peace corps life – Brittany McGee

Volunteer Life: Integration (Video)

May 11, 2016

Volunteers from Olmos, Lambayeque, Peru discuss integration into their host site.

Dealing with homesickness

March 26, 2015

Of course the week that I finally wash my bed sheets, legitimately make my bed for the first time and declare my room 90% complete, I feel deep pangs of homesickness. It’s not the first time I’ve felt homesick, and it probably won’t be the last. As of the 24th, I have been in site … More Dealing with homesickness

“Tía, don’t be mean.”

September 13, 2014

Most people have some time to prepare for being an aunt. I did not. No, my brother in the States did not knock someone up. But, I became an aunt the moment I met most host family during “Site Visit” week. While I don’t know the exact number of nieces and nephews I have, there … More “Tía, don’t be mean.”