After a 2-hour flight from Inchon, Korea, you will arrive at the Vladivostok International Airport. Your passports and visas will be checked, and you will proceed to the luggage pickup area. Your bags may be weighed and opened. You may be asked the reason for your visit. Depending on the size of the team, our drivers and two to four cars will meet you at the airport. They will recognize you and will be waiting just outside the customs area.

It is about a 45-minute drive from the Vladivostok airport into town. You will be taken to your accommodations and can unpack and rest briefly before being joined by Fr. Myron or Fr. Dan for dinner. After dinner, you will be introduced to your translators and team leader. Work assignments and schedules will be discussed, tour and shopping possibilities will be presented, and a question-and-answer session will follow.

Most days will be taken up with assigned tasks. You will not be working alone, but with others in your group, usually alongside your new Russian friends. You might be working in one facility (such as an orphanage) in the morning, and another facility (such as the church building) in the afternoon. Please plan on being flexible. We will have certain projects scheduled, such as restoring a building or a room in an orphanage, but please be aware that minds and situations change, so things may not always work out as planned.

We will join for Holy Mass in the church each weekday at 5:30 p.m. In the evenings, you will have the opportunity to relax, get to know some of our Russian helpers, and listen to speakers or cultural presentations. On Sunday, we will all join for Holy Mass at 12 noon.

Sufficient time will be provided for you to do some touring and shopping. Do not anticipate the same types of restaurants, shops, and tourist attractions that are common in the U.S. Our tour guides are willing to lead you on organized tours and shopping excursions and will assist you in making purchases. Dinner meals hosted and cooked by parishioners are an option for $15.00 a meal. It is home cooking, friendly, and safe. It affords a woman an opportunity to make a little extra money, and the parishioners love to have us as guests. We enjoy visiting their homes and meeting their families.

Host Person Duties

If staying at institute or in parish apartment or Sod Gorod, the host person in Vladivostok should:

	Have a Map of area ready for travelers
	Have address and phone number of church
	Cell phone numbers of Nickoli in case of accidents, and Fr. Myron in case of emergency
	Address where traveler is staying
	Food in refrigerator in guest area for breakfast, dinner and snacks: Breakfast cereal, coffee, canned milk, cheese, salami, preserved meats, nuts, bread, butter, topping for bread such as jam, eggs, candy chocolates, crackers, bottled water every day.
	There should be a supply of: toilet paper, hand soap, dish soap, clean bed linens, blankets, towels, oil, salt, pepper, wax paper, plastic bags, matches, flash light and keys to apartment.
	Apartment should be kept safe, light bulbs in hallways should be replaced if out, apartment should be clean, and no extra keys out, travelers should be asked to return keys after visit. There should be no extra people in the apartment, and if there are, they should be reported to Fr. Myron.