Peace Corps Mission and Goals

This is the mission and goals of Peace Corps, and thus as a volunteer they are now my mission and goals.

Mission:
To promote world peace and friendship.

The three goals that help achieve the mission:
Helping the people of interested countries in meeting their need for trained men and women.
Helping promote a better understanding of Americans on the part of the peoples served.
Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.
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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Pictures are worth 1000 words

Since pictures are worth so much, consider that I just typed several 1000. This is posting number 2 for today, but this one is all about the pictures. Enjoy!

My street:

The little walkway I take every day to and from work

The not so little walkway I take everyday to and from work. The picture doesn't accurately show the length or angle of the hillIts not the hills of Costesti, but it does kick my butt sometimes-usually in the afternoon when its hot and I'm tired hah.


We have a lake and a forest (a small one of both):



This is a caruta (pronounced ca-rut-za), basically a horse drawn carriage. This is a common site in Moldova for transportation especially in the villages.

I added this because I see these geese getting walked everyday and I LOVE it.

Kyle, a fellow volunteer and my site mate has been here for about a year. He didn't know we had a lake. Thursday, August 27 was a national holiday-Moldovan Independence Day so we naturally did what Americans do on Independence Day, we packed a picnic and spent the day relaxing at the lake!!

As many know, I have an affinity for old run down houses. This is a house I pass everyday and I just had to get some pics. I'm really glad I did, because a few days after I took these, they started clearing out the weeds and doing repairs to the property.