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Wish There Was Something More Exciting To Share

jamescorps wrote 2 months ago: I sit down at my computer this afternoon, exhausted, and think to myself “I haven’t blog … more →

Tags: health, Food, escojo mi vida, Life as a Volunteer, Hogares Saludables, Education, Work, Stoves, Construction

Getting Down and Dirty1 comment

jamescorps wrote 2 months ago: I now understand a lot of things better after starting labor intensive work on a Clean Cook, Lorena … more →

Tags: Life as a Volunteer, Neighbors, Work, Community, Stoves, Construction, Lorena Stoves, projects, Realizations

The Day I Cried While Doing My Laundry3 comments

jamescorps wrote 3 months ago: This morning I got up at my normal hour of 6am. I lay in bed until roughly 6:30 when I finally dragg … more →

Tags: Life as a Volunteer, Neighbors, Family, Home, Friends, Community, Happy, Tears of Joy, washing

Sometimes when you decide to give up...

jamescorps wrote 4 months ago: …you get really good news.   A while back I attended a stove training. That was awesome. … more →

Tags: Life as a Volunteer, Money, Clean Cook Stoves, Stoves, Construction, Physical Project, grant, Roadblocks

Leaving and Coming Back1 comment

jamescorps wrote 4 months ago: So I went to the states. I won’t dwell on it much other than to say that I think it was just what I … more →

Tags: Food, escojo mi vida, Travel, Chicas Brillantes, Family, america, @ vacation, Chicos Superman, Hogares Saludables

Balance

jamescorps wrote 5 months ago: You know what is a nasty trick? Not paying all of the volunteers in the country until the day AFTER … more →

Tags: escojo mi vida, Conferences, jarabacoa, Hogares Saludables, Life, thankgsiving, Conference, Balance, fish fry

Who Needs Water

jamescorps wrote 6 months ago: It really only takes a town without water for 16 days to show you what’s really important in l … more →

Tags: Weather, Life as a Volunteer, photos, Draught, Dirty, Smelly, Water Conservation

Who's Duncan?

jamescorps wrote 7 months ago: He’s a stove.   Me and a guy, Yendy, from La Culata went to Higuerito this past weekend a … more →

Tags: Life as a Volunteer, photos, Pics, Stove Training, Mason, Técnico, Duncan Stove

Ain't No Afterschool Special, Ish Is Getting Real1 comment

jamescorps wrote 7 months ago: Whattup World?! As always, it’s been a while since my last update. Life, while the days go slowly an … more →

Tags: escojo mi vida, Chicas Brillantes, Chicos Superman, Life as a Volunteer, Travel, Spaghetti Dinner, Work, Hogares Saludables, Consortium

The Day That My Son Almost Died2 comments

jamescorps wrote 8 months ago: Let me start with one of the most important and scary experiences that I’ve yet to experience as a v … more →

Tags: Life as a Volunteer, peace corps, Privacy, Work, scooby doo, Puppy, Pets, Dying, velorio

The Lunch Game1 comment

jamescorps wrote 8 months ago: I’ve got this new game that I play. It’s ridiculous, and has nothing to do with development work, he … more →

Tags: Life as a Volunteer, Food, Neighbors, lunch, Mooching

I Could Shout It From The Top Of A Mountain!

jamescorps wrote 10 months ago: This just in, I have officially received the estimated budget for the basketball project that we … more →

Tags: Life as a Volunteer, Money, Budget, Basketball Court, Anecdotes, Kreyòl, Good News!

Mira Jaime2 comments

jamescorps wrote 11 months ago: That’s a phrase that I hear roughly 10,000 times per day. Who says it? What does it mean? Does it an … more →

Tags: Visitors, Privacy, Culture, Chicas Brillantes, Mira Jaime, Dominicans, kids, muchachos, Chicos Superman

I Feel Dominican When...

jamescorps wrote 11 months ago: …I make cornbread specifically to gift to my neighbors. Then I go to a neighbor’s house … more →

Tags: Food, I Feel Dominican When

Mis Pompis

jamescorps wrote 11 months ago: So…every afternoon I head down to the river with my youth to swim and cool down. I mean, it … more →

Tags: health, river, Jovenes, Butt, pompis, Hot., sol caribe, maguaça

A Letter To La Culata

jamescorps wrote 11 months ago: Dear La Culata,   You’ve done it again. You’ve won over my heart. I don’t think I actually want … more →

Tags: Neighbors, river, rain, Family, apology, nueve días, Swimming, mangos, Youth

My Dominican Birthday

jamescorps wrote 11 months ago: My Dominican Birthday   As you know, if you read my earlier post, I recently arrived back to th … more →

Tags: living solo, peace corps, cooking, Birthday, charla, Cumpleaños, readjusting, Jovenes

Los Padres de Jaime2 comments

jamescorps wrote 1 year ago: So my parents visited! That was an adventure and a half for sure. They arrived in Santiago, I went t … more →

Tags: Traveling in the DR, Visitors, tarantula, Food, Americans, Parents, Gringos, Tourism, Puerto Plata

It's Not All Fun & Games1 comment

jamescorps wrote 1 year ago: Sometimes the Peace Corps is not fun. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard that. I completely disregard … more →


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