This will be my mailing address during training:
Jennifer Bentley
s/c Corps de la Paix
2 Rue Abou Marouane Essaadi
Rabat 10100, MOROCCO
This will be my address during my first three months of training. I will post my future permanent address when I find out what it will be! Please send me lots and lots of letters!
The mail delivery will probably be quite sporadic, so don't worry if you do not receive my letters regularly. Also, please do not send cash through the mail, as it will probably never reach me.
If you want to send me a package, the brown padded envelopes work the best. Also, I have heard that if you use red ink and label the packages with religious symbols, the package may stand a better chance at remaining unopened. But, who knows! Make sure they have the green customs label and are marked as gifts, otherwise I may have to pay a fee to receive the package.
Wednesday, August 23, 2006
Thursday, August 03, 2006
Square One.
Hello to everyone who I hope will check in with my adventures in Morocco over the next two years! I will be leaving September 9th for Philadelphia and on the 11th will fly into Casablanca, Morocco. Upon arriving in Morocco, I will participate in a 3 month training program. During training, I'll live with a host family, learn Arabic or Berber, learn Moroccan history and culture, learn more about the Peace Corps, and train for the work I will be doing for the next two years. That work will be youth development. After training, I will be sworn in officially as a PC Volunteer and then I will move to the site I will be assigned to.
At this point I am one month away from my departure date and feel like I'm finally starting to take some steps in the direction of actually leaving. Courtesy of LL Bean, I received my shortwave radio today in the mail. I sat on my bed fiddling with that thing and was amazed to find so many world-wide frequencies, like BBC. So, at least I'll have the BBC if no internet, tv, or phone. But, who knows, I may have all those amenities!
Access to those amenities will also control how often I will be able to post on this blog. It could be weekly, monthly, or few and far between. I am new to the world of blogging, so bear with me as I figure things out. With that, I hope you all tune in sometime in September to hear what new stories I have as I blunder through a different country, culture, and way of life!
At this point I am one month away from my departure date and feel like I'm finally starting to take some steps in the direction of actually leaving. Courtesy of LL Bean, I received my shortwave radio today in the mail. I sat on my bed fiddling with that thing and was amazed to find so many world-wide frequencies, like BBC. So, at least I'll have the BBC if no internet, tv, or phone. But, who knows, I may have all those amenities!
Access to those amenities will also control how often I will be able to post on this blog. It could be weekly, monthly, or few and far between. I am new to the world of blogging, so bear with me as I figure things out. With that, I hope you all tune in sometime in September to hear what new stories I have as I blunder through a different country, culture, and way of life!
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