My parents reluctantly supported me signing up with Peace Corps. They’d rather I’d followed a missionary track with the church or some Christian organization. But they’d had some friends whose kids had successfully completed a program with Peace Corps, which worked to my advantage.
I was assigned an opportunity to work in Ecuador and was psyched to leave home.
The first couple of months I worked hard to adjust and learn the local customs, besides sightseeing. It didn’t take long for a girl who’d been there a couple of months prior to me to catch my attention. Linda and I quickly became best friends. Our friendship grew into more than just friends. Up until that point I considered myself straight. I delighted in our love and the simple life we lived in South America.
However, somehow word of our relationship got out and my parents demanded my instant return.
Upon my return we had some conversations, some very difficult ones.
Option 1: I agreed with my parents and church community. I signed up for a gay conversion camp.
Option 2: I struggled with my family and church community and decided to move to Seattle to live with my aunt Jenn for a while.
I was assigned an opportunity to work in Ecuador and was psyched to leave home.
The first couple of months I worked hard to adjust and learn the local customs, besides sightseeing. It didn’t take long for a girl who’d been there a couple of months prior to me to catch my attention. Linda and I quickly became best friends. Our friendship grew into more than just friends. Up until that point I considered myself straight. I delighted in our love and the simple life we lived in South America.
However, somehow word of our relationship got out and my parents demanded my instant return.
Upon my return we had some conversations, some very difficult ones.
Option 1: I agreed with my parents and church community. I signed up for a gay conversion camp.
Option 2: I struggled with my family and church community and decided to move to Seattle to live with my aunt Jenn for a while.
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