We are now less than 48 hours from leaving China and I must admit I am actually looking forward to the long journey home. We did have a small little snag in that Matthews name on the plane ticket home was not matching his passport but our superb travel agent, Sue, and our guide here, Ann, has helped us with that. I guess what I am trying to say is...... There is no stopping us now. Especially since it is almost 3PM here and we did not get any call from the consulate with questions. Hallelujah! Matthews visa is going through. Now we only will have to go to the consulate tomorrow afternoon and swear to it that we did not lie on Matthews application. We are actually swearing that on Matthews behalf. It is weird but that is the way it is.
Last night we went on the Pearl River Cruise. That is a resteurant boat that goes up and down the Pearl River a few times while the passengers are having a jolly good time with food and for the ones that want it.... drinks. The food was really awesome and the view from the river even better. The buildings along the river was displaying different kinds of light shows. One of the buildings, China Construction Bank, even showed parts of the movie "Happy Feet". Most of it is hard to describe and pictures doesn't give it the justice it deserve.
So in conclusion, we will be walking off the plane in Baltimore in less than 72 hours and we hope to see friendly faces welcoming us. Well that is if I don't manage to get United to squeeze us in on an earlier flight from San Francisco. If that happens I don't know where we will come in or when but hopefully we manage to get a hold of Toni so that she can be at the right airport at the right time.
Our guide just popped in with the redbook, aka adoption decree, and told us that everything was good as gold. Hurray!!! There is just one fly in our soup now. One of the other families needs extra documentation before their visa can be issued. Please pray they manage to get it over here ASAP so it doesn't delay them for their return. We want all the children home.
Till we post again.
1 comment:
I well know the feeling of just "putting in time" there at the end. :o) You just wanna go home!!!
It's sooo beautiful here right now. We're expecting 70* today and tomorrow. Real, live sunshine! You know, that round, yellow thing in the sky? I know, you may not have seen it for a while, but it'll all come back to you. :o) Can't wait to see Matthew in his new home. Take care!
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