We will not be going to Africa tomorrow. Apparently sometime this week our visas and passports were "misplaced" somewhere between the desk at the Liberian Embassy's office in Washington, DC and the mail carrier that should have scanned them in. They were late getting to Washington DC from Texas for reasons that can't be explained to me, but hooray, I get my "overnight" delivery fees refunded to me. Aren't I lucky. We have been looking for our package to arrive since Wednesday, and it is just nowhere to be found. I was confident that we would receive it today and we could breathe that sigh of relief. That didn't happen and no one can tell us when it might all be fixed. I don't know why I expected anything different to happen this time. This whole adoption has been one big mess and disaster after another. I don't know why I was silly enough to expect anyone to be willing to help us today because there has certainly not been a lot of guidance up to this point. Anyway, we will see if we can locate our paperwork on Monday and go from there. I don't know when we can travel again. We have to re-book flights (after $1000 worth of cancelation penalties) and re-schedule an appointment with the Embassy in Liberia.
Friday, July 25, 2008
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7 comments:
Oh No!!! I am so sorry. No words, I am at a loss.
Praying for you now............
I am so sorry to hear this awful news!! We're praying for you!
I don't even know what to say. I am SO sorry. I am praying.
I am sorry to hear this is happening. Email or call me if you want to chat.
Christy, I too offer my apologies. I know it has been a hard road, I too will join in praying for you and your family.
The disappointment must be horrible. My husband and I follow several adoption blogs because we to are trying to begin our family through adoption! I can't believe your paper work and everything was not in order before flight arrangements were made...sometimes things are just crazy! This really hurts my heart for the children you have waiting on you in Africa...imagine what they must be going through to think they were fixing to have a home...and again they don't. I pray for your journey as well as theirs! Thanks for sharing your story. I pray it all works out for you and your family. God Bless You.
I was so paranoid of this when we traveled. Its so important to get that travel visa as soon as you have your tickets to travel. I am sorry this happened to you. Praying it won't be much longer!
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