Pictures of Invitation Packet

A breakdown of the Peace Corps invitation packet:

Front

Back

Behold! The lovely organized file folders! Also included: a handbook for us, a book about adjusting, and a book for our parents.

Here are the full contents spread out.  This is what we are to bring when we go to staging.  It will help us keep up with all the shots we've gotten (to avoid double vaccinations), our prescriptions, along with tax forms and other legal documentations.  The set up of this packet makes me so happy, it helps bring order to a chaotic time. 

On another note... we've moved out of our little apartment downtown.  I already miss the ability to ride my bike to school or walk anywhere I want to go.  As we unloaded our belongings into my parents garage, Greg helped me come to grips with getting rid of almost all of our 'stuff'.  I, for some reason, had assumed we would keep most of our stuff for when we got back.  But, the point of doing this is to help people less fortunate than ourselves and to begin to lead simpler lives with less worldly possessions.  A big benefit to our service is that we can live for an extended amount of time with only what we NEED.  When we come back we want to continue that.  Since I accepted this I feel like a huge weight is off my shoulders, but at the same time, like I might throw up.  As we take carload after carload to Goodwill I find myself saying...It's just stuff.

Time to go clean out more of the garage.

83 more days until Belize!

Check out http://www.belizeit.com/

for some more info on Belize.