mbaade
molly baade Joined: April 10th 2008
Logged in: November 22nd 2011
Logged in: November 22nd 2011
"The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or the Peace Corps."
Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes
On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so:
"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges --
"Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!"
-rkipling. the explorer.
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I finished my three years of Peace Corps Service in Nicaragua. I've now lived and worked in Beijing, China, and in the department of Madriz, Nicaragua and traveled through India for a summer. Now I am starting a new adventure - living and working where I was born and raised and trying to figure out maritial bliss. For the foreseeable future we are located at the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri, USA.
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Whatever you can do or dream you can,
Begin.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Begin it now.
-jgoethe
"The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or the Peace Corps."
Travel Blog Posts
Hey! Been a loooooooooong time since I posted on here. For future reference, our updated photos will be on facebook. If you are not on facebook and would like to see recent photos, just sent me an email and I will send you a link, kind of like it was here on travelblog. Spring has sprung here in the Ozarks! The trees are budding out, the daffodils are blooming, and the grass is getting tufts that are great for hiding Easter eggs. Lenin and I have been building a walkway out of rocks between our casita and the parent's house. We just got our fishing licenses yesterday and I predict that we'll be spending lots of hours at HaHaTonka state park with poles in our hands. He just got his green card and we have now ... read more
Helllllllllloooooo from cold mid Missouri! Lenin and I had an eventful and good trip back. We arrived late afternoon last Wednesday, 26 January, and Dad was there to pick us up in St. Louis. He promptly informed us that we would be stopping at "hole in the wall BBQ place" which was delicious. We had fun looking at the various stuffed animals throughout the restaurant. We arrived home to somewhat agreeable weather conditions with late afternoons being in the upper 40's and 50's. However, today at about 2 am we heard rain coming down and by the time Lenin's father called and woke us up at 6 the snow was coming down! We promptly rolled back over and went back to sleep. We literally had to hop and blaze a trail up to the parent's house ... read more
18 January 2011 Tuesday 10:40 am We leave Nicaragua in one week. We are mostly packed, though we need to borrow a scale today to make sure the huge suitcase doesn’t weigh more than 50 lbs. Also, need to check the weight of the small suitcase that is crammed with papers, albums, and everything heavy. Lenin and his grandfather and his father and his brother are out buying a piece of land that is right next to the house where I live. It’s a fairly decent piece of land, especially for sembraring the beans and corn that everyone thinks about. Buying land here involves having a topographer come out with his GPS to put in all the points in the property line and then going to a lawyer to exchange the cash and get the title ... read more
Lenin and I leave Nicaragua in two weeks. I don´t even know how to deal with this timeline. I´ve been counting down for years and suddenly it´s here and I don´t know what to do. All I can say is that my internet time will be practically nonexistant in these last two weeks and the first few days that we arrive. So don´t be surprised if you email me and I never get back to you. I think I´ll be able to process this more when we arrive.... read more
02 January 2011 Sunday 11:45 am I’ve been missing in action lately. I haven’t written on here or checked my email in weeks. On December 23 at 2:50 a.m Lenin’s mother, Vilma, passed away at the age of 47. Her wake was that evening. On December 24th she was buried in the San Lucas cemetery. She was preceded in death by her her mother, her sister, and three children. She is survived by three brothers; her husband, Bernardo; four children, Lenin & wife, Molly; Deybis & wife, Sandra; Carlos & wife, Doris; daughter Iris, and two grandchildren, Asly and Alan. Neighbors, family, and friends were here with us in the weeks before lending support to Vilma and the family. Her pastor from San Felipe was at her side, as were all of her children. The wake ... read more
Books read during Peace Corps service: SEPT 2008 - DEC 2009 1. Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho 2. PS Your Cat is Dead by James Kirkwood 3. Life of Pi by Yann Martel 4. The Alchemist / English Version by Paulo Coelho 5. Caramba! By Nina Marie Martinez 6 The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger 7 The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan 8 The Handbook of Homemade Power by the Mother Earth News 9 East of Eden by John Steinbeck 10 The Coronor's Lunch by Colin Cotterill 11 Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver 12 Playing for Pizza by John Grisham 13 Homeland and Other Stories by Barbara Kingsolver 14 Tales of Beedle the Bard by JK Rowling 15 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini 16 Trespassing: My Sojourn Through the Halls of ... read more
6 December 2010 Monday 2:45 pm I need to evaluate. I have been evaluating for my whole time here in Nicaragua. Thinking. Thinking too much, really. But now that all of my comrades have gone home and just Lenin and I are left, I have been thinking a lot. Trying to imagine what it will be like when we get there. Much of our future life is up in the air. There are a few things I do know. I know that we will live on Spencer Creek Rd for the first couple of years at least. I know that I want my student loans paid off by Christmas next year. I know I want to replant the garden and make the casita ours and I am soooo excited for a washer and dryer. I know ... read more
ringing the bell on my last day as a volunteer
Random November photos to post on this first day of December....... read more
25 November 2010 Thanksgiving Thursday 10am Today is Thanksgiving. It is also the 25th, which means that in one month it will be Christmas day and in two months we will be in the airport waiting for our flight home. I am listening to my “feliz navidad” playlist, which predictably only has Christmas music in Spanish. We won’t be celebrating Thanksgiving here until Saturday, but since today is the mero mero it warrants a blog. I will be forever thankful for Peace Corps Nicaragua, especially to the secretary Mimi and to Marva and Ximena in the medical office. Because of Peace Corps I have learned to speak Spanish, I’ve gotten to know this beautiful Central American country and, of course, Lenin appeared and I inherited a new family. Peace Corps wasn’t easy and Nicaragua is certainly ... read more
Today, Saturday, is my first day in Nicaragua as a free woman. Yesterday was my last day as a Peace Corps Volunteer. Also, yesterday Lenin's immigrant visa was approved. ALSO we arrive in st. louis late tuesday night, jan 25th! ... read more
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