21. Permanent Location

Today I found out where I will be located in Moldova during my two years in the Peace Corps.

In August I will be moving to a small village in the South Eastern corner of Moldova. My village has about 3000 people in it. I will be the 4th Peace Corps Volunteer to have been stationed in the village, only one of those has completed the full 2 year commitment (once married a Moldovan and moved to the US and the other's Peace Corps volunteer boyfriend was sent home for medical reasons so she left too). None of the volunteers have been in the agricultural field.

I will be working with the Non-Governmental Organization sponsored by the US. The have many projects in the areas of business seminars, computer training, greenhouses, bio diesel, and pasta manufacturing.

I will have two choices when it comes to places or worship, Baptist or Orthodox. I will be about 60 miles from the capital and about 60 miles from Odessa, Ukraine and the Black Sea.

This Sunday I will visit my host family and my partners for a little over a day then have a conference in the capital. We have just started our 4th week or training, we have a total of 8 weeks or language and technical training before leaving for our permanent sites.