Housing??

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Mike is in China this week - his most important job while he was there was to secure our housing. We are happy to report that we will be in our first choice of housing!!

We will live in the neighborhood surrounding the school called "Campus Village." The kids will be able to walk to school.

The picture above is our condo building. Our condo will be about the same size as our house now. It is designed with Western conveniences, like a washer/dryer, dishwasher, and a soaking tub (this is where you'll find Debi on cold days). No carpeting - we'll have to get used to hard floors and buy some rugs once we are there.

The house is furnished, so most of our stuff here will go into storage while we are gone. We plan to rent our home in Oregon. We get to take two approx. 5x5x5 crates of stuff with us (plus a smaller bonus crate).

Here is a picture of our family room and kitchen.

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Where will Kiana and Kevin go to School?

Kiana and Kevin will go to the Dalian American International School. It is a k-12 school located in the suburbs of Dalian. The school has about 200 students from about 16 different countries.

When are we leaving?

Right now our packing date is set for December 29 & 30. The movers will come and pack our air shipment containers and the rest of our household stuff for storage. The kids' last day of school in Oregon will be December 17, just before Winter Break.