so things moved rather smooth and quickly...like they are supposed to...over the last month and a half. We sent our visa applications in and they came back promptly. We sent our immigration paperwork in...it came back a bit faster then expected. A few steps of emailing and getting letters and official visa stuff for Sarah moved around...right on time. then miracle of miracles...we got travel approval in 2 days!!!!!!! this is unheard of! it usually takes 1-3 weeks. we are so blessed.
this was last thursday.
then, in my mind, we would start making travel plans and go at the end of this week. well, I won't go into the gory details but NO we can't travel for 3 weeks! very frustrating! I don't believe the reasons given me by my agency are totally real. I am not sure what the real story is but I know of people with appointments on days they say offices will be closed...so...??
but, as I have had to get over that...because, apparently, no amount of arguing and crying is going to budge them....I have accepted it and made our flight plans today. We leave Sept 10 and return Sept 26. YAY! not what I would have wanted but I am at least excited to have an official date!!
we will go to beijing first do some sightseeing (great wall) and then to Sarah's province, Hunan. we will meet her on monday september 15th! we were told we get to tour her orphanage as well as the boarding school she attends. we will also have a bit of sightseeing and as soon as her passport is ready (by the 19th) we will go to Guangzhou which is where the U.S. consulate is and where she gets her visa. we will sight see there and then fly home on the 26th ... and because of some wibbly wobbly timey wimey...we arrive home on friday as well.... after 18-20 hours of travel....as a matter of fact, we travel from hong kong to seattle and arrive 2 hours before we left...whoa!
all in all i am just happy to be traveling in september and not october, though my agency is still being frustrating about hotel and other travel arrangements...nothing is easy apparently.
Please continue to pray for us in these final couple weeks.
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