Not Child Friendly

We had to get AIDS tests to renew our visas. Eve was not very happy about this at all. She kept asking me how it would feel and reminding me that she hated needles. She asked me afterwards, "Daddy, are you proud of me...I didn't scream." That's my girl. She was very brave. No screams, just a little bit of tears. It took 4 hours to get tests done. By the time you walk to the station, ride the metro (stop at this little shop and grab some of these yummy chocolate things that they call potatoes...yeah really, that's what they call them.) take the bus, and find the creepy place where they do the testing...get back on the bus, ride the metro, walk home from the station...you are now pretty wore out.

The place we had to go to was not very child friendly though. I thought, "Stven King must have designed this place. I didn't know he lived in Russia." (little known fact: We used to live close to Steven King and the town they filmed Pet Cemetery in was about 5 minutes from our house.)
This place is not very settling on a child's nerves when they know they will have to get stuck by a needle when they go inside. I was even creeped out by this place...definitely not child friendly.
Ian said this place looked like a level in the video game Half Life...I was looking over my shoulder the whole time after he told me that.

So that was our experience at a Russian Testing Center. I hope we don't have to do that any again any time soon. However, the test results are at the Ovir's office and we await their response. This has been an interesting experience, dealing with the Russian government and a lesson in faith building...hmm, I wonder if God is trying to teach us something??