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Enter the Peace Corps. Founded a long time ago by some guy who thought that social programs for other countries would be a fantastic idea, a bunch of moderately well educated young people go out and test their hands in foreign lands for meager pay and a chance at actually living life for something possibly important. It's like the US Army (which you should know about if you haven't lived in a hole all your life) except with less guns, a slightly shorter service term, worse educational benefits, less brainwashing and probably the equal in sexual innuendos.
So, yeah. I am going to start looking into joining up because it's probably the best way I can go about traveling to foreign countries and helping people. My natal chart does major casting towards travel both of the mind and body into foreign areas so I feel that this is an inevitable outcome. Simply put: I need to go travel. To find a place that I can call home I simply must get out there and GO.
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peace corps will give you something like 6k$ on your return too. try to get some of the more civilized countries, like germany.
i would like to see you before you end up headed out of the country though so maybe you can head up this way first? or if you don't head out till next year i'm sure i'll be back thru texas once we get our vehicle.
i think you'd get a lot of gratification out of it. i am really, really glad to see you're not planning on spending forever in texas. :P
My chances of heading in that direction are fairly low. Application process takes between 9-12 months before you leave the country. I imagine that there may be a chance that I'll be up that way but several things would have to come together first:
You have a place for me to stay.
I have the funding for such a venture
I am not in a position where outlying obligations prevent me from doing so.
A lot of stuff needs to happen between now and then. Of course, this is assuming that the program will even take me. Mom wants to tryn and get me to stay in the States with Americorps, but to fuck with that. She doesn't quite seem to understand that I want to be outside the states experiencing different cultures and being put into a situation where I am forced to learn different languages to survive.
remember that small farmers journal we used to get? i seem to remember trade/work/boarding classifieds in there, inviting people to go experience different cultures like that and working and having board and stuff. there are a lot of different opportunities if you're willing to check weird places.
we're not getting an apartment here (or anywhere in the forseeable future.) i do have a hookup at the hotel we stayed at and i'm sure i could get you a good deal.. and sure, funding is completely understandable. also i figure you have to finish your lease and stuff. but you should keep me/us/livejournal updated on your research in this subject, your progress, what you're leaning towards. i am excited for you! i really want to know if you find something awesome i might be able to get involved in too. :)
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