My Assignment at Last!

I just returned home from a wonderful trip with my kids, Amy (32) and Joshua (24) to visit Rachel (29) in Homer, Alaska, to find an large Peace Corps packet waiting for me...with the long-anticipated news of my assignment! I am thrilled to know that I am going to Vanuatu! Although I had been told that I would be going to the Pacific Islands working in primary teacher training, I am especially excited to know that my country is Vanuatu; until 1980 it was a French/English protectorate and therefore there is a strong French influence remaining. French, along with English, is taught in the schools and many people speak both languages in addition to Bislama, the official national language. Now the countdown can begin...I am leaving on September 17!!