Monday September 28, 2009 (9:30am): Fly out of San Francisco to Philadelphia
Tuesday September 30, 2009 (1:30pm): Register and turn in paper work to Peace Corps
(3:30pm): Orientation begins with introductions of all volunteers
(4:30pm): Director of Central Asia, Europe, and Middle East enter and tells us as of nine hours ago we were uninvited to serve in Turkmenistan by the Turkmen government for undisclosed reasons.
(6:00pm): We were given itineraries for our flights home the next day.
(8:00pm-Wednesday, September 31, 2009 3:00am): An evening drowned in Gyro platters, vodka tonics, depressed volunteers, kamikazes, jukeboxes, and walking all over the Historic District looking for a pack of cigarettes that nobody wanted.
Wednesday September 31, 2009 (6:30pm): Fly out of Philadelphia to San Francisco
Thursday October 1, 2009 (1:00pm): Call received from Peace Corps offering a new invitation to Azerbaijan
Friday October 2, 2009 (9:00am): Accept invitation.
Friday October 9, 2009 (11:30am): Call Peace Corps to make flight reservations for Washington D.C.
Wednesday October 14, 2009 (6:00am): Fly from San Francisco to Washington D.C.
Thursday October 15, 2009 (1:30pm): Orientation Take Two
(5:30pm): Fly to Frankfurt, Germany then on to Baku, Azerbaijan
Life definitely makes itself unpredictable. I have never felt so disappointed, stressful, and joyful in such a short period of time. Things happen for a reason. This is my country. This is where I’m supposed to go. Here’s to the next best thing that turned out for the best.
Mailing Address:
(Volunteer's name)
Peace Corps Azerbaijan
Sumgayit şəhərı
Azerbaycan pr. 15
Mərkəzı poçt
Azerbaijan
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