OK, our last appointment for the first trip is now made. We go for the medicals in Moscow on the 17th. So, potential timeline is: leave here on the 10th, land in Ufa on the 12th, meeting with the ministry on the 13th and the onto the orphanage, 4 days in the orphanage city, back to Moscow night of the 16th, clinicals all day on the 17, fly home either late that night or early 18th morning. Boo yah!
I also want to mention that the couple I speak to, D & S, just got an offer for a girl too! We don't think they can get their visas in time to visit simultaneously but we are very excited for them and hope our paths cross soon! They are going to be very helpful with the list of questions regarding the trip! Ie, does the couple we stay with have voltage converters? What are Russia's standards on car seats since we won't have one over there? Lol!
I'm also looking forward to the new round of training. I loved the course and how it made Mike and I think. The course we took was very Chinese-based so a Russia specific will be nice. It will also help us with the Russian culture and help us with how to help Kid understand her background.
Added two hours later: we just received the info about the training course. It sounds very much like a college soc/psych course that is very Russian specific. There are five hours of video conference and 45 hours of online coursework. CHOC employees had to go through training in order to become an accredited authority to the Russians. Of course, there is a fee, sigh, but it is much less than anything else and sounds reasonable considering the personalization and "marking" they will do. The course is organized by a different employee of CHOC but it will still be nice to have a "face-to-face" meeting with someone from the agency! The information email said they really spent time making this course to accommodate all clients who didn't live in the GTA. We appreciate that!
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