We had waited for our Travel Approval for 2 weeks, the normal time for most adoptive families and though we knew it could take longer, we were anxious. Dan had taken all his time off the last 2 weeks of April and that is when we planned to go. But with each passing day (there were 3 of them) our plan for leaving on the 15th looked less and less possible. Then on Thursday April 7th came the news we had TA!
Good news, yet the agency wanted us to travel the last week in April and first week of May. Dan didn't have the time in May so it was travel in a week or wait till June. We pushed ahead hoping to get our Consulate Appointment that last week which would allow us to Travel on our planned days. We found out that same night that we were granted a Consulate Appointment on April 26th. We could make plans to travel the 15th and meet our daughter on the 18th.
Now, we had to find plane tickets. We did not plan on this being difficult; it hadn't been last go round. But with only 7 days, prices were steep and we spent 3 days searching for flights that were fairly direct in the right dates and didn't cost $3,000. Saturday night, I finally gave up trying to leave from Detroit and looked back at Cincinnati which was what we needed. Sunday morning Dan and I's tickets are bought and all seemed good. Now at almost 11pm at night I am still waiting to see if Willow's ticket purchase has gone through.
Can't wait to see what God has planned.
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