Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Lake Tahoe

Rachel and I visited Lake Tahoe for a 3 day vacation, this past weekend, it was so amazinginly beautiful. Outside of Hawaii it was the most beautiful place I have ever seen, we went hiking, horse backing riding, ate at some delicious restaurants, went on a boat cruise to Emerald Bay and checked out a Casino-spent $5 (big spenders). I recommend Lake Tahoe to everyone sometime in their life. We took this trip to celebrate Rachel's completion of her 1st year of law school and two summer interships, and my completion of the 1-year VISTA program with Habitat for Humanity and also my next adventure with the Peace Corps for 27 months in Ghana, West Africa.
Keep us in your prayers for my good health and Rachel's completion of Law School. Love Joyous

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Peace Corps

One week ago I accepted an invitation with the Peace Corps to Ghana, how excited I am, it was a long application process but worth it. I am in the final stage of writing my Aspiration Statement and Resume. I sent in my application for my Visa and Passport. Wow two years-27 months.

End of Service

Wow, today I finished my year of VISTA service at Habitat for Humanity in California, what a year. It had many ups and downs, I learned alot about myself and through some tough times I never gave up, I gained alot of inner-strength and experience that will help me as a Peace Corps volunteer in Ghana this fall. Joyous