WHAT IT'S LIKE BEING A PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER?! My Peace Corps Experience teaching in Africa 2020

[@JoeyBriggs]

Hey guys! Thanks for checking it out! I absolutely loved my time living in Liberia and teaching high school! Brings back so many memories making these videos. Let me know what your favorite subject in school was??? 👨🏼‍🏫👨🏼‍🏫👨🏼‍🏫

[@Elunev]

This is years after your upload so I'm unsure that you'll see this but "small" actions or influencing just one community IS changing the world. Some people are blessed to be in a position where they can affect great change across many different peoples but it's also a blessing to be in a position like this where you work and grow alongside people in need. Time is the only one who can tell us how our actions will affect the people we meet and the places we live but I have no doubt based on what you have shared that all those lives you touched are in a much better position themselves to affect positive change in their own lives and the lives of those around them If that isn't changing the world in a meaningful and substantive way, I don't know what is Thank you for sharing, this is inspiring and very informative, and learning about your experience may very well change the path I walk as well. Thank you again for all you've done in the lives you've touched

[@ryantouhey1997]

Man Joey, you truly are an inspiration. Teaching well over 100 students and the fact that they're your age or older is almost unfathomable. I could never imagine myself doing what you did. But you're such a strong individual and I am so proud of your commitment to teaching these people and making a difference in their lives. Awesome photographs as well, really told the story.

[@JoeyBriggs]

Thanks man! I loved every second of it even the hard times. Wish I had some video to really show what Im talking about but glad I had some pictures that give a little look into it.

[@toharris3482]

May God continues to bless you for the great job you did in Liberia. You did changed many lives, God will continue to shower with blessings , open many doors for you. I pray God keeps you in good health and safe from all evil in the name of Jesus.

[@JoeyBriggs]

Thank you!

[@lilitalia777]

Thank you so much for these videos! Two years later and they are still blessing people like me who are ready to make a radical change in their lives. It took a brain tumor and finding my faith for me to wake up and see that chasing money and material things no longer satisfied and mean nothing in the end. Not sure if I physically could handle going overseas, but the peace corps is something I would love to do if given the opportunity! If not, I will continue to serve in my church and more locally. Thank you again for sharing your experience and I pray God continues to richly bless you! 🙏

[@jmathues1]

Wow! Super interesting! No idea the classrooms were like that. And that the students were sometimes twice your age!

[@JoeyBriggs]

I know kinda crazy to think about haha. But glad they still respected me 😂

[@marytozo7904]

Things has really change, This has all been due to the civil war corruptions and diseases,The way he is talking about the country makes you feel so bad as if Liberia is a a depressing country to live.

[@shamariewilliams2293]

I'm a NYC high school math teacher, thinking about joining the peace corp... Thank you for sharing this video. And THANK YOU for your service! Your dedication is TRULY AMAZING!

[@georgetamba2960]

U definitely impacted my people life in Liberia 🇱🇷👍👍👍

[@JoeyBriggs]

❤️🇱🇷

[@fanniepyne5827]

You're a gift to the world joey.

[@JoeyBriggs]

🤩🤩

[@yazmina2031]

Another great video, thank you so much for your help! ❤️

[@behborbor7846]

Sigh!! Yea I feel their pain. I was once in that situation. Thanks for all you do for my people brother.

[@nyenepluishere4491]

Thank you for this. I wish it was a little more diverse among corps volunteers. As the daughter of indigenous Liberian immigrants turned U.S citizens, I would love to live and teach in Liberia.

[@JoeyBriggs]

If you are a US citizen you are able to be a peace corps volunteer. I had a Liberian girl in the same situation serving with me

[@yattajoe2540]

Wow you impacted people life,just want to tell thank you for your patience,I wasn't really good in chemistry but when time goes back I began to understand and I like chemistry

[@JoeyBriggs]

Thank you, I loved my time in your country so much. and yes It is a hard subject but it is my favorite

[@royrodriguez5269]

You’re an amazing person! ❤️

[@JoeyBriggs]

🤩🤩🤩

[@MajorCarey-rl4nx]

Awesome stories my friend@ Greatnlook at a different world, world views and experiences! Good to vicariously experience giving back!😊

[@luckyfriend82]

Wow. You speak so well! Your storytelling and communication skills make it so easy to listen to you. It's so awesome seeing how much you've impacted these people. You can tell you really are living your purpose.

[@entertainersplus6942]

Thanks for your testimony! I wanted to do this, but my life changed so dramatically so I couldn't do what I had wanted because Dad died, Mom remarried and then we moved up north to another state. So I commend you for posting this, thanks !

[@liliacolina6508]

Whoa! Joey. I thoroughly love and enjoy this KZbin. Thank you so much for sharing! Wished we worked together in Liberia... I was there in 2016-2017 as al Alternative Basic Education Specialist working in three counties - Bong, Nimba and Lofa. I really can't find the perfect word to describe your awesome experience. Above all, I love the questions you asked at the end of the presentation. I surmise I too, made some impact in the lives of those I met and lived with in Gbanga. I had the most humbling but amazing and satisfying experience ever! No regrets, only love!

[@DavidSmith-lp5tz]

Hey Joey. I’m an RPCV Honduras ‘84-‘87. I enjoy your narrative style and telling your Peace Corps story. It’s interesting how very much the same your experience was compared with mine- except for cell phone reception.

[@lesthebest3171]

You are an awesome volunteer. Dash is endemic to Liberia and the reason it remains poverty stricken. No accountability, just a struggle to survive. I have learned so much from your experience about life in Liberia. The country was one of the first countries President Kennedy sent the PC. They are like 100 years behind development. If you ever saw the TV series Little House on the Prairie, your experience reminds me of how school works in the rural areas of U.S 100 years ago. You probably impacted the people you taught more than you’ll ever know. Wonder if you ever read the book the Zinzin Road about PC in 1960s Liberia and if so how did it compare to your life there?

[@888SummerMoon]

Awesome! I’ve always been interested in the Peace Corps!!!

[@pallavikurakula3844]

Hi! Where did you get the materials for the reading passages you would work on with students? I know earlier you said you had the knowledge of subjects but lacked the resources besides the chalkboard and maybe some other things, so I'm wondering where you would get papers and things like that from. And awesome video! So informative I really appreciate it.

[@charlesclimineda8080]

May God bless you in this life and the next

[@jermainegriffiths7135]

Hi Joey, Thank you for sharing this! Looks like such an impactful experience all around and you explained everything extremely well! Kudos 👏

[@JoeyBriggs]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@fanniepyne5827]

Thanks so much Joey for your tremendous contribution to education in my country. You really help those students with you gitf of teaching.

[@JoeyBriggs]

Wow, thank you!

[@fanniepyne5827]

You're welcome Joey, I appreciate you so much. You went the extra mile helping ur students.

[@brizzie50]

way to go Joey!

[@JoeyBriggs]

ken briggs thank you! 🤩

[@healingjourneys4241]

You are awesome!!!!

[@ropapers6499]

Dope videos 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@henryvicta6103]

💙💙💙

[@JoeyBriggs]

Henry Victa 🤩🤩🤩

[@michaelbriggs7724]

Very informative!

[@JoeyBriggs]

Glad you liked it 🤩

[@johnbuckettjr4575]

Thank you 😊

[@juneliad1160]

We had once peace corps in Philippines, she taught people like gardening, teaching in the remote area and she walj kilometers from her house.....too tired to see her walks a lot.

[@JoeyBriggs]

June Liad haha yes walking is a big part of peace corps 😂 my market was about 3km away from my house and I would walk there and back everyday

[@juneliad1160]

@@JoeyBriggs im aftraid for some safety of other peace corps women, there was once raped in remote areas....... Thanks for sharing your videos Joey...... How about in North Korea any peace corps?

[@JoeyBriggs]

June Liad yes that is something some countries struggle with. It is very sad and something peace corps is continually working on. I do not believe there are any peace corps in North Korea. For them to be in a country they have to be invited by the government and I do not think North Korea has asked for peace corps

[@jeaninestagno3682]

What is the bathroom/toilet situation?

[@ivettenavarro8617]

Kenya 2022!🤞🏼

[@trustyourself-ashleyching3646]

What are the hours for your schedule?

[@dartagnanharris3661]

Somewhere in Latin America or one of the countries where I have African roots.

[@TheEmeline1985]

The no limitations to ones receiving his or her education. The sky is a limit to everything. The biggest downfall of our Western African nation is corruptions in government and lacks of resources when it comes to things like education most specific because many people cannot afford to send their kids to school etc... so that's one of the biggest problems of our western African nation. It's very sad, but our governments are greedy

[@JoeyBriggs]

It is sad but always hope for a brighter future

[@edwardfahnbulleh547]

Are you still in Liberia? I have been living in America for 30 and have build my school in Liberia, in Monrovia and Cape Mount County close to the largest lake in Liberia. like establish contact with. Edward Fahnbulleh on Facebook

[@JoeyBriggs]

I am not I am back at school in the States