Summer Packing List

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Suggested Packing List
Moscow “Summer Bible Camp” Trip

Clothing type items:
Washing facilities may be available, but please do not count on it. If it is humid, sweaty clothes may take days to dry. As you pack, remember that your appearance is a testimony.

• Backpack or hip pack - This is a safe way to keep valuables on your body. Some people wear a hip pack on the front of their body and under their clothes.
• T-shirts and shorts will be standard camp clothes, weather dependent.
• Sweatshirts, sweaters or warmer shirts and long pants for early mornings and evening campfires and protection from mosquitoes after sunset.
• Shoes - sturdy, preferably waterproof hiking type shoe or boot and tennis shoes or lightweight shoes for indoors.
• Raincoat – or something water-resistant for rainy days.
• Dressier clothes for more formal occasions. Men - a nice button up shirt and nice pants
  Ladies - a nice dress or blouse and skirt (below the knees, please, for modesty)
• Swimsuit
• Sleepwear
  

Medical items:

• Sunscreen
• Bug spray, mosquitoes come out at night.
• Moistened wipes
• Vitamins and cough drops
• Dramamine for motion sickness
• Antibiotics. Consult your doctor
• Anti-diarrhea medication. Consult you doctor
• Bandages and other medical supplies for emergencies
• Hand sanitizer. Use this often, particularly before meals
• Pepto-Bismol - tablets are recommended
• Medications. If you have medications, remember to take them. It can be very difficult and expensive to obtain medications overseas.
• Ladies – Feminine products
  

Cosmetic/Toiletry items:

• Travel Kleenex
• Toilet paper - wise to keep ½ roll or so with you in a Ziploc-type sealed bag
• Toothbrush, toothpaste, and teeth cleaning products
• Towels and washcloths. Consider color - darker colors will show less dirt
• Shampoo and soap
• Deodorant
• Glasses or contact cleaner
• Razor and shaving cream
• Chap Stick
• Blow dryer, curling iron, etc. (remember plug-in type items need to be capable of 220 volts, and will also require an adaptor available at places like Wal-Mart, Radio Shack, etc.)
  

Miscellaneous items:

• Water bottle - it is recommended that you carry a water bottle with you all the time
• Snacks
• Flashlight with batteries. The smaller the flashlight, the easier it will be to pack and carry.
• Travel alarm clock or watch with an alarm. This should be battery operated.
• Extra batteries for your flashlight, alarm clock, etc.
• Small quantity of laundry soap for hand washing clothing.
• Bible, journal, and writing supplies. Compact Bibles are recommended, as they are easier to carry and take up less room in your luggage. Journals are helpful for the lasting impact of this trip in your life.
• A few Ziploc plastic bags are handy.
• Needle and thread
• Spending money. This should all be in US dollars and clean crisp bills. Exchange any worn currency at your bank prior to your departure. Russian banks can be selective and will not take worn or tattered bills.
• Glasses/eyewear
• Camera and extra film
• Photos of your family, and friends to show your new Russian friends.
• Several small inexpensive gifts for your new Russian friends (hometown gifts are nice).
• Passport, tickets, and visa (we will be bringing these with us.) Your trip will be unduly complicated if any of these items are forgotten or misplaced at any time.

This is a suggested list. Please add whatever you think you might need, but pack as light as possible. It is also suggested that you carry on enough to get along for two days, if your luggage is misplaced.