Last week, I received the exciting news I had been anticipating since last September when sixth tour bidding opened for me: the title, location, and timing of my next diplomatic assignment.
After we finish my tour in Burma in August 2026, V and I will return to Virginia for about a year so I can undergo training for a three-year assignment as…
Consular chief at U.S. Embassy Sarajevo!
The Collecting Postcards blog is going back to the Balkans, and I couldn’t be happier about it.
Sarajevo is a wonderful city, which I visited and wrote about in 2015 (here) and again in 2022 (here and here).
In a future post, I will share more about how I received the handshake, and what we anticipate personally and professionally over the next four years.
Until then, I’m basking in the glow of a successful bid season and high hopes for the future.
See Flag Day announcements where I found out about my previous tours, below:
Tashkent (2014): Flag Day Announcement
Canberra (2016): Flag Day Announcement… II
Ciudad Juárez (2018): Flag Day Announcement… III
Office of Children’s Issues (2021): Flag Day Announcement… IV
Rangoon (2023): Flag Day Announcement… V
Collecting Postcards 
YESSSS!!! Between Tashkent and Sarajevo, you’re going to be serving in all the places closest to my heart haha. I wanna come visit 🙂 And you can always practice Bosnian with me! ❤ Can't WAIT for those blog posts/pics!!
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Congratulations! I’m glad you have something positive to focus on.
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