August 26

 

Good morning, friends and family:

This morning we received our Letters of Invitation from the Kazakhstani government, allowing us to come to their country for the purpose of adopting a child. We will use these letters to obtain travel visas, which will be the last and final milestone (other than actually making our flight on time!).

So, we're leaving. September 10, 2:15pm, to go meet our new daughter.

If you can't tell by the utilitarian tone of this message, I'm a little numb right now, like the calm before the storm. Before I go wake up Brian and tell him the news, I will complete our visa application forms with the information in the attached letters, and get the FedEx package ready to go off to the Kazakhstani Consulate today.

The final hurdle is getting our visas approved and returned to us within the 2 weeks before our plane reservations. Keep us in your prayers.

Love,
Vanessa

P.S. HOOOOOORRRRRAAAAAAYYYYY!!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!