Chris and Laurie Williams
Hi Everyone!Welcome to our blog! We are chronicling our adventures as married Peace Corps volunteers invited to serve in Mozambique teaching English (Laurie) and Math (Chris). Our in-country pre-service training dates are September 28, 2011 through December 5, 2011 and our dates of service are December 5, 2011 through December 6, 2013.
Chris is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) and obtained a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Ohio State University. He has over 6 years experience in water resources and environmental engineering. He enjoys running, art and music.
Laurie graduated with a degree in Public Affairs Journalism from the Ohio State University. She has worked for an IT asset management company in client relations for the past 6 years. She loves movies, all things pop culture, and running outdoors.
You can read more about us and our motivations to join the Peace Corps in our application essays linked below:
Laurie's Peace Corps Essay
Chris' Peace Corps Essay
About Our Blog Title
The Elephant's Child is a story by Rudyard Kipling. It follows the adventures of a curious little elephant who wants to know what the crocodile eats for dinner, and is told to go to the banks of the Limpopo River to find out. The elephant puts his face very close to the waters to ask the crocodile what he eats, and the crocodile lunges for his small, boot-sized nose. The crocodile pulls and pulls until the elephant has a trunk! And this is how the trunk of an elephant came to be.
If you'd like to read the entire story, click here
The Limpopo runs through Mozambique, and we too our awakening our curiosity and beginning a transformation there!
