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It is often said: Peace Corps Volunteers get much more from the countries where they serve than they give. Truer words were never spoken. Ratna Gurung and the people of her village showed me and Maggie Finefrock a hospitality that takes our breath away, even to this day. I love Nepal as if it were a person, or, rather, a spirit, a spirit of beauty and mystery and wisdom and love. "Maya ne marnu hola," "Don't let the love die," is a Nepali phrase frequently spoken at parting. I am obedient to its injunction. |