Samabogo, Mali taken on 10/4/2009. This is my host mom, Worokia, at my village going away party. I bought 50 pounds of beans and invited my friends and family to eat and dance. I admit we are all bean eaters.
This picture was taken with my host family shortly before training ended in September of 1984. They took such good care of me. At first they attempted to serve me meals that they thought were Americanized. When they realized how much I liked...
This photo, taken in 1969, is of Volunteer Jim Hencin along with the host family in whose house he lived in Limatambo, Peru. The family owned a restaurant/pension that served many travelers who stopped on their way to and from Cuzco, the regional...
This picture was taken after a year of service, in June of 2004, when I went back to my training site in the community of Koujol, not far from Archaie, Haiti, to visit my host family. The little girl on the right, Kenya, was born during my 3...
This photo was taken in November of 2009 at my host family's house during my parents' trip to the Philippines. Right before this picture was taken we all enjoyed a fantastic lunch of seafood and fruit. From left to right: Back: My mother and my...
This photo was taken during my 24th birthday party my host family had for me. This was my second birthday in country. My family gave me mango ice cream for my birthday! It was delicious. From left to right: (In the back) My host father, my host...
This picture was taken of my host sisters in the village of Katuyola, Zambia in 2002. They found these large mushrooms in the bush...they were delicious!
This photo is of my host mother Nara, myself and the Russian Language teacher overlooking Baruunburren soum in Mongolia. This photo was taken during the annual Tsagaan Sar holiday. 2004
This photo is of myself with my Mongolian family (my host mother Nara is right beside me to my right). This was taken during the winter month holiday in 2004. I stayed with my family over this vacation time off from school/classes. They were...
My host sister took this photo of my other host sister Christina, her son Sitraka and myself. I was training as an Environment Volunteer in Mahitsitady, Madagascar in March of 2008. Rice is the staple food crop for the Malagasy so harvest time is...
This was taken after Church in the village of Hakupu one Sunday with my host family - Mother Tiva Toeono and twins Simoe and Anton. Ladies over 18 years old had to wear hats to Church and the women weaved incredibly beautiful hats they loved to...
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...
Just after visiting my first commemoration of the dead ceremony at the local Romanian Orthodox biserica, the bunica, who literally lives, works, eats and sleeps in her bucataria, gave me a plate of homemade goodness, a lovely bunch of garden...