I took this photo during my last days of service in Paraguay on November 7th, 2008 just before the wedding of a fellow Volunteer to a host country national. The wedding took place in a small rural community. Horse carts like this are commonly used...
One of the true wonders of the Peace Corps is how the lives of two people from a world apart can become so intertwined in such a short amount of time. In August 2005, this man – my counterpart – arrived at a Peace Corps conference to escort me...
This photo was taken July 22, 2008 at the wedding of Kate and Edward on the beach in Nereingman Village, Mota Lava, Vanuatu. It was the first wedding to take place outside of a church and the first between a Peace Corps Volunteer and someone from...
This is a picture of my husband (a Bulgarian National) and my wedding which took place in an 800-year old monastery in a village in central Bulgaria. My counterpart and his wife (the couple holding the crowns over our heads) were the Best Man and...
Wade Chambers and Kendall Cox, Peace Corps Botswana. This photo was taken near Mopipi. We were on a trip up to the Okavango Delta. We met in the Peace Corps--my mom likes to say I traveled many miles to find my husband and that he was worth...
I was a Health volunteer in Mbala, Zambia and Dakotah was a teacher in Monkey Bay, Malawi. We came from opposite sides of the USA--Washington state and Florida, to meet on a Christmas vacation in Mozambique. We wrote letters to communicate and...
This is a picture of my future husband and I dancing in his village in Benin during the Christmas celebration. It was local tradition to place money on the foreheads of the dancers to show appreciation. Tom is placing money on my forehead, this is...
This is a picture of my husband and I on our wedding day in Niger. We were married in september of 2006 with both traditional Nigerien and civil services. This is a picture of us in our traditional outfits. We have been married for almost five...
This is a photo of my wedding ceremony in Morocco in 1996 during my second year of service. I married my Arabic tutor. The photo shows the completed henna design and a traditional Moroccan wedding dress. The wedding took place at my...
My fiance, Chris, and I met while serving in Thailand as Teacher Collaboration and Community Outreach Volunteers from 2008-2010. While in the Peace Corps, Chris began studying Buddhism & meditation at a local temple and ordained as a monk during a...
My husband and I met when we were Volunteers in the Eastern Province of Zambia, in 2004. It was PC Zambia's 10 year anniversary, and we met at the All Volunteer conference for the occasion. I sang the national anthem for the crowd, and he played...
I met my wife while buying vegetables from her in the market of Ipala, Chiquimula, Guatemala, and we were married about three years later. This photo is of my wife on our wedding day, and her various relatives who came to help with the cooking for...
This is a picture from my friend's wedding. I am with the bride and groom outside their reception/wedding site, where they greet all the guest and give them candy and cigarettes.
A photo of my wedding to my amazing husband who I met while serving as a PCV in Moldova! His mom came all the way from Moldova to be with us and it was amazing! Lots of hora and a combonation of Moldovan and American traditions.
Leslie and Brendan met while serving as Community Health Volunteers in Malawi from 2005-2008. Both of their villages were in the Northern Region and relatively close to one another, about a day's travel. They started working together on projects...
This photo was taken at my wedding on November 21, 2009 in Naxchivan, Azerbaijan. I married my community counterpart after completing my first two years of service, and starting my third year. We participated in a traditional wedding ceremony for...
It’s not every day that one gets married… to a person of a different culture… in a far-off place… for next to nothing … in a wedding ceremony one wrote oneself… as part of a surprise number… at a farewell party (despedida)… with...
Of the more than 30 remaining photos, The Despedida 1 – The Despedida 6 capture the essence of the event.
The Despedida 2: The Assemblage, shows some of those gathered for The Despedida. Most did not realize they would be at a wedding ...