Yours is the Earth
This blog is a place for me to share stories, both mine and those of people I meet. Through these stories, I hope I can keep my friends and family updated about my life in Ukraine as well as provide some insight into Ukrainian culture and way of life. Although I am unpracticed in the art of blogging and admittedly not a naturally gifted writer, I will do my best to entertain and educate, and hopefully keep you coming back for more.
Latest posts on https://sidneycech.wordpress.com/:
- First Week at Site
Today marks one full week at site. So that’s one down, and approximately 103 more to go. It’s been slow. And hard. And sometimes lonely. But also fun, and interesting, and encouraging. I’ve been working on setting up my house. This has involved more sweeping than I think I’ve ever done in my life. And…
- Swearing In
PSA: I don’t have service at my site, so blog posts might be a bit delayed from now on because I have to wait to share them until I’m in town. I’m still writing them in real time though, so I will back date them as if they were published on time. Make sure to…
- Time Flies
I have officially been in Tanzania for two months, which also means I have now been here longer than I was the last time. It’s crazy because those two months felt so long back then. I remember leaving and being so scared to be so far away from home in a place so foreign to…
- Site Visit Week
One of the most unique aspects of Peace Corps, in my humble opinion, is that you commit to spending 2 years of your life in a country you most likely have never been to before, with very little information about what you’ll be doing or where you’ll be going. In the months leading up to…
- A Tale of Two PST’s
People said that one of the worst things about doing a second Peace Corps service would be having to sit through PST again. (PST being Pre-Service Training.) I never fully agreed with this sentiment because I loved PST in Ukraine, but I did understand where people were coming from. Now while I’m not about to…
- Two Weeks Down
I got a bit of a reality check this past week in the form of small encounter with food poisoning. And to be perfectly honest, it was a bit disheartening. I went two years in Ukraine without ever having to call the PCMO and with no major health issues other than a minor cold or…
