Dear Darya:

Coming back to San Francisco from Kiev with stops at Munich and London, it was the longest trip I ever took. What a rewarding experience last week in Kharkov ! The whole sequence was like an illusion hanging in my mind on the familiar scenic road approaching home. My driver turned to a long driveway, I saw my garden estate still standing tall in the green pasture under the blue sky. Over looking Silicon Valley in California, it is plush green in winter. What a contrast from snow covered Kharkov where I just visited.

I found my sole mate and lifetime partner in Kharkov! I don't want to link to an old movie "Love story" by O'Neal and McGraw that I enjoyed decades ago, because of the sad ending. Neither is James Bond movie "From Russia with love" style. Rather, it must have made in heaven! I must believe in destination. Sometimes I tried to deviate but somehow it goes back to the original designed course.

Kristina told me that she joined Modinson Agency only a month ago and my introduction letter was the second but when she saw my photo, she expressed in words "love at the first sight". She likes what I wrote to her and vise versa. Kristina showed her kind heart and noble deeds with tremendous love toward children, animals, nature and family. First meeting right after I arrived Kharkov much more exceeded her expectation. Her communicational level in English made following meetings interesting and versatile. Easiest decision in my life. I proposed and she accepted without any hesitation. We took portraits at Modinson studio and went to an immigration lawyer a day after. It seems we were made for each other, even though ten thousand miles apart and decades differences in age. Each time I turn my head to Kristina, to my surprise, she must have stared at me with sincerity for sometime. I then discovered some beautiful features in Kristina's face that I adore. More importantly, Kristina's kind heart and noble characters attracted my each day with her, my love to her become stronger and stronger.

Unloading my traveling gear, I looked my house it seemed suddenly illuminate with warmth. Would Kristina like to decorate this twelve rooms home or she enjoying working in the garden larger than most of the city parks with natural surrounding of oaks, bay trees, maroons, and hundreds of giant sequoias? Great life ahead of us.

This won't happen without the help of Darya of Mordinson, the smartest of all, The response from the Agency is so rapidly that I once thought they work 24 hours a day in the US, thus no time zone difference. She is building a enterprise with a first class new facility. Maxim inherited from his father the skill in photography . I was so impressed on the girls photos and that was a major reason I chose Mordinson and made the trip. Michael, the younger brother, talented in language as well as Economics is a tiger ready to roar. Along with Anna and their parents the family working in sync. What a entrepreneurship spirit in Ukraine !

I just found out from my immigration attorney that a long wait for the fiancee visa is ahead of us. This would be the first test of our lifetime journey.

Good luck with your business and thanks for the help again.

Brent Lee, PhD