Presents!

[christine]

PCVs and RPCVs:

What was your favorite present that you received in your country of service?(Obviously the best gifts are the intangible, but since that goes without saying we'll stick with the tangible presents

Comments

[genibane]

I think the best present I ever got was from a fellow PCV. For my birthday she gave me a set of homemade rune cards, along with a handmade guidebook for reading the runes. It was the most interesting and thoughtful gift I have ever recieved. I still have them in my nightstand, and occasionally pull them out and read my future. ;D

[sunsetscreamer]

I'm wearing them all right now: a dress my host mom made me, a silver ring from a co teacher who got her husband to make the ring, and another silver ring another teacher made me just so I wouldn't forget her. Obviously, my host community was pretty generous.

[chordoflife]

Someone gave me a bracelet.. it was beautiful.

[lemon__lies]

So far, I"m only about 10 months in, but my host sister who is 12 made me a small rug. It's made from scraps of fabric on a loom that she fashioned out of a woven plastic bag. It's really adorable.

[ekaterinnile]

Last year the staff at my school in Namibia did a "Secret Santa" gift exchange. My colleague gave me this picture of lions that I think was intended to appeal to tourists, it's kind of glittery and vaguely tacky...of course I thanked her profusely, but what I was really excited about was the bath towel she wrapped it in to keep the frame from breaking! It's the thought that counts, but sometimes for a PCV a practical gift is the best!