Hello from the East of Ukraine, town of Izium. We landed a very nice apartment right near the center of the town. My school is literally across the street and is 150+ years old and huge and beautiful. It is in the middle of the city park and there are trees everywhere. I'll get pictures soon. Shannon's school is only about a 7 minute walk away so it's nice for everyone. Our apartment has two rooms, central heating, and hot water so we're extremely lucky and grateful to all the people who set it up.
We arrived in Izium a couple of days ago after the swearing in retreat in Kiev, and before we even got here, people knew about us. Mainly because we were interviewed by two Ukrainian national news organizations in Russian and English. It was really interesting! Our host families saw it, and were very excited. They even played a clip of Danny playing and singing a Russian song!
Our town kind of reminds me of a large college town. But I'll post pics and more info later as we have more chances to explore it.
We are happy and healthy and excited to finally be in our permanent site here in Ukraine. We miss and love you guys and we'll talk to you soon. By the way, we have access to the internet now as it is on the bottom floor of our apartment building. It's an internet club but it is very cheap and fast. So if you want to Skype let us know.
