<p>I will speak to the two year Peace Corps commitment. Our daugher is beginning her SECOND year in the PC now. She says…the first year was a very steep learning curve including everything from the language to the culture to the money to the lifestyle…to her job…everything. This second year, she feels she has gained her stride and really has overcome the “newbie” hurdles of the first year, and is very excited about the prospect of being able to move forward without all of the new adjustments she had to make last year.</p>
<p>PLUS in this day and age, with communication (and even travel possibilities), contact with others is so much easier. We Skype weekly (voice only…but it’s great), and actually went to visit DD when she had a school break. Also, other PC parents have visited friends in her country and the parents do invite friends for meals, short trips etc. We had a couple of friends of DD join us at LEAST for a meal. She will join another family this weekend.</p>
<p>I know two years seems like a long time. BUT really the time has flown, and our DD will be home in less than a year…hard to believe. Seems like she just left.</p>