1. Morocco Christmas Cake!!

    My back was acting up and it was bone chilling cold, both, outside and in my Moroccan host family’s home on Christmas day in 2006.  I hadn’t planned on doing anything to celebrate Christmas.  My host family was not home.  I was just hanging out with a hot water bottle and a book when a fellow PCV phoned to say that he was outside in the street---he had something for me.  Andrew (who created thirdgoal.org) lived an hour or two from me and had been in country a year longer than I.  I went outsi...

  2. Suriname projects

    Two Peace Corps projects have consumed most of my time.  The first is continuing to train the Park Rangers in using a laptop computer.  We had to send our laptop into the city for six weeks which was a bit of a setback.  The tutoring is slow due to the newness of them using a keyboard and mouse for the first time however we’re starting to see progress which is mutually satisfying.  I have received a new laptop which I’m hoping is a little more reliable. On the second project a group of ...

  3. Bulgaria The Joy of Life

    Me with a group of kids from the village where I live.

  4. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Carlos, my friend Levi

    This is Carlos. I'm Heather. We call each other Levi.

  5. St. Vincent and the Grenadines Johnny & Me

    Johnny and me walking home after school.

  6. Guatemala An Offering

    An "anciano", or ancient, Mayan man offers a passionfruit from his tree.

  7. Guatemala Sitting

    An ancient Mayan man sits outside his house. 

  8. Guatemala Break

    An old Mayan woman takes a break from weaving

  9. Georgia Mother and Daughter

    Mother and daughter back-strap weave for hours a day on their porch. 

  10. Guatemala Juan's Radio

    Don Juan falls asleep listening to his radio in the front yard

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“Sunset at the Railroad” by PCV Nicholas Baylor Hall. Namibia, 2011.