Well, you heard most of what training is like on one of my
past blogs. I’ll need to catch up. We had different activities that we’ve done:
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| This is Chaclacayo, the town that included many of the smaller communities we stayed in. |
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| Traditional Parades |
Shadowing Trip (Link)
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| This is one of the main streets in Junin, Junin |
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| Josh and I were the only adventurers that went all the way in our Cave Stop during FBT |
MAC: Lima Trip to Lomas de Paraiso (TBD Link)
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| My MAC group in the back |
Food day with Language Group
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| My language group (Deborah wasnt well) at Food Day, we made lomo saltado. Yummy! |
Lima trip to History Museum and PC HQ
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| Patrick & Jessica wearing some of the Museum's clothing |
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| Peace Corps Peru Headquarters |
Soccer Game with few soccer fanatics
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| The Soccer fans at the Alliance vs Crystal Game |
Placement Day
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| We popped the balloons, found out the person's placement, and so on. Here's the 22 training president. |
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| Peru 22 Volunteers in the state of La Libertad |
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| The rest of Peace Corps Peru 22 Volunteers |
5k Run
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| I...was...not....ready...for...that... |
Foosball ery’day
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This was finals. I'd like to say I was third place, Oscar 2nd, and as we see here, Mark 1st. xD
Great memories! |
Volleyball ery’day
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| My Team "Los Chupacabras" Won the Volleyball Championship! :D |
Site Visit in La Libertad, Peru
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| I just like this picture. She started playing with my "Secret Santa" Gift for a video clip. At Huanchaco. |
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| Julia got a piece of Pizza for doing her Lil Jon scream. Beast! |
Closing Ceremony with Host Family
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| We did a dance at the ceremony |
Swearing in Day at US Ambassadors House in Lima
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| US Ambassador's House, Swearing-in Day. |
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| We all got invitations |
Placed Department Capital City Days
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| Plaza in our "state" capital city |
Moving into Site
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| Our city has a nice welcoming structure, we took advantage of it. |
Swearing in Day November
22, 2013
A short description of our Swearing day
National Anthem for US and Peru
Few words from man in Charge of Business from the US
(translated from hand-out) (Michael J. Fitzpatrick)
Few words from the National Director of Peace Corps Peru
(Sanjay Mathur)
Few words from the Host Family Representative (Mrs. Nelly
Julca)
Directors’ Speech from MAC(Diego Shoobridge), Health(Emilia
Villanueva), & WASH(Jorge Izaguirre)
Swear new volunteers in by man in charge of Business
Few words from two Peru 22 Volunteers (Natalee Salcedo & Deborah Vacs Renwick)
Closing speech by the Training Director, Kathleen Hickey
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| Beginning of Swearing-In Ceremony |
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| Manejo Ambiental Comunitario (MAC) Director - Diego Shoobridge |
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| Training Director - Kathleen Hickey |
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| Director of Peace Corps Peru - Sanjay Mathur |
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| Swearing In, Look I'm right there!! |
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| MAC Group |
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| MAC Group |
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| Peace Corps Peru 22 Group |
Like I said, training went by pretty fast. It was a time where we immersed into the Peruvian culture, where we got to spend a few more months with more english-speaking people, and where we learned our path to become a successful volunteer for the next two years.
I spent a lot of fun times during lunch at the volleyball court and with my foosball buds. At my small community from Chaclacayo (3 de Octubre) I will miss the times where I just walked up my house, passing the soccer court, where little kids would just yell out my name. Even though I didnt know all of them. haha. This next experience with kids will be different, mainly because it is a city of 7k people here in Santiago de Chuco.
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| My good buds |
Training was a great stepping stone to our actual site jobs.
Great friends were made.
Great people were met.
& a was great stage we can never forget.
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