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Sunday, 20 July 2014

April - Kindness from strangers

So, I haven’t been updating much about my doctor appointments or my consulate passport shenanigans, mostly because I don’t think anyone will actually be interested. Instead, I’d like to talk about the kindness of strangers. 
My friends and family have been really great about the Peace Corps. People send me links whenever they see something about Botswana, my mom is already on the lookout for the items on my packing list, and people I haven’t talked to in ages sent their support when I made a status about joining. But what really surprised me is how kind and supportive complete strangers are when they find out I’m about to be in the Peace Corps. Every person from the receptionist at my dentist’s office to my family doctor went out of their way to make sure I could get appointments as soon as possible. People congratulated me, they went over my paperwork three times to make sure it was perfect, they even changed their schedules for me. The woman who works at my eye doctor’s even told me was proud of me. I’m just blown away by how great people I barely know have been throughout this entire process. 

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