First the bad news. After an exceptionally positive family interview with an international school consortium, we made our ranked list of choices for our recruiter Mr. Philpot to submit to his director. In order, they were Kyiv, Ukraine, Shengou (sp?), China, and Almaty Kazakhstan. We have invested many hours of research and focused attention on Kiev. Our friend is there, she's convinced us it is a wonderful place, enjoys the teach abroad experience, etc. That' what we were determined to get. But when Mr. Philpot returned with an offer from the director, it was for ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN. Where the HELL is Kazakhstan? Oh crap! What happened to our #1 and #2 choices? Christine??
Then the good news. As we considered our options, we realized that saying no to the offer was saying no to teaching abroad, which is the heart of what we want to do. As difficult as it is to shift focus from Kyiv and (already I miss...) Christine, we remembered that we embarked on this endeavor to show our kids the world and look for some new experiences ourselves (not to mention the ridiculous money). We were resigned to choose China if that's what came through, but Kazakhstan?
Hell Yeah! We are going to Almaty, Kazakhstan! Turns out KZ is a beautiful country (check photos on travel sites). Almaty is right next to the Tien Shen Mountains. The school (building, website, staff, program) looks awesome. There is access to all of Central Asia and North and East Africa. The list goes on-like the house and car the school provides, the travel, bonuses, 100% insurance, housing expenses paid, and more.
So we are going to Kazakhstan! The letters of intent have been sent. We're in!
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