{"id":2158,"date":"2013-03-22T09:51:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-22T13:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/?p=2158"},"modified":"2022-03-24T16:55:38","modified_gmt":"2022-03-24T20:55:38","slug":"from-kalamazoo-to-kyrgyzstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kzoo.edu\/news\/from-kalamazoo-to-kyrgyzstan\/","title":{"rendered":"From Kalamazoo to Kyrgyzstan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Britta Seifert \u201912<\/strong> is headed to the Central Asian country of Kyrgyzstan for a 27-month assignment with the Peace Corps. She has no idea where she\u2019ll be living\u00a0or\u00a0what she\u2019ll be doing, but she couldn\u2019t be happier.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s something intriguing about going to a part of the world people here know absolutely nothing about,\u201d she recently told a Battle Creek Enquirer<\/em> reporter.<\/p>\n

Britta, from Marshall, Michigan, said her best preparation for this trip was her Kalamazoo College study abroad experience in India.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt will be a great help knowing that if I\u2019m completely overwhelmed, I can push through to the point where I can enjoy it. I know I can do this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more about Britta and her next big adventure in this Battle Creek Enquirer<\/em> article.<\/p>\n

Photo by John Grap, The Enquirer<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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