Now that a couple nights have passed, the relief is bubbling up to the surface. I went out last night and didn't take flashcards with me. I'm no longer translating conversations in my head just for practice. I don't have to be at FSI at 7:30 Monday morning. It feels really good. Finally.
In fact, the last time I felt this good was when I dropped off my 20 pound kevlar vest at the airport in Amman for the very last time.
2 comments:
I have been reading your posts silently (until now that is), but wanted to come out and say "congrats"! Look forward to reading about your experience in Nepal!
Dear FS Officer:
Hello. I am a Training and Development profession living in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California.
I am responding to two RFP’s for the Foreign Service Institute for “experiential learning” (ropes courses etc.) in Leadership and Team Building. I can give you the two proposal numbers, one for civil service FS folks and the other for FS Officers, if you wish to verify.
I was wondering if you have a moment to answer two questions.:
Q1: What are the particular challenges of leadership and/or teambuilding that you find in a Foreign Service posting?
Q2: If there were one thing you would like FS Staff to know before a posting overseas about the interpersonal challenges of this assignment what would it be.
One proposal is due Friday 7/30 and the other Wednesday 8/13. I would not mention your comment by name in developing my proposal only by continent: “…from a Foreign Service officer currently serving in Africa”
I am happy to Skype you at your convenience if you don’t feel like putting finger to keyboard.
Thank you.
Roger Kent
Nevada City, CA
530-632-2062
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