this is a photo taken on April 25, 2010 in Macedonia. There are students from the local high school that volunteered their time on a weekend to help pick up trash in a local park in honor of Earth day.
The two people in the middle are Marine guards at the American embassy in Kyiv and the two guys sitting on either end are Volunteers and dear friends. They are at my Ukrainian university to give a presentation on military life and Peace Corps life....
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...
This photo was taken in Ukraine. All the host families came to say goodbye to us. Training was over and we were taking the bus to Swearing in. It was a day full of tears of sadness but also tears of joy.
This photo was taken on Easter Sunday. This is my host mother and I preparing a traditional Grenadian feast of mackerel fish, tomatoes and onions. Gathering in the kitchen to help prepare meals is a tradition in Grenadian culture and its not...
My host mother, Luda, with one of her sons, Igor. This was taken in July of 2009, when I left my permanent site for a visit. The room they are sitting in was my "bedroom."
My host mother, Luda, is in the yellow jacket, along with two neighbors. I'm the guy with the red beard. The other guy is a Russian national living in my host city. We spent a LOT OF TIME sitting in this kitchen, trying to communicate with my...
My host mom took this photo on September 18, 2009 on the final day of orientation week in Macedonia. We had just met our host parents for the first time, and in an effort to "break the ice" volunteers and their host families danced the oro.
This photo was taken on the last day of language learning with my cluster (December 1, 2008). Looba made the cluster lunch. It was a full celebration and we were dancing while we were cleaning up the dishes.
This is a photo of me and my host mother at the annual St. Michael's Fair in my town, August 2008. This was only a couple months after I arrived at site. My host family from my training site (about 3 hours away) came to check on me and make sure I...
Photo was taken Easter Weekend, 2010. I went home to celebrate Easter with my host family. This photo of my mom Mary and I were taken in our backyard by my sister Victoria.