It was definitely not a situation Alex Lowe ever expected to find himself in – more than 6,000 miles away from his home in Ashburn, standing in front of 200 people in a remote Central Asian village and singing in the Kyrgyz language.
But that’s just one of dozens – even hundreds – of unique moments Lowe has experienced since entering the Peace Corps a little over a year ago.
“I’m sure I looked like my terrified 5-year-old self on the first day of kindergarten,” Lowe said. “I am not a good singer. I don’t like to sing. Yet I have sung more in Kyrgyz in this past year than I have in English in my entire life.”
For more on Lowe’s nerve-wracking decision to join the Peace, what his daily life is like, and what his parents think watching his journey from afar in Ashburn — click here and get the rest of the story over at the Ashburn Magazine website.