We have waited so long to welcome this new group of Peace
Corps Trainees and they're here! So let me introduce you....
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| Group 77 |
This is the first new group to arrive since we came in
October, 2010, and many of the staff and Volunteers on Tongatapu went to the
airport on September 4 to welcome them. We had Tongan flags, a large U.S. flag,
and Peace Corps emblems to wave from the observation deck as we watched them
deplane.
Then we waited outside the doors to customs, and there they were! The
15 came through one-by-one and each time we shouted, welcomed, and greeted
them. They were presented with a kahoa (lei).
Later that afternoon there was a kava ceremony and a dinner
to share with them at Peace Corps. It was a good time to start getting to know
them.
What enthusiasm and excitement. How wonderful to have them here. We'll
have a few more opportunities to share with them before Group 76 starts leaving
Tonga, some as early as mid-October. We wish them all the best in their
adventure as Peace Corps Trainees, and later, Volunteers.
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