Paul has been volunteering with an organization that evaluates applications from students from the former Soviet republics who want to participate in a year-long cultural exchange program in the United States. He has reviewed about 70 applications so far and has found it to be quite interesting. I have, too, having heard about many of the students.
The volunteers have the opportunity to travel and escort the students either back to their home country at the end of their stay or as they are coming here to begin their program. He offered to go anywhere and received an assignment to accompany a group back to Tajikistan in June! Apparently, this is a route that they have not been sending volunteers on recently, so it is interesting that a rookie participant is getting to do it.
