6 Weeks (about) and counting...

Our journey to Russia is approaching very quickly. We have so much to do... register the kids for school, see an accountant, buy tickets, buy clothes - WARM CLOTHES -, buy a laptop, E-Reader, find luggage, get shots, finish the visa application, get adapters, figure out what we can live without for 5 months and the list goes on and on and on...

We are so grateful that our placement with RAI (Russian American Institute) formerly, RACU (Russian American Christian Univeristy) is working out. They have very generously offered to help us find housing and will be picking us up from the airport. We feel very fortunate to have their support!

The kids will start school on January 11, with Ken starting on Jan. 18. We will leave sometime in early Jan. to get settled and adjusted before the kids need to be in school. I'm off to work on the applications for Katie/Dylan's school!