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Belize Journal: Peace Corps Experience of a New Widow
Belize Journal: Peace Corps Experience of a New Widow
Belize Journal: Peace Corps Experience of a New Widow
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Belize Journal: Peace Corps Experience of a New Widow

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Suddenly left a widow at fifty-one, the author made a visit to her brother in U.S. Peace Corps in Belize, Central America. She found life among the Maya Indians of the village just what she needed for healing her spirit and fashioning a new life. She became involved in village life, first through the curiosity of the children who began borrowing her children's books. Two years later she was accepted into Peace Corps and her library expanded with book donations from the U.S. to include youth and adults. A permanent home was found in a village building and a local Mayan became librarian.

Other avenues of service were found in music, youth groups, teaching at school and to individuals, and by 1989, at the end of four years of service, Barbara was an accepted part of village life. She still visits and keeps in touch with friends there.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherXlibris US
Release dateNov 28, 2006
ISBN9781477173107
Belize Journal: Peace Corps Experience of a New Widow
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Barbara Gish Dickens

Barbara began journaling at forty as a way to better understand life’s events and as an outlet for her emotions. Following the sudden death of her husband of thirty-two years, she needed journaling even more and began writing regularly. This and letters home from Belize, Peace Corps, resulted in this book. After four years’ volunteer service in Belize, Barbara spent time caring for her mother and volunteering in Alaska and Florida. Then she settled in Austin, Texas near two of her three children’s families. After nine years’ social work employment, she is retired, again a volunteer, and still journaling.

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