Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Jan 2 2007


OK my first blog. Practice for my upcoming trip
How's it look so far? Eventually i will be posting about my Peace Corps experience in Ecuador, beginning with my staging event February 6, 2007. I think somewhere along the line I'm supposed to mention that any comments and observations made here are mine and mine alone, and do not reflect in any way on Peace Corps policies or standards. Oh, here's how it's supposed to go: This site expresses the views of Roger Lurie who is entirely responsible for it's content. It does not express the views of the US Peace Corps or any other organization. I will be serving in Ecuador for 27 months - approximately 3 months of training, then 2 years of service. My program is sustainable agriculture, and my job title is applied agriculture science, which I don't think automatically makes me a scientist. Some areas of work I may be involved in include greenhouse construction and management; introduce alternative, organic methods of food production; increase the number of value added products; implement demonstration plots; promote cooperative marketing systems, just to name a few. I will also have the opportunity to create secondary projects, such as teaching English, starting a library, reforestation projects, and the like.
Peace Corps has been an invited guest of Ecuador since 1962, and more than 5500 Volunteers have served there. I will be a member of the 97th group of trainees to work in Ecuador. I am very proud, very happy, and very excited to be among them.
I will attempt to post to this blog anytime I feel I have something interesting to say, or have photos to share. If any one cares to read, I hope they enjoy, and please feel free to add comments or questions.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hola papi, ahora tienes que practicar mucho tu español, o tu quechua, no se. Te extraño muchisimo pero estoy muy orgullosa de ti y se que proximamente nos vamos a volver a ver. te quiero mucho.
Tu hijita chilena/tica.
Suerte

Joey said...

Hi Dad,
Looks good

Susana said...

Hello--My husband, Jeremy, and I will be part of your Peace Corps class in Ecuador. I look forward to meeting you! Feel free to email me before we leave: studer.king@yahoo.com I, too, have a blog: www.ciao79.blogspot.com

ciao,
Susan

mo said...

Hi--

My name's Mary, also known as Mo, and I'm also in the applied agricultural science group leaving in Feb. If you'd like to chat, my email is mollenburger (at) gmail (dot) com