Dave and I have spent the last two weeks in Akron, Pennslyvania, at MCC orientation. We've learned more about our assignment, cultural differences and MCC as a whole. We've been with a group of about 20 other orientees from all over the U.S. and Canada and it's been fun getting to know them before we all scatter to our service locations. On the weekends we've done some sightseeing and hiking in the area, and visited some friends and family. Last weekend we headed to the Washington D.C. area and took a day-long tour of the capitol. And now we're ready to leave! We fly out of Philadelphia to Washington D.C. to Vienna to Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine, where we'll be picked up and head to the MCC headquarters in Zaporozhye. We plan to spend the rest of the week in Zaporozhye recovering from jetlag (Donetsk is eight hours ahead of the Central time zone), meeting fellow MCCers and doing a little sightseeing. Sunday afternoon we'll head to Donetsk and move into our apartment and get settled. We've lived out of a suitcase for a long time, and are excited about unpacking in a place we'll call home for the next three years.
Laura
