Monday, January 14, 2008

Hola y Bienvenidos! Hello and Welcome! As you must already know, I have been chosen to serve for the United States Peace Corps in the Dominican Republic!





This means that I will spend 27 months in the DR promoting environmental development, becoming fluent in Español, learning Dominican culture, sharing a bit of my culture and so much more! I also plan on dancing Merengue and taking in the sweet natural environment in what little free time I will be allotted.


I will spend the next 6 weeks seeing friends and family (you!), ridding myself of as many of my possessions as possible and reading a ton! Stay tuned to hear of my woes and celebrations as I give all of myself in the name of serving others in my human family and challenging myself to do the things that are hard.



3 comments:

t3reese said...

hooray danielle!!! just seeing your blog makes me so excited. you are going to have such an incredible experience and I can't wait to follow your progress! maybe a visit will be in order as well.....

i'll see what i can do as far as your farewell bash :)

GOOD LUCK!!

Anonymous said...

HI Danielle-

We all miss ya up here in michigan. But it sounds like you are having a blast down in the dominican. Well I hope to see you on my wedding day, which is right around the corner!! have fun & be Safe!! LOVE YA

Tonya

mrs.gray said...

Oh Danielle!! I love all your photos! And better yet, all your comments and descriptions of the places! Wonderful! I sit next to your mom (at OCPC) and try and keep her in line (ha ha). She is a beautiful & loving woman and you are quite blessed to have her as a mom, but I'm sure you already know that! Best of everything Danielle. I'll keep you in my prayers!

Carol Gray