LU Alum on Her Life in Afghanistan
Posted: June 22nd, 2010, 8:19 pm
Foster's Daily Democrat wrote:Kathryn Gamble: My Journey to AfghanistanClick Here for Full Story
Monday, June 21, 2010
Kathryn Gamble
My journey here started with an information session about civilians serving overseas.
Recently divorced, my dramatic mind started fantasizing about the wonderful new life I could start for myself abroad. Within an hour of that session I'd applied to volunteer at such exotic destinations as Djibouti, Africa and Stuttgart, Germany.
I somehow convinced myself that I would be the answer to all international political needs. Enthusiastically I waited each day for what I was sure would be an inevitable and immediate acceptance letter. It never came.
Five months later I received a very different type of reply. No, there were no exciting European ports in need of my assistance. But if I would be willing to go to Afghanistan there was an opening I could fill. I swallowed my dreams, hopped on a plane, and have yet to look back.