In 2001, Tom sent his first update:

It would be wonderful to have a Group 23 reunion...cyber or otherwise. 

I also have fine memories of the time I spent in Liberia.  Our oldest daughter who was born at ELWA Hospital had her 28th birthday in September is proof of that.  Jamie died in 1983 of Malignant Melanoma a year after she was diagnosed with cancer.  We have two wonderful daughters (Cari, 28; Lori, 21) who are both active in volunteer programs.  Lori is considering joining the Peace Corps as part of her Masters International Program next year. 

In the small world department; Cari, who lives in Montana, was in a meeting dealing with Americorps and Volunteer Montana and struck up a conversation with a young man who happened to be John's son, Josh.  We moved into John and Jean's place in Monrovia for our third PC year.

In 2002, we have the next update:

A second generation of our family is a PCV.  Lori, our youngest daughter is in Morocco.  She is a conservation management volunteer assigned to a village of 200 people that is located in a National Park in the NE Atlas Mountains.  She started her in-country training in February 02 and has been a PCV since April 02.  We recently got some pictures from her that shows her home and village.  The mud, stick, dung, fern house brought back memories.  However, I believe our accommodations in Kakata were much more modern than what she is experiencing 30 years later.  No electricity, no running water,  dirt floor and sleeping on a mat.  I sometimes feel I am reliving my PC experience through her.  She loves what she's doing.  She is having a wonderful experience despite the frustrations similar to what we all experienced.  She is fairly fluent in Arabic and continues to be tutored so that helps a great deal as she works with the people in her village and surrounding villages.

Our oldest daughter, Cari continues to live in Missoula, MT.  She's the director of Development for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Missoula.  Cari will be going to South Africa for a month in February 03 to work on a volunteer project to build schools.  She hopes to connect with Lori in East Africa while she is on the continent. 

In case you haven't guessed we are very proud of our daughters.

Susan and I are still in marketing/advertising.  We continue to live in NW Indiana near South Bend.