Ringing in the New Year

Happy Holidays from Tonga! I know Christmas ended a few weeks ago (and most people tend to be Christmas-ed out by now) but I have this little video clip filled with so much cheer that I still really want to share.

Depicted: PCVs Amy(Group 73) & Jenny (Group 74)

I’ve been meaning to write, record, and show so much more, but the days have flown by and I haven’t given many (any?) updates. It’s been a whirlwind of change as I’ve gone from being a trainee to swearing-in as a volunteer. I’m finally starting to feel a bit more settled into my new site, and I feel like this really will be a home for the next 2 years. It’s wild to think that it was about this time last January when I applied to the Peace Corps, and now here I am, on the tiny island of Tonga of all places. I never expected I’d end up in the middle of the Pacific Ocean working as a teacher, but I truly believe everything is meant to be and it all works out in its own way (as hippy as that sounds, it’s my life philosophy…don’t laugh). So far the pieces have fallen together, and I’m in a place where I think I can be happy and I know I will grow and learn so much from. I’m ringing in the New Year in Tonga, with all sorts of resolutions for what I hope to accomplish in 2009.