Yesterday I became an official Peace Corps Volunteer! I feel proud, nervous, and excited for what is to come.
I took the same oath that any individual, except the President, elected or appointed to an office in the civil service or uniformed services, takes:
“I, Lauren Thomas do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
“I, Lauren Thomas do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
Accepting my Peace Corps ID and certificate from Demba Sibite, the Agroforestry Associate Peace Corps Country Director
The Agroforestry group pic!
A couple quotations they shared with us during training:
Go to the people. Live with them. Learn from them. Love them. Start
with what they know. Build with what they have. But with the best
leaders, when the work is done, the task accomplished, the people will
say 'We have done this ourselves'. ― Lao Tzu
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
– Andre Gide.
Tomorrow I leave for my village of Maleme Niani and everything is going to change. I am sad to be saying goodbye for now to the 55 awesome volunteers in my group and the incredible trainers and staff here in Thies, but I cannot wait for the challenge and freedom of being in village!
say 'We have done this ourselves'. ― Lao Tzu
– Andre Gide.
Tomorrow I leave for my village of Maleme Niani and everything is going to change. I am sad to be saying goodbye for now to the 55 awesome volunteers in my group and the incredible trainers and staff here in Thies, but I cannot wait for the challenge and freedom of being in village!
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