AHHHHH! OMG!
That is what keeps circling inside my head lately. Corny, very. But then I realize the core of this excitement and I realize it's totally worth it, and in reality not that very strange.
I am going to Ukraine, in fifty-five days to start as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV). Wow. That I have been given this amazing opportunity to make a difference, that I am going to be part of something huge. It's just mind boggling. And I keep thinking that one of these days my heart won't start racing each time I think about it, that the concept of becoming a PCV will just be a simple fact. But then, it never does. I start talking or thinking about it and I get goosebumps and the whole nine yards. With that, I realize that I don't ever want it to become simple fact. I am going to be a part of something awesome, and there is no way to make that "simple fact."
I don't honestly remember when I first heard of the PC, maybe in high school? I considered it as a "well if I don't get into the State Department (back when I wanted to be a Science Attache) I'll join the Peace Corps" but I don't even remember if I knew what the PC really was. Other than volunteering overseas. Then I decided, spur of the moment, to actually apply. Half way through my application I finally started to research what it was that I was signing up for. And I fell in love with it, the mission, the purpose, the countries... everything. Then I went to my first info session. I listened to the stories of some RCPV's from Africa, South America and Kyrgystan. And I got goosebumps. I knew that I was supposed to be doing this. So here I am, one year after starting that application to sitting in the less-than two month countdown and the excitement still hasn't passed.
So, to all of my family and friends, I am so glad that I have you in my life and that it is because of your support that I can even attempt this. Thank you for everything! (And remember, I still want to hear from you when I am all the way over in Ukraine!)
A snippet on Community Development from the PC:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ZIqo3uYIA
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