Wow! What a month it's been. We received our Travel Approval on May 22nd. It's such a relief to finally get to this point! Unfortunately, we couldn't purchase our plane tickets at that point, as it was 6 weeks away from our travel time, therefore we had to wait and wait! It seemed like a lifetime! The phone finally rang, it was our agency. We were so excited, thinking we had our Consulate appointment and everything was a go! Well, it wasn't. We hit a wall, a brick wall. We were told that the Consulate was going to be closed the week we were planning on going, so no adoption processing at that time! They said we could travel towards the end of July and return on August 1st, once again a wall, a BIGGER wall than before!!! Our son's birthday is August 1st, he'll turn two that day. What seemed like something minor, wasn't. Since he would be turning two that day, we would have to purchase a whole ticket for him, rather than a lap ticket. When you're budgeting a huge trip like this, then with the adoption fees, it was way out of our range to come up with those fees in such a short notice. We prayed that we could have our Consulate appointment earlier so we could leave on July 31st to come home. The agency said they'll see what they could do, but plan on having to buy him a ticket just in case. We were also told that they would let us know earlier in the week, but then shortly afterwards we got a call, saying that the Consulate was closed on Monday and Tuesday due to the Dragon Boat Festival. Oh my goodness, you've got to be kidding, we thought! So, we took a deep breath and realized that we had to wait it out until Wednesday. We were stressed that the ticket prices would be rising, and they were! We continued to pray! Monday morning, we got a phone call, it was our agency! They got the approval early! Indeed we got an earlier appointment!!! We are able to leave China and return to the US on July 31st!!!! They said to go ahead and purchase our tickets! Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ran outside to tell Paul, he was mowing the lawn. We both came back inside and looked up the ticket prices. Wow, we couldn't believe our eyes! The prices went down from where they were! Immediately we bought them! Whew......we got them! We are so thankful that God took care of that stressful moment! The next day, the prices jumped by $200 each! Amazing how faithful God is!!!!!
We've been looking up prices for hotels and transfers too! Our brains are fried!!!! We're so excited to meet our son! Please pray for his attachment, his foster home contacted us, they shared how he has anxieties with strangers and to be prepared for a rough beginning, so if you could please pray for him that he will have peace and we can start a wonderful bonding time together.
Saturday, June 15, 2013
TRAVEL APPROVAL AND TICKETS.......... OH MY!!!!
Wow! What a month it's been. We received our Travel Approval on May 22nd. It's such a relief to finally get to this point! Unfortunately, we couldn't purchase our plane tickets at that point, as it was 6 weeks away from our travel time, therefore we had to wait and wait! It seemed like a lifetime! The phone finally rang, it was our agency. We were so excited, thinking we had our Consulate appointment and everything was a go! Well, it wasn't. We hit a wall, a brick wall. We were told that the Consulate was going to be closed the week we were planning on going, so no adoption processing at that time! They said we could travel towards the end of July and return on August 1st, once again a wall, a BIGGER wall than before!!! Our son's birthday is August 1st, he'll turn two that day. What seemed like something minor, wasn't. Since he would be turning two that day, we would have to purchase a whole ticket for him, rather than a lap ticket. When you're budgeting a huge trip like this, then with the adoption fees, it was way out of our range to come up with those fees in such a short notice. We prayed that we could have our Consulate appointment earlier so we could leave on July 31st to come home. The agency said they'll see what they could do, but plan on having to buy him a ticket just in case. We were also told that they would let us know earlier in the week, but then shortly afterwards we got a call, saying that the Consulate was closed on Monday and Tuesday due to the Dragon Boat Festival. Oh my goodness, you've got to be kidding, we thought! So, we took a deep breath and realized that we had to wait it out until Wednesday. We were stressed that the ticket prices would be rising, and they were! We continued to pray! Monday morning, we got a phone call, it was our agency! They got the approval early! Indeed we got an earlier appointment!!! We are able to leave China and return to the US on July 31st!!!! They said to go ahead and purchase our tickets! Yippee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ran outside to tell Paul, he was mowing the lawn. We both came back inside and looked up the ticket prices. Wow, we couldn't believe our eyes! The prices went down from where they were! Immediately we bought them! Whew......we got them! We are so thankful that God took care of that stressful moment! The next day, the prices jumped by $200 each! Amazing how faithful God is!!!!!
We've been looking up prices for hotels and transfers too! Our brains are fried!!!! We're so excited to meet our son! Please pray for his attachment, his foster home contacted us, they shared how he has anxieties with strangers and to be prepared for a rough beginning, so if you could please pray for him that he will have peace and we can start a wonderful bonding time together.
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