This Friday April 16th is Swear-in! It marks the end of training, and we become official Peace Corps Volunteers. We have our final language proficiency exam on Wednesday. It is a source of major stress for many. Swear-in will be attended by our supervisors, all Peace Corps Staff, various government officials, and the Vice President of the country might be there. No stress. Oh yeah, we have to sing and dance. Awesome.
Coincidentally, swear in is where we take our vow of service:
“I, name, do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, domestic or foreign, that I take this obligation freely, and without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge my duties in the Peace Corps.”
It feels really serious, for me, all of a sudden with this pledge of service.
Friday also means that we move out of our homes here and move to our permanent sites. There is a high likelihood that I am going to cry my eyes out. Living with this family for the last 6 weeks I have grown to truly love them and saying good bye will prove to be very difficult for me. They are some of the most generous and caring people I have ever had the privilege to know, and boy am I going to miss my mama making me lunch every day! (Peanut butter, honey, and butter sandwich is possibly the best thing of my life right now)
But, I have left my mark on this family; their new puppy’s name is Carla. Oh yea beat that volunteer who comes after me :P
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PC is an executive agency. That is the executive oath. O might be swearing in Indonesia PCs Hillary opened up.
ReplyDeleteI miss your face!!! I will def. send you some stuff :-D I will make sure to put plenty of tampons on top haha. Which way is safest to send? usps? ups? fedex? solar rechargeable batteries. would that work there? lol
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