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To make a long story as short as I can, I applied to the Peace Corps my senior year at UCLA March 2008. I was nominated to go to Africa doing HIV/AIDS education for March 2009. I moved in with my parents and lived in Sun Valley, ID and Hawaii (I know, tough life.) While I waited, I worked as a waitress and spent lots of time with my parents. We became the "Trio." March 2009 came and went, and I began getting in patient with the Peace Corps, and decided it was time to move on from my dreams of being a Peace Corps Volunteer. I moved to San Francisco to be with all my college friends and started working as a Sales Rep at Pacific Office Automation. At POA is where I met my good friend Aricca (ULLL!!) I had moved on from the Peace Corps and liked my job and loved living in the city. As luck would have it, Peace Corps contacted me in December 2009 and offered me and invitation to Rwanda for HIV AIDS education and Youth Development leaving at the end of February. Without seeing where I was going to land, I jumped in with both feet and accepted!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Staging in Philly

So I made it to Philly.  I looked so ridiculous in the airport with my two fifty pound bags, and my backpacking back waiting in the rain at 11:30pm for my shuttle to the Holiday Inn.  It took me about 30 minutes to realize the shuttle service was not coming, so I jumped in a cab, and went to the hotel for a good nights sleep.  My roomate is randomly the only other California girl, so we stayed up for a few hours talking about how excited we are to start our adventure!

Orientation was pretty long, and we went over the logistics of the travel and the first few weeks in Rwanda.  There are 36 people in my group, 31 girls and 5 boys. (boys- you should really consider doing the Peace Corps!) I am getting very excited to leave here tomorrow, and will write more tomorrow.  I am thinking I will have internet when I am in training until May :) 
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  1. PuXYMarch 1, 2010 at 9:11 PM

    Allie!
    Just saw happened across your Facebook page and saw you're in the Peace Corps in Africa, holy crap! I hope you have an amazing time, good luck over there and I'll look out for new blog posts!

    Love
    Luxton

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