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Peace Corps Volunteer "Living in Lesotho " writes: A handful of volunteers chose to go back to America for counceling and hopefully all of them will return, but our thoughts are with them now
So by this point I'm sure most of you have heard about what happened here earlier this month. Our friend and fellow Peace Corps Volunteer was shot and killed. It was a very difficult time for our Peace Corps family. The majority of volunteers came to Maseru to be together and there was a beautiful memorial service for Tom as well.
Peace Corps Volunteer "Living in Lesotho " writes: A handful of volunteers chose to go back to America for counceling and hopefully all of them will return, but our thoughts are with them now
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Hard Times
So by this point I'm sure most of you have heard about what happened here earlier this month. Our friend and fellow Peace Corps Volunteer was shot and killed. It was a very difficult time for our Peace Corps family. The majority of volunteers came to Maseru to be together and there was a beautiful memorial service for Tom as well. A handful of volunteers chose to go back to America for counceling and hopefully all of them will return, but our thoughts are with them now. Things are slowly returning to normal, but unfortunately things will never be the same. But I wanted to quickly update you all and say thank you for all of your thoughts and prayers over the past few weeks.
Love you!
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Headlines: September, 2010; Peace Corps Lesotho; Directory of Lesotho RPCVs; Messages and Announcements for Lesotho RPCVs; Safety and Security of Volunteers; Crime; Fallen; Murder; Blogs - Lesotho
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