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UN: estel
LN: Thompson
DH: Levi Sawyer
DW: Julia Emmeline
DS: Dylan Blake (5)
DD: Adelina Brianne "Addy" (3)
DS: Adam Daktari
Starting from: New Zealand
Country 1: Italy
Country 2: Tanzania
Country 3: Russia

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After spending two years in Africa and welcoming our second son, Levi and I decided that it was time to move. Africa isn't the best of places to be raising a family. Both Dylan and Addy have had malaria, and everyone in the family is rather skinny, because there really isn't much to eat around here. Levi doesn't do all that well in the desert-like heat here either, so he requested to be transferred just after Adam's birth. It's taken nearly a near, but we are finally being transferred to Russia. We have decided to rent a house in Moscow. Both Levi and I already know quite a bit of Russian, so it'll be an easier transition for us than the other places that we've been. Russia is going to be so much fun--especially for Dylan and Addy. They've never seen snow before, and they're sure to love living in an actual house on a real street with neighbors and other children around. Dylan will be going to school as soon as we move, so it'll be an adjustment for him. Overall, we're very happy about the upcoming move.