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In 1993 I joined the Peace Corps as an Agricultural Volunteer in Thailand. These are the stories from my journal and the letters written...

November 1994 – One Year I have lots of little projects going on, my Thai is ok – not great but, I can communicate. They say the second...

October 26, 1993 David Hanks and Ajaan Utai announced our sites this morning. I am happy! I am going to Nakon Sawan , which means city...

Today, we are back in Bangkok, it is almost over and about to begin. Tomorrow morning we find out our sites. Marvin knows but says he...

October 22, 1993 Today they are deciding where our sites will be. I asked for, in order of importance, a) ti be by Lisa and Jeff; 2) to...

October 11, 1993 Today we went to the Provincial Nursery, it took an hour to drive to, down these little narrow dirt roads, very...

October 10, 1993 Sunday, again up bright and early, today we are going to the Orchard to work. At 8:30 we all get in the truck and drive...

October 8, 1993 Now it is Friday, yesterday we learned how to propagate bamboo, it is pretty easy, and fun. Interactive learning is...

October 7, 1993 It’s Thursday, I had to look at the calendar to be sure. Yesterday we learned how to make charcoal. What a treat. We got...

October 2, 1993 Another little tio  in the National Park was to a cave, a 3 km walk down a lonely country road, then up an ancient...

September 24, 1993 I have been in Thailand for two months. Oh my God! I just went through the second four rolls of film I got developed...

September 23, 1993 Today we left Lopburi  for Nam Nao National Park, we will be here for nine days. In Lopburi  the whole group got back...

September 12, 1993 My little brother was here for the weekend, I like him very much, he is fun, and loves to laugh. I got a lot of...

December 30, 1995 PeDome, PeChans, me, and the kids left for Sukothai (Suwanalok)  around 2pm, it was a nice drive, I played with Wan &...

September 10, 1993 I have gotten into the habit of turning on the news at 7am, Tom Brokaw and Nightline is on via satellite, no...

September 8, 1993 I went to a real Peace Corps site for a visit this past weekend. I visited Pia McDonald in Nan Song . What a great...

August 29, 1993 I pulled weeds in the garden today. Walkman playing Marie Osmond and me covered in dirt and crying. Today, I feel very...

August 28, 1993 This is my first weekend with my Thai family. Last night a family down the road had a party. Everyone in the village was...

August 27, 1993 I got a really cool letter from Tera, she is creating a journal for me, with all the letters I have written and all I...

August 24, 1993 The District Officer just left, he was here for two and a half hours. He told me the entire history of Ayutthaya , twice!...