From land-locked Afghanistan to the smallest of islands in the far reaches of the Pacific Ocean, stories by peace Corps Volunteers from this region come from (mostly) Hindu India-1,269,210 square miles worth of democracy patched together from princely states-Confucian Korea, Muslim Indonesia and Buddhist Thailand. Imagine delivering a baby-with the help of the handy Peace Corps first aid kit-on a rust bucket of a passenger ship in the Pacific or practicing agriculture with armed Pathan farmers in the Pashtun region of Pakistan. How about trekking into the far reaches of Afghanistan to inoculate women and children for small pox, or returning 25 years later to your school in India to find that, yes, your students do remember you? These stories say. "I Was There."

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Jane Albritton: Jane Albritton is an award-winning journalist, an accomplished editor, writer and teacher. She is a contributing writer for the Northern Colorado Business Report and Edible Front Range Magazine. Her stories have also appeared in Southwest Art Magazine, Poudre Magazine, Travelers' Tales: Hawaii, Grand Tour Travel Journal, American Way Magazine, and The Dallas Morning News. Her editing credits include: BrainStyles: Change Your Life Without Changing Who You Are, The Breast Cancer Companion, Memories and Images: The World of Donald Vogel and Valley House Gallery.