Staging in Philadelphia

I spent the last two days with an amazing group of individuals at staging in Philadelphia. We have such a large (61 to be exact) group of trainees, and it seems as though all of us have so much to offer to our specific programs. And we have such a diverse group of people: 4 married couples, 2 have come back to serve after having served in the 70s or 80s. So many of the Peace Corp Volunteers (PCV) have traveled all over the world, and a lot of them speak multiple languages... also ALL of us are nervous about speaking Azeri!!!

So, we leave for NYC tomorrow morning and from there we leave for Azerbaijan. I will not have access to internet and phone for the first week and a half. So you should know in this case no news is good news. Hopefully I can get to an internet cafe and give you an update soon!

My New Address

The first 3 months while I'm in Azerbaijan I will be receiving job, language and culture training (what the Peace Corps refers to as pre-service training). If you would like to send me something via postal mail my mailing address will be:

Hiba Hakam, PCT
AZ 1000
Main PO Box 77
Peace Corps
Baku, Azerbaijan

As soon as I get my permanent address (the one I'll be using for the next 2 years at least) I will post it here.

I'm looking forward to receiving goodies and letters from everyone ;-)

My Very First Blog...

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This is my very first blog. I hope I can keep up with it...