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Small town girls makes good!!

Today I met the US ambassador to Nicaragua, Paul A. Trivelli. I´m sorry, but that was just cool. Maybe my gushing enthusiasm doesn´t suit a woman of my mature 26 years, but I don´t care. That is the second ambassador I´ve had occasion to meet since my Peace Corps experience began, and it was just as amazing the second time as it was the first. In Washington, the Nicaraguan ambassador to the US came to speak to us, and today the US ambassador came and spoke to us about what he sees as the Peace Corp´s role in the US mission here. I asked him a question. It was spectacular. A large number of volunteers will also be having Thanksgiving dinner at his house. I won´t be one of them because it´s usually second year volunteers, but it´s still just cool that that´s an option.

I have realized that it´s the unanticipated amazing experiences that are sometimes the best. I also told someone today that the good thing about coming from a small town is that there are so many amazing experiences left. I will never just sit there when something like that happens because I never thought it would. I know we´re supposed to expose our kids to everything possible, and make them well-rounded and knowledgeable about the world and all that, but sometimes I´m glad that I´d never been somewhere like this before, or done something like this, because I am experiencing it now, as an adult, when I can really appreciate it.

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Briana said…
Denise,

That is cool - did you see that the Ambassador was a biology major in his undergraduate career?

Impressed with your 1 hr packing too! faster than an instant photo lab!

best,
Briana
November 16, 2007 at 1:57 PM
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