The package also contained a bunch of brochures and goodies:
- a tote bag with the Peace Corps logo
- two baggage tags with the Peace Corps logo
- a Peace Corps keychain
I'm still waiting on my medical package though.
Woo hoo!
Friday, October 31, 2008
tentative assignment: teaching in Africa
I got a package from Peace Corps today with a letter saying that I've been nominated for a possible teaching (secondary math) in Sub-Saharan Africa with a possible departure of July, 2009.
The package also contained a bunch of brochures and goodies:
I'm still waiting on my medical package though.
Woo hoo!
The package also contained a bunch of brochures and goodies:
I'm still waiting on my medical package though.
Woo hoo!
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Medical review
I got another email today, saying my application status had been updated again. I checked the online toolkit and it said that they mailed my medical review packet yesterday, so I can start making doctor/dentist appointments.
One step closer...
One step closer...
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
status update
I got an email today saying that my application status had been updated in my online Peace Corps toolkit. I checked it out and I am officially nominated as of yesterday, October 27th 2008!
There are still some more hurdles to jump before I can get an actual invitation, but I am stoked nonetheless.
Next they will send me the medical packet so I'll need to make appointments with doctors and dentists to make sure I don't have any serious medical issues. This could be pricey, especially since I have no health coverage.
Apparently I did pass the legal review, so that's taken care of. (Not that I was worried about it.)
Friday, October 10, 2008
Peace Corps interview today
I submitted my Peace Corps application a few weeks ago (September 20th) and I had my interview with a recruiter today.
I was very nervous at first, but he was friendly and the interview went well. He asked me a lot of questions that I had prepared for by reading other blogs from current Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs) and from returned volunteers (RPCVs). One that was particularly helpful was from this guy John's blog:
http://www.thejohnpark.com/blogger/peacecorpspark/archive/2005_11_01_peacecorpspark.htm
(I actually ended up reading a lot of his entries-- he is now serving as a PCV in Ghana, and has some pretty interesting stories.)
Anyway, I used the list of questions on John's blog to prepare for the interview, and most of the questions were the same.
And I guess I did well because the recruiter says he's nominating me for a position!
I am pretty excited, this is all starting to become real.
The next steps are the medical review and the legal background check-- they took my fingerprints for that today. So I'm pretty much in, as long as they don't discover my dirty past! Haha. Just kidding...
I was very nervous at first, but he was friendly and the interview went well. He asked me a lot of questions that I had prepared for by reading other blogs from current Peace Corps volunteers (PCVs) and from returned volunteers (RPCVs). One that was particularly helpful was from this guy John's blog:
http://www.thejohnpark.com/blogger/peacecorpspark/archive/2005_11_01_peacecorpspark.htm
(I actually ended up reading a lot of his entries-- he is now serving as a PCV in Ghana, and has some pretty interesting stories.)
Anyway, I used the list of questions on John's blog to prepare for the interview, and most of the questions were the same.
And I guess I did well because the recruiter says he's nominating me for a position!
I am pretty excited, this is all starting to become real.
The next steps are the medical review and the legal background check-- they took my fingerprints for that today. So I'm pretty much in, as long as they don't discover my dirty past! Haha. Just kidding...
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