The journey part 3

I had posted part 3, but lost it. So here goes. I corresponded with my sponsored child Denis for two years before actually making the trip in November 2002. I would send a gift and letter with the teams. They went twice a year at that time. I recall getting one letter in which Denis wanted to know why I had not come. As he explained it, all the other sponsors had come. Actually I knew that most could not make the trip, but it really meant he wanted to see me. We had quite a number of letters exchanged until the opportunity came for me to travel over to Russia.