News from Russia

To all my friends and supporters:

Things are going well here in Russia. I have done a few training sessions to prepare myself for the Russia Open Blind Cup. So far, the ice conditions have been great for training and I have also enjoyed some good off-ice training.

Yesterday I was invited to a blind school to do a presentation. It went very well. The Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) gave me five walking white canes for children in Russia suffering from a vision impairment. Five lucky children had the opportunity to use a cane for the first time in their life. Their facial expression of joy and happiness was priceless.

I enjoyed talking to this amazing group. I also enjoyed listening to my speach in a nother language as translators translated my every word in Russian. I hope I have given all these young children a new dream to strive for the very best in life. It was a very touching experience.

Among the site seeing I managed to make a new friend, a very fluffy friend, his name is Canada. Canada is a cat that meets me every time I go to the front office at my hotel.

Thank you to all who have supported my to come to Russia, especially my new sponsor KTL Group.

Until the next update!

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