Yesterday I met my first host family!!!!!!!!!!!
July 5, 2019
I’ve been waiting for this day for monthssss (since January to be exact) and it finally came yesterday. With all the nerves, curiosity, anxiousness and excitement leading up until this moment.
It finally settled when I met my host............................. GRANDMA!!! She’s honestly a breath of fresh air!! She is an amazing God-Fearing woman who loves flowers, vegetables, YouTube videos and most importantly Jesus 
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I’m so happy God placed me in her care for the next month and I’m looking forward to experiencing life with my first grandmother
I haven’t met any of my grandparents on my mother or fathers side so this is very new for me. I love and respect the elderly so much and being paired with my host grandmother seems like a match made in heaven! Woo isn’t He so intentional?!!
Honestly up until this point, I have felt God’s hand every single step of the way and it’s been so rest assuring that He is with me and I am not alone. I may not be with my family, friends or familiar settings but God is leading me every single step of the way and bringing the right people in my life. This 27 month experience is one that comes with ALOT of question marks and the unknown and there is no way you can do it without being extremely open minded and literally taking things day by day... seriously. The challenge is truly & actually living by faith and not by sight. But I can already tell it will be an experience I will be talking about for the rest of my life.
And it’s only day 5/820.
I’m so happy God placed me in her care for the next month and I’m looking forward to experiencing life with my first grandmother
I haven’t met any of my grandparents on my mother or fathers side so this is very new for me. I love and respect the elderly so much and being paired with my host grandmother seems like a match made in heaven! Woo isn’t He so intentional?!!
Honestly up until this point, I have felt God’s hand every single step of the way and it’s been so rest assuring that He is with me and I am not alone. I may not be with my family, friends or familiar settings but God is leading me every single step of the way and bringing the right people in my life. This 27 month experience is one that comes with ALOT of question marks and the unknown and there is no way you can do it without being extremely open minded and literally taking things day by day... seriously. The challenge is truly & actually living by faith and not by sight. But I can already tell it will be an experience I will be talking about for the rest of my life.
And it’s only day 5/820.
Hi Ashley! My name is L'Dora (thank you for creating this blog!) I am so happy to see a blog post by a women of color (I was starting to worry). I say this because I am in the process of being cleared to join you guys in June of 2020. I am also a Black female and was curious to know what the experience is like for us in Eastern Caribbean because I am so nervous and anxious and somewhat doubtful about the process. So how has everything been thus far? is there any advice you could give?
ReplyDeleteHey L'Dora, I'm happy you found my blog!
DeleteWell first I want to say Congratulations!!!!!! Deciding to join the Peace Corps is not an easy decision but it is indeed an honorable and selfless one. Congrats on making this far in the process! We can chat directly over instagram. What's your name?