Thursday, October 2, 2008

The Tentative Word on Travel

Okay, we received the email today about potential travel dates. Tentatively, we need to be in Addis on November 1st. If that's the case, then we'll be heading out around the 26th of October to head to a neighboring country to visit friends of ours for a few days before we fly back down to Addis.
The reason it's tentative is because our flight dates and plans are contingent on our court date, that will happen prior to us arriving. As we have signed over power of attorney to our AWAA representative in country to appear for us in court. And that court date is subject to change, and often does. Once that is solidified (I'm assuming that we'll know when the court date happened after the fact), AWAA will have firm dates for us to travel.
We were told in the email that they will have firm dates by October 23rd. So, if you are checking your calendar, that gives us 2 days from the time of firm date to the time we leave for Africa! Wow! That would seem to me to be a bit hectic! However, keep in mind that the earliest we will need to be in Addis is November 1st.
We have been told to expect to be in-country 6 days to return home on the 7th of November. So that's tight.
Oh yeah, and just an update. We sent this past month's update to the University of Minnesota's International Adoption Medical Center and found out that Junior's isher issue is normal for children in that part of the world, and that the medication given is also normal and should have cleared it up right nice-like.
Man, he is sure a handsome child. And we are so excited to meet him and bring him home!

Because He is worthy,
Isaac T

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