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Around March 2007 I was just searching the website just to see if anyone there caught my attention. This is when I saw pictures of Svetlana.
Today I do not know what attracted me to her. After a couple of weeks looking at her pictures I decided to write her a letter just to see if she would respond to me. The very next day I received a letter from her.
This was the beginning of something beautiful. She was everything I was looking for in a woman and much more. For almost a year we wrote letters and spoke on the telephone with the help of a translator.
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In February 2008 I made the first of many visits to Ukraine. I stayed for about a month. At the airport we were very nervous and did not know what to expect from each other. I must say it was as if I had known Svetlana for many years.
With the help of a simple electronic translator and a dictionary we began to learn more about each other. That first visit was very frustrating because of the language barrier, but we overcame this problem.
Before I had to leave I asked her if she wanted be together me and of course she said yes. A couple of months later I returned to Ukraine and we made our official engagement with her family and son.
During the year 2008 I visited for more than 6 months of the year. During my last visit which began in September, we got together on November 29, 2008, a very traditional Ukrainian wedding. This was the day My Angel became my love companion.
I must admit I have attended weddings in America, but I have never had such a wonderful and FUN filled 2 days in all my life. From paying family friends and neighbors to get thru the gate of her mother's house.
Then Paying her brother and Aunt Extra money to not receive her cousin, who was dressed in a wedding dress, just to get into the house. All the traditions before, during and after the wedding were just wonderful.
Of course riding her mother and uncle around the neighborhood in a wheel barrel selling shots of vodka and candy to everyone who passed was the funniest thing I have ever seen.
I must say that without the help of everyone at the website and the agency we would not be married today. Since our wedding I have returned to America for my work. We are currently awaiting our final visa documents so Svetlana and our son, Sasha, can join me and my 2 children in America.
I cannot stress more to anyone thinking about looking to Ukraine or Russia for their soul mate, that they must make the effort to learn the language and learn the everyday life of the lady they want to be with.
I found that Russian is a very good start to communicate with your lady, but until you go and visit for an extend amount of time and want to learn about her culture and language you will always have problems.
Over the last 2 years my Russian and Ukrainian has gotten pretty good. I even began to not stand out on the street as an American.
When men and women begin to start conversations with you on the street or ask you questions about where something is located you know you are starting to fit into their everyday life.
Everyone must remember Ukraine is a different country with many different cultures and traditions that many people just would not understand.
Thank you very much
Robert and Svetlana
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