Peace Corps Application Timeline-February 2008

February 28th, 2008
I went to Wal-Mart today to get my passport and visa photos.  I then went to the post office to get my passport signed\stamped, etc.  I then went to the Fed-Ex store to mail off my passport and visa applications. 
February 27th, 2008
I received the following email message today:
Peace Corps has updated your Application Status account. Log in to http://www.peacecorps.gov/mytoolkit to see the latest [...]

South Africa Invitation Accept Email

I received the following email today from the Assessment and Placement Assistant, for the Africa region. 
Congratulations Sherry and welcome to the Peace Corps! Your place in
the South Africa program has now been confirmed. Please read this
letter carefully and save it for your records.
Please begin the visa and passport application process immediately, and
send the requested updated [...]

Invitation: South Africa July 2008

Invitation: South Africa July 2008
I received my invitation today!!

South Africa
Resource Specialist
Schools & Community Resource Project
Pre-Service Training: South Africa July 15, 2008

No mention of staging…so not sure on the exact date I’ll be leaving in July.  I’m guessing around July 9th. 
 I emailed my PO to ask about staging and about a question with my position.  I’ll [...]

Peace Corps Invitation News

Wow, I’m so excited…my PO (Placement Officer) called from Washington today to discuss my invitation.
I had called off from work today, because I have the nasty flu virus that’s going around. My cell phone rang and woke me from a fever induced nap. I picked up the phone but I didn’t answer it, because I [...]

Naked Mole-Rats…Peace Corps Soup

This little animal really exists! It’s called a Naked Mole-Rat, and it makes its home in Africa.

I received this photo in an email today from Megan, one of my email buddies at work. I was very surprised to see the photo, because I just finished reading a book (Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in [...]

Sherry Goes to Africa….

So, I think I’ve narrowed down where I might be going in Africa. According to some websites I’ve looked at, the following countries are Anglophone (English speaking) countries in Africa:
South Africa
Lesotho
Swaziland
Namibia
Botswana
Madagascar
Malawi
Zambia
Tanzania
Kenya
Uganda
Gambia
Ghana
Cameroon

Peace Corps Program Number & Nomination Letter

With the help of my buddies on the PC yahoo group I belong to, I think I’ve figured out what my nomination program number stands for. However, before I get to the code, I thought I would paste a copy of my nomination letter here from November 2007:
Dear Sherry, November 02, 2007
I am pleased to [...]

More Peace Corps News….

More News….
I posted a message on a PC yahoo message board asking how I could find out who my PO is. I received the following message from a PC campus recruiter:
“When you were nominated did you receive a sheet called “key points to remember’ or something similar? It should have had your placement officer’s name [...]

Peace Corps Application Timeline-January 2008

January 31, 2008
GREAT NEWS!!!
So I checked me email today, and received the following message from the PC:
“Peace Corps has updated your Application Status account. Log in to http://www.peacecorps.gov/mytoolkit to see the latest information. “
So, of course I logged on and saw:
“Medical: Complete. Peace Corps has completed your medical review. There are no medical holds on [...]