S-salam Alyikum!
Welcome to the first of hopefully many blog posts spanning my Peace Corps experience. Let me introduce myself: I am a new college graduate who decided to do the unconventional and join up for 2 years and 3 months of Peace Corps service. The country of service is Morocco, which is one that carries with it a rich history spanning thousands of years of foreign dominance and cultural influence. To say the least I think I got pretty lucky being placed into such a wonderful place with such inviting people and great food!
The experience began on Friday September 5th with a three day staging in Philadelphia. This consisted of informational sessions about the Peace Corps and a meet 'n greet of the people we will be serving with. Everyone is of topnotch quality and range in age from the green college graduate to the end-of-career, seasoned elder. We were put up at a Sheraton on the end of U Penn campus and surround with a wide-range of eateries and bars which we of course took advantage of (We will be in a country which bans alcohol so needed to get our fill!). After a great weekend we hopped on a plane to our new home for the next 2 years, inshallah (god willing).
Below is an address to which letters, and only letters (no packages!), can be sent during the first three months of training. After training I will receive another address when finally settling down in my final site. Please do not send letters after Oct. 20th since they may not arrive in time before the change of address.
Tim Michetti
S/C Corps de la paix
2 Rue Abou Marouane Essaadi
Rabat 10100 Morocco
I look forward to sharing this experience with everyone back home and any questions you may have please do not hesitate to ask. Also, I wanted to let people know a big motivation in writing a blog is the invaluable info I received when reading other PCV blogs and now wish to pay it forward. Stay tuned for the experience in Rabat!
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