Home Sweet Home

Last Wednesday, we woke up from a family nap to find an email from Hanoi Adoptions, also known as the US Department of State. It informed us that at long last Ada had the immigration approval we had been waiting for and it meant we could finally come home. We quickly scheduled our visa interview for Friday morning at 10:30 a.m. and I headed out to the United Airlines ticket office to book our return trip home.

We spent Thursday packing and preparing to leave, which was such a change of pace for us. We had spent Tuesday looking at apartments and planning to be in Vietnam for a while. I think we still may be in shock.

Friday morning, we went to the US Embassy for our interview. We were there with other families who were all called, one by one, in to a room for their interviews. Not us... we were called to a plate glass window and asked to sign a form, pay $400 dollars, and told to return at 3 p.m. for Ada's visa. Our visa was actually ready about 4:30 p.m. but we still had plenty of time to catch our midnight flight home! Yippee!

So, after 31 hours of travel and the warmest homecoming on record, we are here, at home, as a family of three. Words can't describe our joy and gratitude for the many blessings we've received.

We are exhausted and trying hard to reset Ada's internal clock. We promise to post more of the details later, but just wanted to share our wonderful news. Thank you all!