It seems we’re doing OK on the Third Goal of Peace Corps: “Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the part of Americans.” As you may recall, that is a large part of why we work so diligently on the blog. Um, that, and keeping our parents off our backs. But in the last week or two, we’ve seen a marked increase in people we’ve never met before commenting on the blog, or writing us emails directly about the blog.

Did someting happen with the internet? Did a link to our blog get posted somewhere odd, and now a lot of people are finding it? I went into the WordPress backend and checked the blog statistics. Holy Cow! We’ve had ten THOUSAND views in the half-year or so we’ve been running. And yesterday was the busiest day ever, with 340 separate views. Who ARE all these people? People like Larry from Mazatlan, or Mark from Antigua, or Lena the architecture student, or Kathy from Cambridge. It’s kindof eerie, all these people watching us. But it’s also kindof flattering and validating, like what we’re doing is worthwhile- not just the blog, but the whole Peace Corps experience.

Therefore, I want to take this post to recognize and thank everyone who comes and reads about our weird adventures. Whether you know it or not, you’re helping us do our job, and we also appreciate the feedback and input. And for those of you who email us directly, we appreciate that too, but bear in mind that if you register and comment on the blog, others can see the conversation and possibly benefit from the discussion as well.