Hello everyone,
Welcome to my lovely blog. I've never done this before, so please bear with me as I get accustomed making my thoughts known to whomever would like to read them.
As I'm sure most of you know, I am joining the Peace Corps as an ESL Teacher & Community Development Worker in the Federated States of Micronesia. As of about two months ago, I couldn't point out Micronesia on a map, much less tell you anything about the islands (yes, "islands" plural--very plural) or what the Peace Corps does there. If you are similarly clueless and somewhat interested, you can check out the links I have conveniently posted on the side.
So here's what I know: I leave on September 1st and meet up with the rest of the group--I don't know how many--in Honolulu. After a couple of days in Hawaii, we will all head to Pohmpei, the capital island of Micronesia. I will have 2-3 weeks of training there before heading out to my actual placement, which could be on pretty much any island in Micronesia. I have no idea what the phone or internet situation will be, but I will do my best to update this blog whenever I can.
My address is posted over to the right. That will be my address from about September 2-20. I will be sure to update it if it changes. Mail service is supposedly pretty good, but it will probably take a week or more for letter or packages to arrive. I can pretty much guarantee that I will absolutely love receiving mail from anyone so friends, family, acquaintances, randos who accidentally found this blog--send me some love!
Speaking of addresses, I need yours! I am bringing lots of stationary and envelopes with me, so if you want me to send you anything, I need your address. You can email it to me at benjamin.perdue@gmail.com, leave a comment on this blog, facebook it to me, call me, text it to me, telegram it to me, carrier pigeon it me, or pony express it to me (owls not accepted).
One last thing, you will notice that you can subscribe to this blog. If you would like to be notified when I post something new, the wonders of technology can make it so! I promise I won't spam you with zillions of posts. I'll consider this blog a success if I can manage to post every month or so.
Lots of love,
Ben
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