Normal personal items, including medications

Immodium, Bactrim, Benedryl, and Tylenol for flight

Camera or video camera

American money in like-new condition. Major credit cards are good. You can use credit cards in Korea, too. Our parishioner guides will help you exchange money.

Weapons                                         

Combustibles

Any electronic item that includes a Global Positioning System or other such device

Metal objects (not allowed on aircraft): scissors, files, cuticle scissors, etc.

Any considerable amount of currency, unless you declared it upon arrival.

More than the allowable quantities of alcoholic beverages, caviar, and various fishes and animal skins and invories.  Real antiquarian items including real icons.

Expensive items that you failed to declare upon entry into Russia (unless you bought them in Russia and have the sales receipt)

More money than you brought in

Expensive or unnecessary jewelry or watches. Checks including traveler’s checks are useless in Russia. Cellular phones, unless you have one that fits the Russian system (unlikely.)

Passport and visa!

Sleeping bag to leave for boy scouts camp

Twin sheets, one pillow, bedding, towels, washcloths, oven mitts (it is recommended that you donate these items at the end of your stay for use in the Russian children's camps and other activities—items should be garage-sale quality)

All personal items, toiletries (including dish and hand soap), and personal medications, ASA, Tylenol, OTC, meds for diarrhea, etc., give to Fr. Dan when you leave, and he will pass them on to Caritas.

Dry food, breakfast cereal, instant coffee, tea, hot chocolate, or any dry drink mix, nuts, trail mix, jam or peanut butter, candy, crackers, zip lock baggies, a water bottle that can be replenished in the church kitchen every day

Electrical adapter for Russian (220-volt) outlets for electric razors, curling irons, etc. Please be aware that even with an adaptor, devices are sometimes damaged

Flip-flops to wear in the shower, broken-in walking shoes

Umbrella, rain hat, and/or rain coat

Packets of Kleenex for your pockets, pre-moistened hand - washing packets and sprays

Matches, pocket flash light (hallways are often not lit)

Missalette in English. Mass will be celebrated in Russian, so if you do not have an English missal, you will not be able to understand the readings and prayers for the day

Address and phone number of church, cell phone number of Nickoli who has the car in case of accidents, cell phone number of Fr. Myron for emergency, address of where you are staying

Please try to leave what you can with the priests when you leave, and they will see that the items are passed on to those in need.

Itinerary. You may contact Denis ahead of time by email to discuss your visit: what you plan to do there, what needs to be done, any supplies you may need to bring to do the job.

Transportation-most will be by public transportation unless you wish to cab it.

Interpreter

Clean apartment, he/she will also keep the apartment safe, check for t-paper, light bulbs that need to be replaced.

Blankets, hand soap, dish soap, oil, salt, pepper, wax paper, matches.

He/She will keep the apartment safe, with no extra keys given out, and will ask the travelers to turn them in at end of stay. He/She will make sure no other people are in the apartment and if so will report them to Fr. Myron

A few days supply of Cold foods kept in refrigerator in guest area for breakfast, dinner and snacks: canned milk, cheese, butter, eggs, salami, bread and preserved meat.