Background. check!

I fear that I may have gotten a little ahead of myself, so before I pick up where I left off in my adventure here is a little bit of the back story for those who don’t know. My name is Sara, I am a 23 year old Californian and recent college graduate. I have come to Romania as a Peace Corps volunteer. Peace Corps, for those who do not know, is an agency of the American government that was created by John F. Kennedy, in 1960. The mission of Peace Corps is to:
-Help the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women.
-Help promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.
-Help promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.
http://www.peacecorps.gov/
Three goals that reflect many of my values and that I think are necessary in order to promote peace in the face of globalization.

I applied about a year ago, and after a large application, a few letters of recommendation, and interview, and 12 months of waiting not always that patiently, I have found myself in Romania. I am now in an eleven-week training that focuses on giving us the tools to teach English, create other development projects, and gain the cultural and language skills necessary to live integrate into Romanian culture. For the training I am with 44 or so volunteers in a moderately sized city. After the 11 weeks of training we will be placed in rural communities throughout Romania, where we will live and work as TEFL plus volunteers for 2 years, or more if we chose to extend (don’t worry family, I have no plans of this…yet).

So far I am very satisfied with my experience. While I found my Peace Corps to be rather distant and disorganized during my year of waiting, my experience in country has been quite the opposite. Peace Corps Romania is blessed with a great staff, and I truly feel that they have, so far, given me more everything and more than I could possibly ask for in the way of support and training.