Made it to Pre-Service Training

I don’t have too much time for a decent post, but I thought I’d put in an update that we made it safely to our training site.   We’ll spend the next 3 months here with our cluster of 3 other volunteers learning Russian (among other things).  We’re staying with a lovely host mom named Natasha and her mother — our babushka — named Nina.  We’re very comfortable in their home, and they take very good care of us (I already feel 10 pounds heavier).  I’m very glad we get to stay in the same home — it wasn’t a sure thing since most host families don’t have enough room for 2 guests.

Anyway, we have an internet place in town, so we’ll try to post regularly and give you lots of interesting details (which we have plenty of already).

4 thoughts on “Made it to Pre-Service Training”

  1. We’re all glad to hear that you made it ok and are getting situated. So you are learning Russian after all? Any idea where you will get sent after your training? Well good luck and we miss you!

    Удача,
    Мы тоскуем без Вас

    Love,
    Dad

  3. Emma and Alex, good to hear from you. I’m pleased you are together and enjoying new friends a lots of good food (Alex, have you heard of the PCT 15?). If you haven’t already, check Mom’s Facebook bear pictures. The second half of the NCAA championship game has begun. We’re in command at this point. Go Heels!
    Love,
    Daddy G

  4. It’s so great to be able to hear from you and share some of your experiences through your web-blog. Sounds like you have a really nice host family; so good you can stay together! By now I’m sure you’ve heard how the Tar-Heels ran circles around Michigan State, winning 89-72 in a game that, to quote an AP writer, “wasn’t even that close”. Congratulation, Emma and UNC!
    If you think about it, sometime would you send me the name of that PCT who is related to my Aunt Viola Kientzy (she is married to my mom’s brother)? Aunt Viola’s maiden name is Burkemper, and the Burkemper family farmed down around Old Monroe (near Moscow Mills, which is the next town down Hwy 61 from Troy). Tell me how your new friend’s lineage goes back to Aunt Viola.

    Love,

    Mama McH

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