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Post Report of the Day

Dili, East Timor

What is your home city/country? How long is the trip to post from there, with what connections? How easy/difficult is it to travel to this city/country?

St. Louis, MO is home. It's frustratingly difficult to get to Dili. Our family's first time flying to post through Dallas, Seoul, and Bali took over 70 hours because of a missed connection in Seoul....

What accommodations do schools make for special-needs kids?

There's no true special needs program at QSI, but the classes are small enough to where the students get plenty of one-on-one attention and help when they need it.