That's right!! In four months, I will be ready to embark on the biggest journey thus far of my life . I hopefully will be packed with all the amenities that I shall need for 27 months away from my home country, the United States of America.
If you haven't guess it yet, at the end of July, I will be meeting up with other future Peace Corps Volunteers to have a pre-departure orientation here in the States, and then take off to a far away country to begin training to become a Peace Corps Volunteer.
Where will I be going? I will be spending my two years of Peace Corps service in a rural area of Zambia, a country in Sub-Saharan Africa. I am told by many RPCVs (Returned Peace Corps Volunteers) as well as current volunteers that Zambia is a beautiful country with amazingly friendly and hospitable people.
What will I be doing? I have been invited to be a volunteer as part of the Rural Aquaculture Promotion and be a Fish Culture Extension Agent. The pre-service training that I will receive prior to being sworn in as an official Peace Corps volunteer will prepare me to be able to teach local farmers how to teach themselves how to fish farm and improve the management and profitability of the enterprises.
I am thoroughly excited about this upcoming experience that I will begin in only a few short months. Although I am told not to worry about what to pack just yet, I find myself still mulling it over daily. Despite the anticipation I feel, I am at the same time near scared to death, or at least pretty nervous. Its a whirlwind of emotions that I'm sure will not even begin to subside once I board that plane-destination Africa!
