#preservicetraining

From Chris Flowers: Today I had the pleasure to share my experience as a development volunteer in Peace Corps with the new group of volunteers. This seems like quite an impressive group and I'm excited to watch what they do after we leave Moldova. Success! BTW. Sorry to those people I cut off on the side. #rcpc http://bit.ly/2sA3y29

The #people who have meant the most to me in my time in #Moldova are my #PreServiceTraining host #family. For emotional reasons that even I don't fully understand, I chose early on to not post much about them on social media. I wanted to be present for our exchanges (instead of thinking about hashtags). I knew I could never fully express my gratitude in words & images. The times we had together are so meaningful that I knew I couldn't capture them. They welcomed a nonverbal stranger into their home and welcomed me more than anyone can imagine. During a difficult summer, they supported me in every way imaginable. And they're each individually inspiring in their talents and insights and spirit. I think of them every day with gratitude and love. I need to get over my ridiculous ego-based embarrassment about how my language isn't where I want to be and just call them more. I hold dear many #gifts they gave me - both psychological and physical. This teapot is among them. While I still keep our photos together private, I'm happy to share this lesson in hospitality with the #BloggingAbroad world. @bloggingabroad

On my way into Chisinau for a lovely morning of yoga before helping Chris come back to Criuleni. He's now all done with #PreServiceTraining since completing #PST III. When i'm not reading on the bus rides in I like looking for the different beautiful bus stops with mosaics. Here's a quick snapshot of on one the edge of Stauceni.

@pcm30dave and his #PartnerTeacher teaching an interesting & informative class on preventing colds & flus! They have fun activities and have kept the students very engaged around an important & practical topic. I realize now that I may have been teaching/working with the flu last week instead of a "bad cold." My continued apologies to all I may have infected! #PracticeSchool #PreServiceTraining #PeaceCorpsTrainees #M30 (at Budeşti)

My #PartnerTeacher Doamna Olga & I took a #selfie with our beautiful review #flower. :) Each petal has a review question for our class on eustress & distress. We had a fun time with 2nd-4th grade students today at #PracticeSchool. One more class left until we move together from practice to real. #PreServiceTraining #PeaceCorpsMoldova #PCMoldova #PeaceCorpsTrainees #M30 (at Budeşti)

Week two if #HealthEducation #PracticeSchool is well underway. We spend today preparing our first lessons for tomorrow. I enjoy working with Doamna Olga very much and appreciate her energy, her experience & insight, and her great ideas! I'm also grateful to @jchrisflowers for offering a solution to a huge stress last week that will make this week much better for trainees & our partners due to him offering lots of time. #PreServiceTraining #PeaceCorpsTrainees #PeaceCorpsMoldova #PCMoldova #M30 (at Budeşti)

Many thanks to @pcm30dave for this group shot of #TeamBudesti #PeaceCorpsTrainees with our #PartnerTeacher colleagues and #Moldovan #Mentors at the end of week one of #HealthEducation #PracticeSchool! Week two starts tomorrow. My other amazing partner teacher and I will be teaching three classes on the topic "I heard stress can be positive and negative." (These are assigned topics, for those who were curious) #PeaceCorpsMoldova #PCMoldova #PreServiceTraining #M30 (at Budeşti)

My partner teacher and I teaching middle schoolers about salt, its affects on our health, and making healthy decisions around food. We are shaping up to be one heck of a team and I am so very grateful to her for her patience, humor, flexibility, and support this week! I can't imagine how hard it is to work alongside someone with a toddler's capacity for language (and a sick toddler, this week, since I've had a bad cold), let alone to do it with her grace and spirit. Thank you Doamna Valentina!!! #PracticeSchool #PreServiceTraining #PeaceCorpsMoldova #PCMoldova (at Budeşti)