My Peace Corps timeline:

First Application Submission — June 2008

Application put on hold because of funding — July 2008

Application withdrawn because of lack of experience  — August 2008

Attended a Peace Corps seminar — May 2009

Reactivated my application — June 2009

Nomination for Community Development in Sub-Sahara Africa — November 2009

Medical Clearance —February 2010

Received email that invitation was sent — May 3, 2010

Invitation for the Community Youth and Education program in Niger — May 10, 2010

Staging in Philadelphia — July 6 -7, 2010

Left for Niger — July 7, 2010

Swear in Ceremony — September 23, 2010

Moved to Zinder — September 27, 2010

Moved to DanTchiao — Sept. 29, 2010

Start of In-service Training — January 10, 2011

Notice of Evacuation — January 12, 2011

Move out of DanTchiao — January 14, 2011

Left Zinder — January 15, 2011

Left Niger — January 17, 2011

At evacuation conference in Morocco, submission of application for Namibia — January 19, 2011

At evacuation conference in Morocco, invited to serve in the HIV/AIDS awareness program in Namibia — January 20, 2011

Official Niger Close of Service Conference — January 20, 2011

Notification that my medical qualification was decline, rescinding the offer to Namibia — January 21, 2011

Return to the U.S. — February 8, 2011

Submission of re-enrollment — March 2011

Application on hold for medical reasons — March 2011 – April 2011

Medical Clearance —May 10, 2011

Application on hold for funding reasons — May 2011 – June 2011

Call from placement officer that hold was removed and invitation was being sent — June 3, 2011

Invitation for the Education, English as a Second Language program in Lesotho — June 13, 2011

Staging in Philadelphia — October 12, 2011

Tentative Swear-in Date — December, 2011

Tentative Close of Service Date — December, 2013