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How did you get past your thoughts of wanting to ET?
I made a commitment.....a very important one not only to myself but to my country AND to my country of service. To me? My word is more important than most things. I thought ALL THE TIME about leaving. One guy out of my group of 5 ET'd..... i was the only girl (water and sanitation), I made friends there, I was interviewed on national TV in the local language/dialect in the capital before deploying to my town. When I got there EVERYONE knew who I was and I was constantly greeted and spoken to in the tribal dialect bc they all assumed I could speak it fluently (I couldn't....I barely got thru the interview.) It would have been a problem much larger than myself had I left. Then.....a civil war broke out after the presidential elections and we were all FORCED to leave and I constantly think about my time there and how much I wish we were allowed to stay so I could have gotten more done. Youre going to regret it, likely for all your days moving forward if you do. Not knowing the particulars puts us, who you are asking to help you by devoting our time, effort, and energy to answer your question, at a disadvantage. That tells me something. If you can't be a positive influence where you are and represent your country and yourself well.....then...perhaps my response would be different.
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