My Take on all Things Moldovan: A Peace Corps Volunteer's Adventures While Living and Volunteering in Moldova

Over the last two weeks we M24 Community and Organizational Development (COD) and Agri-Business (AGs) volunteers were back in our training villages for Phase III of PST. It ended last Friday with an informal dinner at a nice Italian restaurant in Chisnau with a visit from the US Ambassador to Moldova and a champagne toast. We are officially, officially volunteers!!!

Training was great, it was also very good to see all my program colleagues and the AGs as well. We always have fun when we get together. It was even greater for me since I was with the family that I consider to be my family here in Moldova. I was super spoilt for the last two weeks and miss them like crazy already! I absolutely love them all, each member, and will be visiting even when I am done with my assignment here in Moldova. They feel so honored to have hosted an American in their home and are genuinely very good people to the core.

Another milestone that we are approaching is our three month mark!!! November 8th to be exact! This may not seem like a big deal but it really is. PC has a policy that volunteers are to remain at site during the first three months of service. This is meant to help us with our integration into our new communities and to bond with new host family. Now that our three months are up we are free to leave our communities without asking permission; to sleep away from site and.... to leave the country on vacation. We are now free to move about the country and the world!!!! So, of course being a traveler, I will definitely be booking planes, trains and automobiles every opportunity I get, starting with a day trip to Romania in the very near future. Stay tuned!!!