What a great story! I have always envied people who grew up in the US for having things like the Peace Corps as options :)
Cordially, Ameya Nagarajan (she/her) <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ameyann> On Sun, 5 Mar 2023 at 19:13, John Sundman via Silklist < [email protected]> wrote: > On 2023-03-04 14:09, Charles Haynes wrote: > > What a great story! One of my big regrets is never actually becoming a > > peace corps volunteer. The closest I came was working with UNICEF in > > Kampala. Hardly the same. > > > > John, are you still in touch with anyone in Senegal? > > > > -- Charles > > > > I am not in touch with anyone from my time in Senegal other than some > Peace Corps buddies, with whom I stay in touch by email. We typically > have a reunion once a decade. > > I do have some imaginary internet friends in Senegal that I met through > Twitter. I am going to be taking language lessons from one of them (in > Wolof and Pulaar) starting later this spring. > > 2 days ago I took my wife to see her doctor, whose office is in "Patriot > Place," a little complex right next to Gillete Stadium, where the New > England Patriots play football. The guy who does valet parking there is > from Senegal. He speaks Wolof and Serrer, but no Pulaar, alas. > > jrs > -- > Silklist mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman.panix.com/listinfo.cgi/silklist >
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