I asked him what happiness means to him and he said, "Happiness is having an American take a picture of my friend and sharing it with all of her friends with the Internet." Moldova, August 2011.
I took this photo in Independence Square during my first weeks as a volunteer in St. Kitts. Caucasian volunteers' hair was a reliable source of entertainment for Kittitian children.
This is a picture of myself and my friend "Old Man" taken on his rice farm which was near Korworhun, where I lived in Loffa County Liberia. I was helping him and his family harvest rice that day.
I took this picture at my counterpart's house during my initial visit to site July 2009 in Romania. It was time for my counterpart and her family to pack up their freshly cut wheat harvest. This picture is of my counterpart's husband and son. They...
Samabogo, Mali taken in January 2009. This is a picture of Bala (an old animist shaman, myself, and my host dad). My host dad and I rode three miles into the bush to visit Bala. When we arrived he had a new green car to show us. He also had...
I took this photo shortly after arriving at my site in Fiadanana, Madagascar in May of 2008. This picture shows three of my neighbors (Andrea, her mother Helen and her sister in law Elva) crossing a river to get to their rice field. This day was...
This is a picture of the swearing-in ceremony. On the left of the picture is my host mom, Clara and on the right of the photo is my Institutional Point Person, John. They were there for me at swearing-in and they have continued to support me...
Friends were many...friendships were deep. We laughed together, we cried together, we worked hard together and played together. This picture is of Vicki at a feast event (fakaala) with a young friend.
This was the last dinner I had with my host family before I left training. This is in the city of Chernigov--my host mother is the blond woman at the far left. The person sitting next to me is another Peace Corps Volunteer with her host mother. I...