Hello Chuck. How are you? It is Voly from Match.com. Do you still remember me? I hope you did not forget about me (I attached two pictures of me in this letter).:) I am very sorry for delay with my answer, but I was very busy with my work. I think that my profile is hidden, that is why you could not open it, I will check it.
First of all I want say "thank you" for your respond. Ok, now I want to introduce myself to you , I will write you all about me and my life, and I think it will help you to understand who I am...
My full name is Volha Zaletkaa. But all my friends and people who know me call me Voly. You can call me Voly or Volha, I like both names (which name you like most, Voly or Volha?). I am 35 years old, my birthday is 20 of July, and my astrological sign is Cancer. My height is 5'7 (170cm) and my weight is 55-56 kg. I was born and grew up in Europe, in Belarus. Do you know where is Belarus? Do you heard about it before? It is near Poland and Lithuania. That is why my english is not perfect. At this time I am in Belarus, but in the end of June I will move to Los Angeles. I will live and work in Los Angeles and Los Angeles will become my new home.:) I decided to move to Los Angeles, because political and social situation is not good in Belarus, and it seem to me that it will become worse in future, if you heard about situation in Belarus you will understand what I am talking about. I traveled a lot and I have been in many countries, but I decided to move to US, because I think that it is best place to live. And I am sure I made good choice when I chose California. I will write about my move to Los Angeles in details in the end of this letter. Now I live and work in Minsk , it is capitol of Belarus and it is very beautiful city with great history. Do you heard about Minsk before? I am musician. I finished Minsk Music Conservatory and I am professianal pianist. I work in music agency as private music teacher, I teach children to play piano. I love my job very much and I am sure that I was born to become musician and piano teacher. Music is important part of my life and now I cant imagine my life without it.
Ok , now I will write about what I like and what I do not like...I will write about different "simple things", but I think that this "simple things" are very important, because we all consist of "simple things"..."simple things" helps us to know each other much better.
Music...I like music very much and I am sure that you already understood it.:) Most of all I like jazz music and rock music. But to say true I like all styles of music...for example I like U2 and Madonna, Anastasia and Miles Davis, BB King and Beatles... Also I like classical music, and classical music is part of my work. Most of all I like Chopin and Mozart, they are my favorite composers. And as pianist I like to play jazz very much. Also I like to compose my own music, most of people who listened my music told me that they like my music and I hope they told me truth...or maybe they did not want to make me sad, and that is why they told me that they like my music...who know?!:) I have more then 500 music CD's in my collection.
Films...I like good humor and I like to laugh , that is why most of all I like comedy films. When I feel myself sad I prefer to watch comedy film and it always helps me. Also I like history films and different dramatical films. I cant say wich film is my favorite , because there are many great films and I cant choose one. My favorite actors are : Tom Hanks , Al Pacino , Robert DeNiro , Anthony Hopkins and Harrison Ford. As about actresses , my favorite actresses are : Nickole Kidman , Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz.
I like theatre very much and I think that it is great art. It is a pity that there are no good theatres in Belarus , but I visited many good theatres in Europe.
I like to read very much. Most of all I like to read history novels , different mystical detective books and classical literature. My favorite writer is Bulghakov and most of all I like his book "Master and Margarita" ,I read it many times , it is very intersting book. Did you read "Master and Margarita"? I have a lot of books in my colection.
Sport...I like sport very much. All sport games are good , but my favorite kind of sport is tennis , I like to watch it on TV and also I like to play tennis too, but I am not very good tennis player and I need more practice. I go to gym 1-2 times in a week , because I like to be in good form.
My favorite colors are blue and white.
I like flowers very much. Most of all I like roses, I think that red roses are most beautiful flowers in the world.
Also I like to travel very much...I have been in many countries. I worked in Germany , France and England . I have been in Japan (in Tokio), I visited Turkey and Cyprus. I am very curious woman and I like to visit new places. I have never been in US before, but I know that there are many interesting places in US.
I do not smoke and I do not drink alcohole drinks , only on great holidays I can drink glas of wine , but not more.
I have never been married and I do not have children. All people who know me always ask me why I am still alone, and always I do not know what to answer... sometimes life is very difficult to explain... but I think that I still did not meet "man of my life", that is why I am still alone.
I am little bit shy person, but not too much. And also I am very romatic woman and I still belive in true love. I am looking for serious relationship. I think that all good relationships begins from good friendships...Also I am sure that there are 3 most important things in relationship - honesty , trust and communication , I think it is key to good relationship. And I am sure that two people must respect each other, it is very important too.
Ok, now little bit more details about my move to Los Angeles. I will move to Los Angeles in the end of June, now I do not know exact date of my arrival, but on monday I will find out exact date and time of my arival to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles I will work as music teacher in family, I will look for children and will teach them to play piano. It will be only work for first time, and after 5-6 monthes I will find better job for me. I am planing to live in US, I know that it will be not easy for me to start new life in new place, but I am very hardworking woman and I am ready to all difficulties. I know what I can, I am great optimist and I am sure that all will be good. I am sure that I made right choise.
Ok, I need to end my letter at this time, it seem to me that it was most longest letter in my life. I hope you did not fall asleep during reading!:) I am sure that I forgot to write about many things, but I will continue to write about me in my next letter. And in my next letter I will send you many pictures of me, I hope you will like my pictures.
And also in my next letter I will send you my phone number.
Please write me all about you in your next letter, write me about your life, write me about your work, about thigs you like and things you do not like, it will be very interesting for me. And please send me as many pictures as you can.
If you have any questions, please ask me and I will be glad to answer on all your questions. And ofcourse I will have a lot of questions too.
I will be waiting for your next letter with impatience! Write me soon! Best regards. Voly
P.S. I sent you this letter from my primary email adress, only my friends and people from my work know this email adress. Please write me to this email adress in future, I check it every day.

Hello Chuck. I was very glad when I saw your letter in my email box today! How are you? I am fine. The weather is very good here today, it is sunny. How is the weather in your part of the world?:)By the way, about weather, I do not like cold weather and that is why my favorite season is summer. What is your favorite season?
In my previous letter I forgot to write about many things , that is why now I will continue to write about me and my life.
I did not write you about my family...My family is very small, I have only one very close human in my life, it is my grandma. Her name is Alexandra, she is 82 years old. My parents died in car acident when I was 4 years old, and after that tragedy I lived with my grandma Alexandra. She was my father and my mother in one face. I love her very much, and she is very important person in my life. I respect her very much and I trust her on 200%, I know that she will be always on my side. She live in Brest, it is not big town in the west part of Belarus(near Poland). All her life she worked as music teacher in school in Brest. By the way, also Brest is my native town, I was born in Brest and I lived there till 18. My grandma Alexandra gave me my first music lesson when I was 5 years old , she saw that music was very interesting for me and when I was 7 years old she gave me to music school. I finished music school when I was 16 years old. After that I thought a lot, I thought about what I want to do in my life, and I decided to become proffesional musician, it was very important and very difficult part of my life. In 18 years I leaved Brest, I moved to Minsk where I entered to Minsk Music Conservatory. I finished my study in Minsk Music Conservatory when I was 25 years old, and after that I decided to stay in Minsk, because I found good job in Minsk. And now I am very glad about my decision, because now I know that I made right choice, it seem to me that I was born to become pianist and now I am very happy with my work. So, I am very grateful to my grandma Alexandra, because she gave me my first music lesson, she showed me what is music and all my childhood she helped me in all ways. She is very special person in my life and every weekend I go to Brest from Minsk to visit her. By the way, grandma Alexandra is "mother of my father".
And also I have second grandma in Ukraine. Here name is Tatsiana, she is 87 years old. She is mother of my mother. She live near Kiev in small vilage Lipovka. She is very good woman and I love her very much, but she live very far from me, that is why I visit her only 2-3 times in a year.
I don not have any brothers or sisiters, I was only one child of my parents. So you can see that my family is very small.
What else I can tell you about me...hmmm let me think...Food. My favorite food is - ice cream. Most of all I like ice cream with chockolate, sometimes it seem to me that I can eat it every day and every hour, but ofcourse I do not do it, because I do not want to become an elephant.:) Most of all I like French cuisine, Italian cusine, different sea food and spicy food. And also I like pizza very much. By the way, do you know that I am very good cook?:) Yes, I am good cook. I like to cook and it is like sport for me, I can cook a lot of dishes, and most of all I like to cook belorussian and ukranian cuisine. And I like to bake cakes, I can bake more then 30 kinds of cakes, and I always looking for new recipes.
I like to drive car and I have drive license, but I do not have my own car.
I hope you do not have problems with my english. I learned english in school and in conservatory, and also I took private english lessons, but I know that I still need more practice. By the way, my native language is Belorussian language, but also I can speak Ukranian and Russian languages, and I understand Polish language.
Ok, now more details about my move to Los Angeles, and more details about my work in Los Angeles. To move to Los Angeles I use special job service, this service helps me with all documents and papers, and also this service helps me to find job in Los Angeles. It is very good service, I know it because I used it two times before, this job service helped me to find job in Germany and England. As I told you in my previous letter, I will work as "nanny-music teacher" in family. I will live with family and will have my own room in their house. I will work 5 days in a week, 8 hours per day. And I will have free weekends. It will be easy and interesting work for me, because I like children and I like to teach. I will not be simple nanny, and my primary work will be to teach children to play piano. It is a pity, but now I do not know in which family I will work. It is a rule, because people will not let me to stay in their house and with their children if they have never see me, they need to see me in person at first and to talk with me. That is why when I will arrive to Los Angeles I will meet with 5-6 families and will have serious interviews with them. And only after interviews I will decide in which family I will stay to work, if family will like me and if I will like family - I will stay to work in this family. Now I only know that all this families live in Los Angeles and in nearest to Los Angeles areas. I will move to US with work visa.
Yesterday, on monday, I visited this job service, we talked and discussed some things about my move and my future work. They still did not decide about date of my trip, it will be 1 or 2 of July. But on monday 29 of May I will visit job service again and they will tell me final date and all fligh details.
By the way , here is my adress in Minsk:
yl.Kyllman, d.13, kv.98
Minsk, Belarus
If you want you can send me real letter or post card.:)
I did not write my phone number now, because I do not sure about international code for Belarus, I need to check it. I will find out international code tomorrow and will send my full phone number in my next letter. I think it will be great to talk to each other.
Tomorrow I will scan and will send to you some of my pictures. I have a lot of pictures, but I want to choose and to send most interesting pictures.
Well, my time in internet cafe is over and I need to end my letter at this words. I do not have my own computer, that is why I need to go to internet cafe when I need to use interenet. I have alot of things to write, but I need to stop now.
I will be waiting for your letter and I will check my mail tomorrow. Write me soon.
Best regards. Voly

Hello Chuck. How are you? I am fine. Today is Friday and the weather is not very good here today.
Thank you very much for pictures, I like them.
Yesterday was very busy day for me, I had a lot of work and at evening I worked in good restaurant. I played classical music with other musicians. That is why yesterday when I came back home my fingers was like 10 bananas.:)
Let me tell you little bit more about my work. As I wrote in my previous letters, I work in music agency. My primary work is to teach children to play piano. I have 12 students , and many of them are very talented children. Their ages are very different, from 7 years to 12 years. I love my work very much and that is why I work very hard, I try to teach them as good as I can, because I want to give them all what I know. It is very easy for me to work with children , and it seem to me that all my students like me as a teacher very much. I hope my lessons will help them to become great musicians. Also sometimes I play with other musicians in good restaurants, we usually play classical and jazz music. But to say true, I do not like to play in restaurants, because it seem to me that most of people in restaurants do not listen our music. But work is work, and sometimes I must play in restaurants. There are many different musicians work in music agency. And most of them are very good people. But we all have one big "problem", it is our boss.:) He is very greedy and egoistical person, he is very far from music and he think only about money, sometimes it seem to me that "money" is his god. He is very rude and he do not respect people, that is why most of musicians do not like him...he know about it, but it do not care him. But he is our boss, and boss is boss, we cant change him. I am very glad that very soon I will end my work in his agency and will never see him again in my life. He know that I will leave Belarus soon, and on next week I will talk with him about my last day of work in his agency.
You know, I have serious question to you. Do you have a dream? Can you tell me about your dream ? Of course if it is not a secret. As about me, I had big dream when I was young girl. My dream was to become great and famouse pianist. I worked very hard, I lerned a lot, I learned and learned, I did all what I could...but my dream did not come true and I did not become great and famous pianist...but I became good pianist, I became good teacher, I love my work and I am very happy with it...of course it is not what I dreamed about when I was young girl... but it is enough for me to be happy.
I asked you about you dream, because I read in one book that "good way to know anyone is to know his dream".
My grandma Alexandra told me interesting story when I was little girl, and I remember that story till this days. She told me that all stars on the sky are someone's dreams, and when someone's dream will come true the star will fall. And when we see falling star it means that someone's dream came true. But there are millions of dreams will never come true and that is why there are millions stars on the sky, and they will never fall. Nice story and little bit sad too, yes?
Now I have other dream. Now my dream is to meet man of my life, man who will love me, man who will respect me, man who will be happy with me and with whom I will be happy, man with whom I will spend rest of my life. I am 35, in July will be 36 and I am still alone, and sometimes when I think about it I become very sad. But I am great optimist and I am sure that this dream will come true.
Also I have something like "small dream", but I think better to say that it is a "wish". I want to become private music teacher in US, I want to teach children to play piano, because now I cant imagine my life without teaching job, it is what I can do good and what I like to do. When I will be in US I will work very hard and first of all I will improve my english, and I hope that after some time I will be able to become private music teacher in US. But at first time I will work in family as "nanny-music teacher", but it will be good work too.
Chuck, you asked me about England and Germany...I was in each country for 6 months.
Ok, now about my phone number. I will give you phone number of my grandma Alexandra in Brest. I rent one-room apartment in Minsk, it is small but very convinient apartment. But there is no telephone in it, owner of apartment is woman, and many times she promised me that she will make phone in apartment, but still she did not do it, and now when she know that very soon I will leave her apartment she do not going to do it. But this apartment is near office of music agency where I work, it take for me only 5 minutes to get to music agency from this apartment, and it is most important for me then telephone, because sometimes I need to visit music agency office several times per day. But it is not a problem, I will give you phone number of my grandma Alexandra in Brest, I visit her every weekend and you can call me on weekends to Brest. Here is phone number:
375-29-5514994 ( 375 - it is international code for Belarus)
Please write down this number and do not lose it,ok?.:)
Today is Friday, my work week is over and today I will go to Brest, so you can call me on this weekend. In the end of this letter I will write you about time when I will be waiting for your call on this weekend. It will be very nice to talk and to hear each others voices.
On this weekend I will have serious meeting with woman in Brest , her name is Lisa, she is 48 years old, this woman will take care about my grandma after I will leave Belarus. My grandma Alexandra is old and sometimes she need some help, and with Lisa she will not have any problems. On this weekend I will discuss with Lisa all things about my grandma, I will tell her all what she will need to know about my grandma and I will explain to her all what she will need to do.
It is very sad for me that I will need to leave my grandma Alexandra soon, when I think about it I become very sad. But it is life, and sometimes we need to do things that we do not want to do. It is not easy for me, because she is very important to me and we are very close to each other. But I will call to her from US regulary and I will come to visit her in Belarus as often as I will be able. It is a pity that she cant go with me, she told me that she will never leave Belarus, because she lived here all time and she want to stay in Belarus the rest of her life. I talked with her many times about my future move and always she told me that I did right choise. Grandma Alexandra is very clever woman and she understand all. It is very sad side of my move to US, and it will be very hard for me to live without her. It is very hard to leave people whom we love, but life is life.
Past days I had a lot of work, I was very busy and that is why I had not time to scan pictures, I hope you will forgive me that I did not send pictures in this letter as I promised. I chose the most interesting pictures of me, and in my next letter you will get it 100%. You will see me, apartment where I live in Minsk, some interesting places in Minsk with me, I hope you will like all pictures.
Ok, now about time when I will be waiting for your call on this weekend. I will be waiting for your call on Saturday from 3PM till 3AM, it is my belarus time. Time difference between us is 10 hours, that is why for you it will be SATURDAY FROM 5AM TILL 5PM (it is your time!). All this time I will be at home. I gave you long period of time because we are very far from each other, and if you will have some problems with connection please try to dial my number till we will connect. It will be very nice to talk and I will be waiting for your call with impatience!
Well, I need to end my letter now. I wish you to have very nice weekend.
I will be waiting for your call.
Have a nice weekend. Voly.

Hello Chuck. How are you?
I am fine. Today is Tuesday and the weather is good here today.
Chuck first of all I want say that I was very happy to talk to you on past weekend! I was very happy to hear you and I want to say that I like your voice very much! Now I am waiting for our next talk with great impatience!
Yesterday, on Monday, I came back to Minsk from Brest. My weekend with my grandma Alexandra in Brest was very good, as usually. It was little bit sad for me to leave my grandma Alexandra yesterday early morning, but on this weekend I will visit her again and this thoughts make me happy.
Yesterday was very busy day for me, because yesterday after I came back to Minsk I visited job service. I spent in job service a lot of time. I had very serious meeting there and now I have a lot of news and details about my move to Los Angeles. First of all I want say that I will arrive to Los Angeles on Friday 30 of June. I will have 1 stop in France during my trip. Here is all flight details:
I will depart from Minsk on 30 of June at 4.20PM (Minsk time), and I will arrive to Paris CDG Airport on 30 of June at 6.20PM (Paris time).
Then I will depart from Paris on 30 of June at 7.40PM (Paris time), and I will arrive to Los Angeles on 30 of June at 10PM (Los Angeles time). I will arrive to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). My Flight number is AF 70 and my plane will arrive to Terminal 2.
So, on Friday 30 of June at 10PM (Los Angeles time) I will be in Los Angeles.:) I became very happy when I got this information yesterday. Only 31 day and I will there!
Also I have all details about my arrival and interviews with families.
When I will arrive to Los Angeles, representative of job servise will meet me in airport, it will be woman and this woman will drive me to hotel where I will stay for first days. Also this woman will drive me to my interviews with families, and only after interviews, after I will decide in which family I will stay to work - I will move with my things from hotel to house of family where I will work. It will take 5 days to choose family, and during this time I will stay in hotel. I will find out name and adress of the hotel in the middle of June.
My interviews with families will start on Monday 3 of July. On Monday 3 of July I will have 2 interviews with 2 families. And on 5 of July I will have 3 interviews with other 3 families. And after that I will need to decide in which family I will stay to work.
After I will arrive to Los Angeles I will be free till Monday 3 of July, I will be 100% free on 1 and 2 of July, all weekend. Woman who will meet me in airport will drive me to hotel and after that she will leave me there, and I will see her again only on Monday morning 3 of July, she will come to hotel and will drive me to my interviews with first 2 families. I think that it is very good that I will be free on 1 and 2 of July, it was very good news for me. Also I will be free on 4 of July.
Now when I know date and time of my arrival I have question to you...Will you be able to meet me in airport when I will arrive on Friday 30 of June? I hope you will be able. I think it will be great and I will be very glad to see you!
Well, it was all news about my arrival to Los Angeles.
Now when I know date and time, I feel myself very happy and little bit sad in same time... I am happy becase after 31 day I will be in Los Angeles, and I am little bit sad because after 31 day I will leave my grandma Alexandra. My feelings are very different now.
My meeting with Lisa in Brest on past weekend was very good. We talked a lot and discussed all details. I tust to Lisa very much and I am sure that my grandma Alexandra will not have problems with her. It is very important for me, and now I do not worry, because I know that I have Lisa. I am very grateful to Lisa, I do not know what I would do without her.
Tomorrow morning I will have serious meeting with my boss, we will talk about my last day of work in his music agency. He told me that he already have woman who will work instead of me, and tomorrow he will introduce her to me. I hope she will be good teacher for my students, I hope that my students will be in good hands.
Ok, now about pictures that I sent in my letter:
"foto1" - it is me in my Minsk apartment.
"foto2" - it is me near office of music agency where I work.
"foto3" - it is me and behind me you can see monument "Island of Tears", it is famous place in Minsk. It was built in memory of all soldiers who died in war in Afganistan.
"foto4" - it is me near door to my church in Minsk.
"foto5" - it is me at October Square, it is center of Minsk.
"foto6" - it is me too.:)
I hope you like my pictures, I will send more soon.
Well, it was all for today, I need to end my letter now, because my time in internet cafe is over. Now I will go home and will have good rest after work day. I will be waiting for your letter with great impatience and I will check my mail tomorrow.
Best regards. Voly

Hello Chuck.
How are you? I am fine.
Today is Friday and my work week is over, and today I will go to Brest to visit my grandma Alexandra, I already miss her.
On Wednesday I had serious meeting with my boss. We talked about my last day of work in his music agency. All was good, we discussed all details and he decided that I will finish my work on Monday 12 of June. It was very good news for me, because it means that I will have a lot of free time till 30 of June.
Also my boss introduced to me woman who will work instead of me after 12 of June. Her name is Kristina, she is older then me. We talked for a little bit and now I can say that she is very nice person. On Monday we will start to work together and she will be with me at all my lessons. I will introduce her to my small students and I will need to explain her all things about each student. Kristina is very good pianist and I hope she will be good teacher for my students. From my side I will do all to help her to start her new work, I will explain her all things and I will show to her my methods of work with children. From my short talk with Kristina I understood that this work will be very interesting for her and also I understood that she love children, that is why I think that she will not have any problems.
It will be not easy for me to leave my students. Most of them I know for a very long time, I taught them, I gave them part of my music soul, I worked very hard with them...and now I need to leave them. When I think about it I feel myself little bit sad. Some of my students are very talented children and they have all chances to become famous pianists, all will depend of them. Maybe one day in future I will read in news papers or in music magazine about one of them? Who know? Life is very amazing!:) If it will happen in future I will be very proud, it will be best pay for my work. But all will depend of them. I wish luck to all of them.
I will give my email adress to Kristina and I will ask her to write me sometime about my students and about their successes. I think it is good idea.
Also I decided to visit my grandma Tatsiana in Lipovka (Ukraine). I did not see her for a long time and I miss her very much. Soon I will move to Los Angeles and I do not know when I will be able to see her again, that is why I want to visit her before I will leave Belarus. I will go to Lipovka to visit her on 13 of June. I will stay in Lipovka with my grandma Tatsiana for 3 days and on 16 of June I will come back to Belarus. I will go to Lipovka by train or by bus, I will decide about it on next week.
After 16 of June, after I will come back from Lipovka - I will go to Brest and I will stay in Brest with my grandma Alexandra till 29 of June. It will be great time for me! I will have two free weeks! When I think about it I become very happy.:) All this time I will spend with my grandma Alexandra. And I will have very good rest before my move to Los Angeles, past months I was very busy with my work and now I really need good rest. After 16 of June I will have a lot of free time and that is why I will write you every day, there are many internet cafes in Brest and I will not have any problems with internet. So, after 16 of June you need to be ready to get letters from me every day!:) And after 16 of June you can call me to Brest when you will want.
Chuck, I hope you will be able to meet me in airport. And it will be very nice to spend 1 and 2 of July together. We will talk about it by phone, ok?
By the way, on 10 of June will be birthday of my grandma Alexandra , she will become 83. That is why now I am thinking about my present to her. On next week I will buy good DVD player for her, she like to watch films and that is why I think that DVD player will be good present for her. And also on next week I will buy good collection of old French and old Itallian films. She like old films very much and most of all she like to watch old French and old Itallian films. Birthday of grandma Alexandra is always very special day for me and I will do all to make it very happy for her. Now I do not know what I will do for her on 10 of June, but I have next week to think about it.
Now about time when I will be waiting for your call on this weekend. I will be waiting for your call on SATURDAY from 5AM till 5PM ( IT IS YOUR TIME!). I will be waiting for your call with great impatience!
Well, it was all for today, I need to end my letter now. I wish you to have a nice weekend! And I will be waiting for your call! Voly

Hello dear Chuck! How are you?
I am fine. Today is Tuesday and the weather is very terrible today, it was raining all morning...brrrrr.
Chuck, I was very happy to talk to you on past weekend!
Yesterday, on Monday, I came back to Minsk from Brest, and all Monday I was very busy. Yersterday I started to work with Kristina. She was with me at all my lessons and I introduced her to my students. Well, now I am sure that she will be very good teacher for my students and now I do not worry anymore about it. I saw that she know how to work with children, she know how to make lessons interesting for them, I saw that she love children and I saw that all students like her very much too. Now I am sure that my students will be in very good hands. I am very satisfied with Kristina and I am very grateful to my boss that he found her.
We will continue to work together till the end of this week and on 12 of June she will start to work alone.
Also yesterday at evening I started to pack my things in Minsk apartment. It is terrible, but now apartment looks like after big tornado!:) I never knew that I have so many things that I do not need! Where I took all this junk? I do not know.:) I must end packing my things till friday, because on friday I will move all my things from Minsk apartment to apartment of my grandma Alexandra in Brest.
Also yesterday I bought newspapers with advertisements. I looked through all advertisements about transportation services and I found good transportation organization with good prices. Today at morning I visited office of this transportation organization. I talked with manager and I explained him that I want to move my things from Minsk to Brest on Friday. He told me that in my situation will be better for me to hire small truck with driver. I agreed with him and I had hired small truck with driver for Friday. Also I had hired two loaders, because I am not a "Rambo" and I will need someone to move my things from Minsk apartment to truck. Manager wrote some documents and I signed them. So, all is ready to Friday. Only on Thursday I will need to visit their office again, because I will need to tell them exact time when on Friday I will be waiting for truck and two loaders. Now I only need to finish my packing to Friday.
Tomorrow I will buy DVD player for my grandma Alexandra. I will visit several shops and I hope that I will find good DVD player for her. I want to buy DVD player that is very easy in use.
I already bought several films for grandma Alexandra.
Yesterday evening I visited one shop with DVD films and I found some of her most favorite old French films. But it is not all, tomorrow and on Thursday I will visit some more shops with DVD films, because I want to find all of her favorite films, that is why I will continue my search.
By the way...I have present for you!:) It is...No, I can't tell you what is it, because it is BIG secret!
You will get it when we will meet. And I am sure you will like it! And do not ask me what is it...I will not tell you, because it is surprise.:)
Tomorrow I will call to grandma Alexandra from street phone and she will tell me how many guests she will have on her birthday on this weekend. After that I will make some plans about what I will do for her on this weekend. Anyway I will do somethings very special for her, because her birthday is very important day for me.
Chuck, I am waiting for our meet with great impatience! And it will be very nice to spend 1 and 2 of July together. Will you show me ocean?
Also I have very good news about my trip to Lipovka.
Yesterday I met with my good friend, her name is Dina and she is musician too (she play violin). We know each other for a very long time and we are really good friends. Yesterday we talked a little bit, I told her about my plans and when she heard that I am going to visit my grandma Tatsiana in Lipovka on 13 of June, she told me that I can take her car. It was very good news for me and of course I agreed to take her car!
Dina have red Mazda 626. We are good friends, we trust to each other and I took her car several times in past. I am very grateful to Dina that she will let me take her car, it will help me very much, because with car my trip to Lipovka will be more convenient.
Without car my trip to lipovka would be difficult, because at first I would need take train from Minsk to Kiev and then I would need take bus from Kiev to Lipovka, it would take a lot of time and it would be not convenient. With car I will be able to drive directly to Lipovka, it will be very convenient for me and it will save some time for me. So, on 13 of June I will go to Kiev by car. It was very good news for me and I am very happy that I have Dina in my life.
Well, I need to end my letter on this words, because my time in internet cafe is over. I will be waiting for your letter with great impatience! Write me soon!
Have a nice day (or evening)!
Your Voly.

Hello my dear Chuck! How are you?
I am fine.
Today is Monday and today I came back to Minsk from Brest. My weekend with grandma Alexandra was wonderful! Grandma Alexandra liked all what I did for her on her birthday, she was really very happy. It was very nice time for me and for her, and it was very pleasant for me to see her happy face and smile. And I am very grateful to Rita and Viktor for their visit, they will stay in Brest with grandma Alexandra till wednesday, and on wednesday morning they will go back to Tver. I am very happy about weekend, because all was great!
Today after I arrived to Minsk at first I visited music agency office. I spent there about two hours. I met with bookkeeper, we talked and I signed several documents. So, now I do not work in music agency anymore. It is a pity that I did not met Kristina today, I wanted to wish her good luck in her new work, but she was not in office. But it is not a problem, because I have her email adress. I will write her a letter after I will come back from Lipovka and in my letter I will tell her all what I wanted to tell her today. Today when I left music agency office I felt myself little bit sad...I worked a lot of time in this music agency, I worked with many good musicians, most of them are very nice people and I will miss them...But I hope that in future when I will visit Belarus I will have chance to come here and to see people with whom I worked.
After music agency I went to my Minsk apartment. Owner of apartment was already waiting for me. She checked apartment and all furniture, and I gave back all keys from apartment to her. We ***** coffee and talked a little bit. She wished me good luck in my move to US.
Also today I had serious meeting with woman who want to buy my piano. I can't take my piano with me to Los Angeles and it take a lot of place in grandma Alexandra's apartment in Brest, that is why I decided to sell my piano. This woman worked in music agency too, but more then one year ago she left Belarus and now she live and work in Poland. Today we talked about price and she agreed to pay 3200 euro for my piano. It is very good price for my piano and I am very satisfied with result of our meeting. Tomorrow this woman will go back to Poland, but on 27 of June she will come to Brest. On 27 of June she will pay me and after that she will take piano from apartment of grandma Alexandra in Brest. I am very glad that I found buyer for my piano.
After internet cafe I will meet with Dina. We will check her car and will get it ready for my tomorrow trip to Lipovka. I hope weather will be good tomorrow.
I will depart from Minsk tomorrow at 6AM. And I think that I will arrive to Lipovka tomorrow at 7-8PM, it will depend of weather.
I am waiting for my meet with my grandma Tatsiana with great impatience. I did not see her for a long time and I miss her very much. Can't wait to see her tomorrow!:)
On Wednesday morning I will go from Lipovka to Kiev.
In Kiev I will buy some clothes for grandma Tatsiana, and also I will visit drugstore, because I want to buy some vitamins and some other medicaments for her. I do it every time when I visit my grandma Tatsiana in Lipovka. And when I will be in Kiev on Wednesday - I will find internet cafe there and will write you a letter. So, on Wednesday you will get letter from me.:)
And I will come back from Lipovka to Belarus on Friday 16 of June, like I planned.
By the way, here is my Brest adress: Pr.Masherava, d.7 , kv.19
Brest, Belarus
Volha Zaletka Well, I need to end my letter at this time. Now I will go to shop and will buy juice and some food for my tomorrow trip to Lipovka. After that I will meet with Dina. And this night I will stay with Dina in her apartment.
Wish me to have a nice trip to Lipovka tomorrow! I will write you on Wednesday from Kiev! And I hope when I will check my email box on Wednesday I will find letter from you too!
I am thinking about you....
With tender kiss. Your Voly.

Hello my dear Chuck! How are you?
I am fine. Today is Thursday and I am writing this letter from Kiev.
My trip to Lipovka was wonderful. I departed from Minsk on Tuesday at 6AM. The weather was very nice and it made my trip very pleasant. All time during my trip I listened music, I took with me some of my most favorite CD's. I like long trips, because in long trips we have a lot of time to think...I thought a lot about my future move to Los Angeles, I thought about you, I thought about us, I had time to think about all. I did 3 short stops during my trip. And I arrived to Lipovka on Tuesday about 7.20PM. It was very nice to see happy face of grandma Tatsiana. She was waiting for me and when she saw me she became very happy. I was tired after long trip, but when I saw grandma Tatsiana I forgot about my tiredness. We did not see each other for a very long time and that is why we had a lot of things to talk about. I told her about all my last news in my life, she told me about her life, we talked a lot and we went to sleep only after 3AM.:) We are weman and all weman like to talk.:) It is a pity that I can't visit grandma Tatsiana often, she is wonderful woman.
Dina did not go with me, she stayed in Minsk, because she need to work. After Lipovka I will go to Minsk and where I will give car to her.
On Wednesday I got up about 9AM. I felt myself very good and very rested. I decided to spend all Wednesday with grandma Tatsiana, that is why I put off my trip to Kiev on Thursday. That is why you did not get letter from me on Wednesday.
On Wednesday I helped to grandma Tatsiana to clean her house. We spend all day together. She cooked for me "Staroslovianskie golybci s gribami". I am sure it sounds funny for you!:) But it is one of my most favorite dishes from Ukranian cuisine. Grandma Tatsiana have her own special recipe. I have her recipe and I will cook it for you, I am sure you will like it.
You know, Lipovka is amazing place. Nature is very beautiful here, especially on summer. It is very quiet place and it seem to me that life has stoped here.
Maybe one day in future we would visit Lipovka together? Who know? Life is very amazing. But I am sure that you will like this place if you will visit it, because Lipovka is wonderful place.
Today morning I got up early and after 10AM I drived to Kiev. In Kiev I visited several big shops where I bought some clothes for grandma Tatsiana. Also I bought vitamins and some medicaments for her. After that I found internet cafe, it was not difficult, because internet cafes are everywhere in Kiev... So, now I am siting and writing this letter to you.:)
I will go back to Belarus tomorrow morning. I think that I will depart from Lipovka tomorrow at 5AM. That is why on Friday about 6PM I will arrive to Minsk. In Minsk I will give back car to Dina and after that I will go to Brest by train. And on Saturday morning I will be already in Brest.
You know, I think about you very often. I am very happy that I met you, I am very happy that you came in my life. I feel like I know you all my life, I feel that I can trust you. I am very hapy that we found each other. I am waiting for our meeting with great impatience. It is a pity that I can't make time run faster.:)
Well, it was not long letter, because I am short in time today. I will write you tomorrow evening after I will arrive to Minsk. Wish me to have a nice trip back to Belarus.
I am thinking about you...
With tender kiss.
Your Voly.

Hello my dear Chuck. How are you? Today is Saturday and I am still in Ukraine. I will stay in Lipovka for few more days. Sorry for this short message, but I do not have time to write more now. I will write you as soon as I will be able.
I am thinking about you...With tender kiss. Your Voly

Hello my dear Chuck. How are you?
I am not very good. Today is Tuesday and I write you from Kiev. Sorry for my short message on Saturday, but I did not write you more, because I did not want to make you sad.
As you know, on Friday early morning I wanted to go back to Belarus from Lipovka. All was good and on Friday early morning about 5.30AM I told "good bye" to my grandma Tatsiana, after that I sat in car and leaved Lipovka. At first I drove to gas station near Kiev, at gas station I filled up car with gasoline and bought some food and juice for me. After that I was ready for my trip back to Belarus and I drove from gas station. I still can't understand how it happened...
but not far from gas station I did not notice car in front of me and my car crashed into that car, it was green BMW. I do not know why it happened, maybe I was tired and that is why I did not notice that car in front of me, I still cant understand it, but I know that it was my fault. First minutes I was in shock and I did not understand what happened. It was terrible.
After that I left car and I saw driver of green BMW, he was very angry and he shouted at me, but I can understand him. I tried to talk with him, and I told him that it is good that we was not hurt, and also I told him that he do not need to worry because I will pay him for repair of his car, but he did not want to listen to me. I looked at cars, and I saw that car of Dina had several damage in front part, but I saw that damage was not very seriouse, and it is good. But when I looked at green BWM, I saw that it have a lot of damage in back part. But anyway I was glad that nobody was hurt, it is most important. After some time road servise arrived to place of acident. They talked with me and with owner of BMW, and they wrote several documents. I did not deny that it was my fault, because it was obvious, and I told that of course I agree to pay for repair of BMW.
After that we drove to Kiev where we visited car's repair shop. Wokers from repair shop looked at BMW, they checked all and they told that it will cost 1300 us dollars to repair it. We talked a little bit more, I told to owner of BMW that it is ok and that I will pay it. I told him that I cant pay right now, because I did not have money with me, I told that I need 1-2 days. He was little bit angry again, but he agreed with me, and we decided that we will meet in this repair shop on Monday morning at 8AM.
After that I came back to Lipovka. My grandma Tatsiana was very surprised when she saw me again, but when she understood all she became very sad, it was very terrible for me, because I cant see her sad. She love me very much and she worry about me a lot. But I explained her that it is not too serious, it is simple car acident and that I will solve this problem.
I had 500 us dollars, and that is why I decided to contact with my friends in Minsk and Brest, and ask them to borrow me rest of amount that I need to pay for repair of BMW. I had weekend for it and that is why on Friday I did not worry a lot. On Saturday early morning I came back to Kiev. At first I wrote you that sort mesage from internet cafe in Kiev and I hope that now you understand why I did not wrote all this to you, because I did not want to make you sad. I contacted to all my friends in Minsk and Brest, and explained them my situation, it took all weekend. But I got not good result, some of them told me that they do not have money now, and some of them told me that they want to help me, but cant do it now. I was very sad, because I helped most of them many times in my life, and I did not expect it from them now. I was very sad, because it showed me a lot. It is a pity that I cant contact that woman from Poland who will buy my piano. I think that this weekend was most terrible weekend in my life and I tired very much. On Sunday evening when I came back to Lipovka from Kiev, I felt myself very terrible, it seemed to me that life is over and I was very sad. I did not sleep all night, because I thought about my meeting with owner of BMW, I thought about what I will tell him on Monday morning. Life is very difficult, all was great, I was very happy past weeks... and in one minute all changed. Why it happened with me? I asked myself about it many times. And I did not find answers. Everytime I am very careful on road, it is my rule, and I cant understand why I did not notice that car.
Yesterday, on Monday early morning I came back to Kiev. At 8AM I came to repair shop, owner of BMW allready was waiting for me there, at this time he was not alone, he was with his wife. I explained them my situation, I told them that I cant pay them all amount now, I told them that I can pay them 500 us dollars now, and that I will pay other part little bit later, I explained them that they need to wait for a little bit more. When they heard it, they became very angry, they begun to shout at me. I tryed to explain them all, but it seem to me that it is not possible, because it was very difficult to talk with them. They told me that they will not take 500 us dollars, they told that they need all amount. They told that they will go to curt, because they do not want to belive me. When I heard it I became very sad, I do not need any problems now, because soon will be my move to Los Angeles and it can break all my plans. I tried to explain them all and I told them that I do not need any problems now. I asked them to wait for a little bit more. They did not take 500 us dollars and man told me that he can give me time till Friday, and that if I will not pay him till friday he will go to curt and will not talk with me anymore again, because he do not want to risk. Ofcourse I can understand them in this situation and I am glad that they gave me time till friday, anyway it is better then nothing. I feel myself very bad after meeting with them, and I am very tired now.
After my meeting with them I though about my situation all Monday. I thought about what I can do now. I do not need any problems now, because it can break my plans. I get all thigs ready to my move to Los Angeles, it was not easy and it took a lot of time. If I will not go to Los Angeles now, it will take a lot of time to get all things ready again, maybe 5-6 monthes. I do not want to wait again! And I lost my work in Minsk, I cant come back to music agency again.
I feel myself very terrible when I think about it.
It is very hard for me to write all this to you. But I hope that you will understand me. Do not know how to start... but I want tell you that I decided to ask you for help. I though about it and I know that I do not have other ways. I decided to ask you to borrow me 800 us dollars. I will give you all money back, I swear! I am woman of my word. When I worked in Germany, several times I sent money to my grandma Alexandra in Brest, to send money I used WesternUnion service, it is very fast and very easy. You can use it too. To send money you need my full name, name of town and name of country where I will get money. Here it is:
My full name: Volha Zaletka
Town: Kiev
Country: Ukraine
When you will send money, WesternUnion will give you 10 digits number and you will need to send this number to me, because I will need it to get money here. Also, I will need your full name too, and your full adress, please write it to me without errors, because I want be sure that I have it correct.
I will send you money back on 27 of June when I will get my pay for my piano. Or, I can give it back when we will meet. I will do how it will be better for you. I hate myself that I wrote you all this, but I do not have other ways and I hope you will understand me.
Please write me as soon as you will be able, because I will be waiting for your answer here.
Sorry for this sad letter... Kiss. Your Voly