Friday, May 22, 2009

Peace Corps: The Beginnings!

After not really mentioning Peace Corps at all in our blog, I figure Adam and I should probably catch everyone up to speed regarding our Peace Corps assignments, etc. This will probably be a series of posts and also will probably record all the frenzy that will be the next few weeks!

Our General Timeline *some details not included*
11/03/07 - Adam and I attend a Peace Corps info session with Jennifer
01/03/08- Online applications submitted
04/04/08-Interview from 1pm-5pm in Los Angeles (for couples, we each had separate interviews, and then we were interviewed together...it was a long afternoon!)
05/30/08- Received nomination for Carribean, but it was for Feb. 09 which was too early for us
06/04/08- Received and accepted our new nomination for Central/South America, Spanish Speaking, June 09!
06/09/08- Received our nomination packet from Peace Corps
06/13/08- Received our medical, dental and vision packet
June & July- Medical and dental appointments, exams, & tests galore
10/24/08- We are medically cleared!
01/16/09- Received our invitation in the mail! We're going to Ecuador! Assignment for Emily is Youth & Families: Urban Youth Development and Assignment for Adam is Youth & Families: Information Technology. We accepted that week, sent in all of our aspiration statements, passport applications, etc. off
04/02/09- We quit our jobs and begin our 2 month road trip across the country
05/19/09- Received our staging information via email and we booked our flights. We fly out of Inyokern Airport on June 15 to Miami and we fly to Ecuador on June 17! Our adventure is about to start!

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