hello, it is so nice to hear about someone that is relocating to Armenia with children and are having same questions as we do... I wish that there were answers to your mail. We have been talking about moving back to my husband's home country ever since we married. It is now 10 years down the road and five children later that we finally have decided to make the move. Yet so many unanswered questions and not knowing exactly what to excpect in life there, except for the five times that we went there from 3 weeks to 3 months'time. I am now deeply into the process of finding about schools for our 3 eldest children which are 6 in may, just turned 7, and 9 in July. I am from Belgium and french speaking, but we are currently living in the USA where our children were born and where I have been homeschooling them in english and french. I think that the best for us would be to have the children go to a school with a strong french influence (or english) to help them (and me!)make the transition toward the armenian language and culture. I get worried to think about my children coming back from school every day and not keeping up with their progress languagewise and culturallywise and sociallywise... not being able to help them with homeworks, and having to rely completely on my mother-in-law, for everything concerning the children's transition. but those fears set aside, I have decided to put an end to my husband's suffering of not being yet home and seeing the children grow here, not knowing the hayrenig as their homeland, not speaking or understanding much armenian. The more the years pass and the more difficult it seems to go and transition without scars, for the children. I think that for the well-being of our family it was crucial to make that decision and unlock the long held longing of my husband to return to the roots. Yet, we don't have a concrete plan yet as far as work for my husband (it seems like pure madness), and we just know right now that we are going in June, sending our car and minimum possible stuff, to our one bedroom apartement next to mom and dad. We also know that the children will be starting school in September 09, but we don't know yet where, as we probably will make the final decision this summer as we visit the different schools. I do not speak armenian except for the words that I have learned with the children and can bearly read armenian. And am wondering how I will survive the undefined picture that is taking effect, but I also know that if I put my fears aside I really look forward to doing this and to being an example to many others and to just outgrow myself and my family.
I would love to hear about others who have done it and who would concretely share the details of it; it would be so reassuring and helpful, especially about transitionning with children (by the way, our two little ones are 20 months and 3 years old).

Congratulations on taking the initiative to move your family to Armenia! Great questions!!! Looking forward to reading answers posted by our members.