Two in Thailand

After raising three children and watching them graduate from college, Bob and Carol decided to leave the educational field and pursue a dream that had been put on hold for 35 years (since graduationg from the University of Northern Iowa). "Two in Thailand" is the journal dedicated to that dream - to serve in the Peace Corps. This is a personal blog. The opinions expressed within do not necessarily represent the views of the Peace Corps or the United States Government.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Our Peace Corps Thailand Experience

›
Our experience as Peace Corps Volunteers from January, 2006, to April 1, 2008, was an incredible life journey. It was more than just a journ...
7 comments:

In Memory of Our Thailand Supervisor

›
On Fridays, we would catch a bus to travel to the site of the Educational Service Area Office which was about a 50-minute ride. There we met...
Monday, March 17, 2008

Ceremony at Baan KhoKlaan

›
Carol and I were given a ceremony at Baan KhoKlaan School (the village where we lived for two years). Bob was presented with a Thai silk sh...
5 comments:

Students Paying Respect

›
Each student presented a flower placed banana leaf in a small rolled banana leaf with candles or incense sticks. They knelt before us befor...
1 comment:

Gifts from the Students

›
We took home the ceremonial "tree" and Bob placed the gifts under the "tree". Many of the gifts were something that the...
2 comments:

Saying Good-bye to the Parents

›
Parents came by bicycle, motorcycle, and on foot, but we were surprised to see a busload of parents arrive at the ceremony. They watched t...
1 comment:

Saying Good-bye to the Students

›
It was a time to be happy and sad! Happy that we met so many wonderful students and sad to say good-bye. As the students were presenting gif...
1 comment:

Ceremony at Submuang Wittaya

›
Carol's school put on an elaborate two-hour ceremony for us. A play (in English), speeches, and a ceremony with a 12-page Thai chant th...

Auction - 30 stars Going Once, Twice, ......Sold!!!!

›
We reward our students for their effort in speaking English with pep points or stars. Carol had held an auction and it was very successful, ...

Teaching Kickball

›
We conducted a 3-day "Make and Take" Workshop where we demonstrated an activity to teach English. to 90 teachers in our area. The ...
1 comment:

Thai Wedding

›
My co-teacher got married and we were invited to an intimate ceremony inside the living room of her house. Small wreaths of flowers were pla...
Thursday, February 21, 2008

Open House - Part 1

›
Carol has the Community Learning Center (funded, in part, through the generosity of friends and family) dedicated during an open house. It w...
3 comments:

Open House - Part 2

›
The play. "Goldilocks and the Three Bears - the Musical!" was such a hit, that Bob's students were asked to perform it again a...
1 comment:

Open House - Part 3

›
Carol presented an award to the student who designed the mural painted in the Learning Center (which can be seen,in part, in the second pic...
1 comment:

Open House Part 4

›
Two long line of booths were set up to allow school organizations to display their projects. We even had the YouthPEP team (which we had hel...
1 comment:
Thursday, February 07, 2008

Thailand Youth Festival

›
Bob and his Thai counterpart took 15 students to the Thailand Youth Theatre Festival in Suphanburi. It was an exciting event for the student...

Getting Ready for the Play

›
The students enjoyed using make-up.
2 comments:

Goldilocks and the Three Bears - the Musical

›
The students did an excellent job, especially when the three bears danced to "We are Family" and Goldilocks did her disco moves to...
1 comment:
›
Home
View web version
Powered by Blogger.