https://www.lizsgro.com/peace-corps daily 0.75 2026-07-14 https://www.lizsgro.com/peace-corps/ijn40t7rv8heme5loa9kqnsvlexd3m monthly 0.5 2026-07-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/defa471e-493d-4c35-9651-2b7d60b87887/c76bd828-d0d0-4f58-b5f9-f8c794513560.jpg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out Just a random picture I love from National Volunteer Day in December at the One United Nations House with some important Ministry and embassy members and various international volunteer groups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/faf95f3d-659e-4dbc-8258-37616e544be3/IMG_2406+2.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out My host mom and siblings looking for pi'i pi'i snails to eat for dinner after we had a fun day swimming. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/be990141-00a5-4d8e-bbae-2790b7c649c4/IMG_3189.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out My siblings coloring and watching the Elf movie in my room on Christmas Day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/cf67260f-576e-4bd9-a6b8-643cdeaab175/IMG_3130.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out My view on the walk home from the grocery store. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/c23a45c7-e25a-4aef-a077-6b59162da434/IMG_2954.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out The beach I walked along every day after school. Not too shabby if I do say so myself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/f4c91386-1320-4507-bea5-0f90a4e01fe2/IMG_2164.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out Just about 1/10 of the books I sorted through! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/4dd71d8d-5153-4762-bec1-5f3bd590c07d/FC6BDD1D-1C41-4799-BB58-404769C366BB.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out A corner of my room was feeling like it needed some color! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/9752afb3-e952-457f-8931-33e4314d7dc4/IMG_2529+2.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out Helping my sisters make Koko Sāmoa and getting messy in the charred shells the way they used to do with their older sister when she lived at the house. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/f4bea958-f284-46f5-89d4-9dba0d45dfaf/IMG_2766+2.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out Lunch at the resort in my village for Friendsgiving with some of the Savai’i Volunteers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/72eb0f1f-29ff-4ee5-a51f-348c81b99369/IMG_2374.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out Breadfruit and some fried reef fish with a giant clam coconut cream soup. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/e44fd045-d85a-4a16-916f-81ffb4defd10/IMG_2347.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out My host dad stared at this pasta salad box for about 30 minutes before my brother literally slept with it and took it to school to show his friends the next day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/0cf5802f-b309-4305-b992-b15eb08f89f9/IMG_2474.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out It’s like a Bachelor or Love Island set! Beautiful spot I used to run to to watch the sunrise. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/b4ed25fa-2d2e-4e2c-9d37-1db33c1386b3/6CE3EED9-73FC-4567-9AEA-6DEA90B0D86E.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out The wardrobe, desk, and chair I had delivered. Was so glad I had them at the end of the day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/05bb7886-7cfd-461d-8108-4d67cab0b0bf/IMG_1959.jpg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out Sitting with my family in the kitchen learning how to make Koko Sāmoa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/1cd551dd-37f4-4271-b3c5-e8a2e7917d5a/IMG_3199.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out My most important lesson as an educator: the art of roasting a marshmallow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/2cf2b8d1-3852-47d2-a1e8-76d7f953806a/IMG_3124.jpeg Peace Corps - It’s all happening - Make it stand out Farewell, Savai’i! I’ll miss you! https://www.lizsgro.com/peace-corps/were-volunteers monthly 0.5 2025-10-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/e8b8f4d8-b6f9-47d9-bbde-530aa39890ff/IMG_1816.jpg Peace Corps - We’re Volunteers! - Make it stand out Finished with swearing in ceremony! And nobody forgot the dance or fell on stage or passed out from how tight their puletasis were! Success all around. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/4f2e8658-c07a-49c4-a9f8-77bb09d00b12/IMG_1881.jpg Peace Corps - We’re Volunteers! - Make it stand out My vice principal leading the weekly Monday morning prayer ceremony with all 250 students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/ac81f6a8-95c3-4550-ae08-ce127d372db8/983ea32e-cf85-409e-ba8a-4519c1c3c143.jpeg Peace Corps - We’re Volunteers! - Make it stand out Group pic with some staff and community members after planting mangroves in the mud for a project with my environment sector friends. Went STRAIGHT into the water after this. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/fd35bc05-6579-434f-b984-0b814821ce45/51398ee2-163a-46eb-8153-88b815070263.jpeg Peace Corps - We’re Volunteers! - Make it stand out My last night with the youth group. They threw me a party with gifts, cake, and pizza. We all had so much fun cleaning up after and took many, many photos on the church’s camera. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/48d291a5-502a-4bcc-9a2a-54cc50ffc82e/IMG_1634.jpg Peace Corps - We’re Volunteers! - Make it stand out Only place that has come close to live up to the Florida sunsets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/e78d8026-8cf9-44bb-8566-f1efd1a9d538/IMG_1287.jpg Peace Corps - We’re Volunteers! - Make it stand out Izzy, Nyah, Jeremiah, and Gus all hung out and stayed up talking about how to make this. I did cry. I was so happy. SCO DUCKS BABY. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/4bb577bc-7543-42ee-9d20-5e69c355c4b1/IMG_1768.jpg Peace Corps - We’re Volunteers! - Make it stand out Some friends and family came to swearing in and gave me so many ulas! Traditional easy “congrats” gift. Some made out of flowers, some candy, some savory snacks. Best day ever! https://www.lizsgro.com/peace-corps/blog-post-title-one-pe64t monthly 0.5 2025-10-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/a4f717b1-9aa9-4140-958a-6073603a4119/IMG_0110.jpeg Peace Corps - 1 Month in - Make it stand out Cohort 95 in staging in San Fran! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/d5dabed6-624a-47a5-a072-908dabfce689/6f2653ba-4403-4d19-a603-255b86094936.jpeg Peace Corps - 1 Month in - Make it stand out You would’ve never guessed all these dapper, smiling people just traveled for 20+ hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/7b5fa6c6-4d9d-456a-a6cd-c5b7ad0df4fe/IMG_0122.jpeg Peace Corps - 1 Month in - Make it stand out The happiest people you’ve ever seen in a 2.5 hour bag check line. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/671619efb0b7ff237e68d2b4/ee982373-e405-4a48-984e-10ec6a2d6b18/IMG_0297.jpg Peace Corps - 1 Month in - Make it stand out RIP Barbie. 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