One thing I always wanted to tell people about being a Peace Corps in the Caribbean!!!!!
Although the Caribbean is a beautiful place and some of the islands (Grenada ) are known for being a tourist destination their is still a lot of poverty and lack of education that needs assistance.
I completely agree that your service is what you as an individual make it to be. It is not fair that just because we live on a tropical island we are considered to be in a fairytale, or it's not the real world, because actually it is the really work. We do not live on a made up planet the beautiful islands are on earth just like the US or France.
It is quite painful to here people say Ohh wait till you came back to real world. Just because it is not your world does not mean it's none existent. We worked hard to get here and we did not pick were we were placed!
Be respectful of peace corps volunteers!!! We hand wash cloths , carry 50lb gas tanks up hills you probably could not walk up yourself, live in poverty and make friendships with people who we can't always help. We integrate into a brand new life that we did not grow up in and the move back to the U.S. And integrate back into that society. It's stressful.
As I said you can not make my service or know everything I get from my service YOU do not make my service I DO!!!!!!!
My island Grenada is beautiful, complex, spicy, outgoing compassionate, an eye opener, my family and one of my homes!!!!!! A part of me is now Grenadian and all never forget that!
It has been an amazing two years testing my abilities, integrating into a society where not everyone wants me here or think I am off a ship, or where everyone wants me and I can't stretch myself enough. I have learned a lot about myself and this amazing place I was placed on. I became apart of this island a saw the true side of it. I saw the real green dot ( it does exist outside of the movies) .
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