less important to my life here! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The Women of Waluriki.

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A Ni-Vanuatu Adventure: September 2012

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Read as a Seattle CPA makes her way as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the South Pacific. Monday, September 3, 2012. As I get closer and closer to finishing my service here, these posts will become more and more sentimental. So you must forgive me. Or else switch to a newbie’s blogs – they tend to be funnier and less emotional. 8221; in my photos from home. Certainly I have had my moments where I felt like cameramen must be hiding in the jungle – perfect snapshots of what we could call the typical P...Is that...

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A Ni-Vanuatu Adventure: April 2011

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Read as a Seattle CPA makes her way as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the South Pacific. Thursday, April 28, 2011. Unlike my outgoing, talkative dadi. Is quite shy and known throughout the community as being a quiet woman. While my dadi. Tells elaborate, exaggerated. Stories, she is content to sit in the background, her hands always working - peeling taro, weaving a basket, or rocking one of her many grandchildren. Evelyn has no interest in village politics or community development, but she loyally shows up ...

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A Ni-Vanuatu Adventure: Peace Corps Invasion

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Read as a Seattle CPA makes her way as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the South Pacific. Thursday, March 29, 2012. The week leading up to the meeting was frenzied. People in the area were awestruck and flattered that they were chosen to host such an important meeting and no small preparation was left undone. The grass was cut, the houses cleaned, the roofs were patched, meetings were held to determine the head cooks, and. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Read Nancy's blog - she's funnier than I am.

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A Ni-Vanuatu Adventure: June 2011

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Read as a Seattle CPA makes her way as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the South Pacific. Thursday, June 23, 2011. His frustrated relatives will exclaim, but that's Fr. Mark's style and he's not likely to change it soon. What I Really Do Up Here. So here's the update:. My treasurer training workshop. My family budget workshop. My rural banking project. It's gonna happen, it's really gonna happen! Some money around here and I think it would really help people's money management skills to have access to a bank ...

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A Ni-Vanuatu Adventure: October 2010

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Read as a Seattle CPA makes her way as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the South Pacific. Sunday, October 31, 2010. The first part of PST ( Pre. Service Training) is over and on Sunday morning we left our training villages to come to Vila. In some ways I cannot believe 7 weeks have already gone by, and in others it feels like Takara. In true Vanuatu fashion we spent the last night eating copious amounts of food, telling stories, and making small speeches. My Mama made a very sweet speech. But I have promised ...

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A Ni-Vanuatu Adventure: January 2011

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Read as a Seattle CPA makes her way as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the South Pacific. Monday, January 31, 2011. Inevitably, when people hear I live in Quatamwele, they give one of three reactions: they emit a low whistle and shake their heads; they grasp my hand tightly and say, “Oh, sori! 8221; like I just told them the family pet died; or they simply laugh and laugh. The times I make it into the small “town” of Lolowai, shopkeepers will see me and yell out, “Luk! Gel Quatamwele i kam daon lo bush! But u...