"Blessed are the Flexible, for they shall Never be Bent out of Shape"
First day of work at World Vision! The title of this post was a motto of the Rotary Youth Exchange program, and I learned it when I was an exchange student with them in Finland the year after high school. The phrase stuck with me in Benin, as I dealt with the infinite frustrations and challenges of my first Peace Corps service. And now in Vanuatu, I’ve had yet another chance to experience the importance of flexibility. The good news is, whenever I get the question about whether or not I can work in a rapidly changing/flexible work environment during future interviews, I’ll be all set! Some time ago I wrote a post about my job here in Vanuatu/ what I will be doing for work. You may not have read that post; it was very long, and didn’t have any pretty pictures until the end. If you did read it, disregard everything you learned from it – my situation has had some pretty major changes. Shortly after my time on Ambrym working with fellow Peac...