The great news for today is that I received my confirmation number for my Kazakhstan visa. This is just one more step towards my departure on April 16th. I still have a few more things to finish up and need a few new financial partners, but things are moving along great!
Another exciting piece of news that I received last week is that as long as nothing changes, I will have 3 people from Lynchburg with me in Taraz this summer to help host delegations!
In case you are wondering what takes place to prepare to head back to Kazakhstan, I figured I'd give you a list of some of the things I've been doing these last couple weeks.
- Doctor visit, including updated immunizations
- A trip to the local blood lab for general blood work
- HIV test - needed to get a Kazakhstan visa
- Visiting with friends
- Attending my last board meeting for Inside Out
- An open house in Muncie
- Packing, sorting, unpacking, repacking, and weighing luggage
- Helping out some in the Interlink office
- Speaking to the youth I worked with in Muncie
- Helping serve meals at Blood N Fire and visiting with my friends there
- Panera and Starbucks have been the most visited locations
- Watching some basketball in the evenings
- A pancake breakfast with my small group
- Getting new passport pictures
- Taking/printing a new picture to give out to friends
- Mailing away my visa application
- Sliding down some great slides at Tuhey Park
1 comment:
Thanks you for the great blog and really nice website. I am a native of Tucson, Arizona, U.S.A.(Sister city of Almaty) who is now living and working in Kasakhstan. I am amazed daily by this country, and I applaud your efforts to better educate the people of the United States about the incredible variety of people and places that is Kazakhstan. I have rarely felt so “at-home” in a country so far from my own. I promise for my part to spread the word about what a beautiful and hospitable people the Kazakhs are.
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