While visiting my host mother (about 6 months after training had ended), the new Volunteer living with her took this photo of us. Her name is Lyuba - she was a great host mom. We are making a typical Ukrainian dish called vareniky...
This is a photo taken in the fall 2005 in my assigned village of Zongo Mozague, Niger. The woman and child are my "host mom" Aicha and her son Oumarou, aka "Umu." This is in front of her mud-brick home, just after we had finished a lunch of milk...
Taken while visiting the ancient town of Zhong Shan, Chongqing Municipality, China, Sunday, March 27, 2011. The vegetables, including fiddlehead ferns, were gathered in the nearby countryside.
This picture was taken right outside the health clinic where I teach women health lessons. Some of the children were waiting on their mom while she talked to the nurse and listened to one of my health lessons.
I remember the excitement when I learned that I was going to get a motorcycle to help me do my extension work. Peace Corps provided us with one week of training with a US certified motorcycle instructor, and a shiny red Suzuki 100 dirt bike. Here...
This is a picture of my host mom and me in our garden in our village in Moldova. We are roasting sweet peppers to prepare them to be canned for the winter.
This photo was taken on the day I swore in as a volunteer, or better known as Thanksgiving Day 2009. The photo is of me and my host mother in honor of Mother's Day. She always has a smile and embraced me with open arms. I can't thank her enough!
This is my host mother, Lenche, and me on November 26, 2009 in front of her home (and my home during the previous 3 months) in Macedonia. This was a bittersweet day for us both because it marked a great milestone in my service as a Volunteer but it...
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.
Me and my host mom, Marilyn (aka the best host mom ever) at my swearing in ceremony!
Marilyn was the best host mom ever! Marilyn's 22 year old daughter had just left for 5 years of schooling in Russia when I arrived. I think because of that she...
My PST host mom and me in our outdoor kitchen during the summer. Leaving everything I know to come to a country that I had barely heard of was quite possibly one of the most difficult things I’ve ever decided to do. Life was full of craziness as...