Our last day in the land of Kaz!
Friday, June 30, 2006
We woke up and the kids were ready and raring to go to America! It is like waiting for Christmas. They are trying to be patient though…I think. I have a feeling it is all coming down to the reality of actually leaving and they have been through a lot of waiting during the process. They are tired of waiting but are excited to know we will be traveling at night. Sasha once again says he will not be sleeping…we will see.
After a morning of packing we headed over to the American Embassy at 2:30pm. We got there at 2:50pm. We were the only ones there for a while until another group of two families came in. We wondered if it was first come, first serve. We hoped! They called us into an office and everything went very well. It was nice to talk to an official that was American. He was super nice and answered all our questions then gave us about 5 pounds of paperwork to carry in our carry-on. As Sasha would say, “no problem.” They also gave us two sealed envelopes that they told us not to open and not to let anyone else open it either until we get to the airport in the U.S. Boy that sounds good! Just one more experience in this weird process of international adoption. We have heard about the secret sealed envelope before although it does make you think of days when the teacher sent a note home to your parents. I hope we are not in trouble!
We are leaving Almaty at 3:30 am….doesn’t it sound fun?? We will be home Saturday afternoon on the same day because of the 10 hour time difference. Yippee!! We will be flying for about 22 hours. I know you are all jealous. We are grateful for all the love and the prayers over these 8 and a half weeks! God is good. Praise his mighty name!
See you in America!
We woke up and the kids were ready and raring to go to America! It is like waiting for Christmas. They are trying to be patient though…I think. I have a feeling it is all coming down to the reality of actually leaving and they have been through a lot of waiting during the process. They are tired of waiting but are excited to know we will be traveling at night. Sasha once again says he will not be sleeping…we will see.
After a morning of packing we headed over to the American Embassy at 2:30pm. We got there at 2:50pm. We were the only ones there for a while until another group of two families came in. We wondered if it was first come, first serve. We hoped! They called us into an office and everything went very well. It was nice to talk to an official that was American. He was super nice and answered all our questions then gave us about 5 pounds of paperwork to carry in our carry-on. As Sasha would say, “no problem.” They also gave us two sealed envelopes that they told us not to open and not to let anyone else open it either until we get to the airport in the U.S. Boy that sounds good! Just one more experience in this weird process of international adoption. We have heard about the secret sealed envelope before although it does make you think of days when the teacher sent a note home to your parents. I hope we are not in trouble!
We are leaving Almaty at 3:30 am….doesn’t it sound fun?? We will be home Saturday afternoon on the same day because of the 10 hour time difference. Yippee!! We will be flying for about 22 hours. I know you are all jealous. We are grateful for all the love and the prayers over these 8 and a half weeks! God is good. Praise his mighty name!
See you in America!
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