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Congrats to Tom Spangler and Karyn Fox on the birth of their first child, a son; Chad and Kristen Metzler on the birth of their daughter (they have a son, too); and Bridgit Green and Ibrahim Adamou on the birth of their first child, a daughter.

From where did the three Peace Corps goals come? Read this.

Just stumbled upon this today, but Peace Corps Vanuatu has a website.

Sara Lightner forwarded a message from Ralph Regenvanu about violence flaring up in and around Vila. Looks as if man Tanna and man Ambrym are in a rao about sorcery. See Reuters coverage in this article.

After more than two years, Erin and I finally found a time to gather with some of the North Carolina Vanuatu RPCVs. Evan and Maggie Baker (Evan was based in Vila, and Maggie was a VSO in Vila) and Bryan and Beth Roy (Bryan lived on Paama) joined me and Erin (we were on Paama) […]

Doug Clegg (Ambrym 1997-2000) alerts us to Vanuatu.tv. He also writes that there’s not much snow but the ski resorts in Idaho are open, and “looks like if we don’t get some precip this month we could be looking at another year of drought.”

The Peace Corps has a podcast published every Thursday. Subscribe and listen to voices of our fellow volunteers. We can do a Vanuatu RPCV podcast — who wants to be first?

On my way home from work tonight, I watched as a gigantic full moon gradually got brighter and brighter. I thought back to those nights on Paama when the full moon lit up the island and I could walk around without a torch (as compared to those no-moon nights where I could barely see where […]

I find my Vanuatu pictures in all kinds of odd places around the house.
Here’s an image I came across tonight, showing me sitting on a pile of navara beside the house Erin and I occupied. The coconuts were for my pig — I traded the kids of Liro Village a mini flashlight for every five […]

I traveled to Boston yesterday to attend the American Public Health Association conference, and so I missed two opportunities to see Vanuatu RPCVs. Ginger Newcomb was in Greensboro for a Kindermusik convention; Erin talked with Ginger by phone, and I hope she’ll fill us in on their conversation.
And, Evan Baker organized a party for RPCVs. […]