Dasvadanya Moscow!

November 15, 2003 we arrived in Moscow for the first time, and I have never been so cold in all my life as it was already snowing here and my Alabama coat and shoes were not keeping the cold away. We were fortunate to have two postings to Russia, and despite all the TNK-BP issues we count Russia as our favorite international assignment. Fast forward to August 17, 2008 and we are all packed out and leaving on the high smoker tomorrow afternoon. This past week has been a blur with packing , final good byes with expats, and one last trip to Gogul Mogul with adoptive families.

I think it's offical now that Ron and I are the older generation as we got to sit for the last photo at Gogul Mogul tonight! It has been such a wonderful experience living in Moscow, especially the last 8 months and meeting adoptive families traveling to Russia. If anyone should have any questions regarding Moscow please feel free to email us and we will do our best to be of assitance.

Hopefully, at 12:55 tomorrow we will board the Moscow-Atlanta baby flight for the states. We leave with many fond memories and a prayer in our heart for this country.

Dasvadanya Russia; it has been fun!

Guess Blogging Is Like Eating Just One Potato Chip!

Since we are leaving Russia next week I thought I would discontiue our blog since most people that read it are coming to Russia to adopt. At this point, I guess I am having second thoughts about ending the blog as it is a lot of fun to hear from people around the world that are on an awesome journey. I also wanted to share our thoughts about the current Russia, Georgia, Ossetia and US issues. The only repercussions we have seen in Moscow from the crisis to date is a rather large demonstration in front of the US embassy on Saturday, and an alert from our company to always carry our passports and be aware of our environment. Monday I had a phone call from home checking to see if we were being impacted. I feel that those reading this blog are praying people, and at this time I ask your prayers for this sitution in Georgia/Ossetia. Ron and I both beleive that this is a crisis in Russia/Georgia and the fallout has the potential to be widespread. It is also our prayer that those still waiting for travel dates are not impacted by this crisis.