I'm looking forward to updating this blog not only with current goings-on but also with narratives about the process of becoming a Foreign Service Officer. Reading others' experiences certainly helped me in my journey and I'm hoping to pay it forward. Thanks, as always, for following along and happy new year!
U.S. Foreign Service Officer headed to Wuhan, China
The mission of a U.S. diplomat in the Foreign Service is to promote peace, support prosperity, and protect American citizens while advancing the interests of the U.S. abroad. The work that diplomats do has an impact on the world as they serve at one of any of the more than 270 embassies, consulates and other diplomatic missions in The Americas, Africa, Europe and Eurasia, East Asia and Pacific, Middle East and North Africa, and South Asia.
The duties of a Consular Officer include to provide emergency and non-emergency services to American citizens and protect our borders through the proper adjudication of visas to foreign nationals and passports to American citizens. We adjudicate immigrant and non-immigrant visas, facilitate adoptions, help evacuate Americans, combat fraud, and fight human trafficking. Consular Officers touch people’s lives in important ways, often reassuring families in crisis. They face many situations which require quick thinking under stress and develop and use a wide range of skills, from managing resources and conducting public outreach to assisting Americans in distress.
I'm looking forward to updating this blog not only with current goings-on but also with narratives about the process of becoming a Foreign Service Officer. Reading others' experiences certainly helped me in my journey and I'm hoping to pay it forward. Thanks, as always, for following along and happy new year!
Wanderlust
In Mandarin: 旅遊癮 (lǚyóu yǐn)
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According to my Mandarin teacher, the term 'wanderlust' can best be translated as 'a travel addiction or craving'. In the above translation, 'yǐn' has several meanings such as 'a strong impulse', 'a longing', or 'a desire'.
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- Sarah Sanderson
- I am currently in Mandarin language training as a new diplomat in the U.S. Foreign Service. Sean and I depart for Wuhan, China in November 2019 for my first tour in consular affairs.
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Hope all is going on well with your new assignment. We miss you here in Uganda. Christopher Liberty, UNELTA
Welcome back, Sarah! You are an awesome writer and photographer and I look forward to keeping up with your and Sean's adventures again. Cousin Steve Sanderson