Mauritania Is A No Go

For those of you who haven't heard yet the Mauritania training class that I was a part of has been officially cancelled. I got a phone call on Wednesday from the D.C. Peace Corps headquarters and they gave me the news. They said they made the call because originally they were confident that we would be able to get our visas this summer, but as of this week they felt like we were not going to be getting them any time in the near future. Also they were hoping that by making the call now they would leave us with enough time to get reassigned to a group leaving this summer.

I'm not gonna to lie this news came as a bit of a blow. When I got the message from my mom that the Peace Corps had called I just figured they were calling with good news about the visas. Needless to say I'm a bit frustrated with the delay, but flexibility and patience is part of the job. My old ball coach used to tell me, "control what you can control and let the rest go" so that's what I'm doing :)

The Silver Lining!

So as of now, I've talked with my new placement officer about where we go from here and she said Peace Corps is currently working to get everyone from the Mauritania class reassigned. She said they are trying to keep us in the Sub-Saharan zone, but that there is no guarantee and there is also no guarantee that I'll be use french or be working in the same kind of job as I originally thought. Hopefully I will be getting a new assignment by early next week and I'll have new and exciting news to share!

Peace,
Kate