have been disappointing, crazy, confusing. You name it and I've probably had the emotion in the past 48 hours. So here's what's going on:
Our paperwork was cabled (emailed) to Guangzhou on Thursday. I waited Thursday and Friday for the pdf file I needed to complete Desi's paperwork but it never came. At 5:20 Friday, I made my last desperate call to NVC before the long weekend and spoke to this guy who told me I'd have to wait for the paper copy to come through snail mail. Apparently my quivering voice and desperate pleas made him get a supervisor involved and last night while we were at the Salt Bowl (football game for those non-Saline Countians) it was finally emailed to us. This morning I printed it off and took everything to the post office. This is the last of Desi's paperwork. All that's left now is getting my Visa and Power of Attorney (since I'm traveling alone). I have done everything I can. It's nice to know that I can sit back and relax for a little while at least.
Now for the disappointing part.....we had requested our ONE update on Desi before travel on Monday of this past week. Well, we got it yesterday but the orphanage did NOT send us an updated picture. They did however tell us that they had NOT told Desi she was being adopted because she wouldn't understand. That means they didn't show her the photo book we sent or the other items in our care package. I am so hurt by this. I know they are trying to protect her but can you imagine how scared she will be on Gotcha Day? I am asking all of my friends and family to please pray for her. Pray hard that the orphanage will at some point show her our pictures and tell her what is happening. At her age she needs to be prepared. Even if it's only a few days before I arrive.
Tentative departure date is November 3rd.
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