Hi, family! We're thrilled to finally be able to let you know we've accepted an invitation to serve as volunteers in the Peace Corps! We leave on July 16th for orientation, probably in Philadelphia, and then it's off to South Africa (SA) on July 19th. After two months of training, we will be placed in a community in SA to work on a project called NGO Capacity Building/HIV-AIDS Integration. We will be working with nongovernmental organizations already in SA to integrate HIV-AIDS awareness and education into their current programming. We're thrilled! (Can you believe it's been almost two years since we first submitted our applications?!) We have a lot to do in the next 6 weeks in preparation--quit our jobs, move out of our apartment, pack, and complete lots of paper work. We'll keep you posted on what's going on. If you're interested, the Peace Corps website has some good resources for family and friends of volunteers. Just go to www.peacecorps.gov and click on Resources for Family and Friends. There is even a special section for kids.
With love,
Brooke and Jed
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CONGRATULATIONS! That's wonderful news for you. We'll keep you in our prayers.
How exciting! I know very little about South Africa. Steve's company does business there. Too bad that is not his territory. Do you know what city you will be in? I bet it is cool there - pretty far from the equator. Huh. Guess I will have to do some studying. OK, now I will go see what the Peace Corps thinks we should do to support you. Ha! Love to you both. I hope it is all you've dreamed it would be.
Congratulations, Brooke and Jed! We will be praying for you in South Africa and over the next six weeks especially. May you have much joy and also energy!! We're looking forward to updates. :)
We will be having a good-bye,prayer service, and picnic on July 16th at Jodi's. Save the date. Pam.
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