I went to the bank Saturday morning to get the $9,000 in cold hard cash - the crisp new $100 bills, that I need to complete the adoption. After spending over an hour there, waiting for the FBI or somebody to say it was OK to give me my money, I had to leave. I had to take Alesia to art class - and they refused to give me my money! I was so ticked. I was told if I go back tomorrow morning at 9 they will expedite giving me my money. So that's the plan. I will be in after that.
I was in church this morning and a young mother came in and sat in front of me with two little boys. I noticed the older boy was missing his right hand and forearm. He had brown hair and big brown eyes. He looked so much like my boy. I almost cried. I wanted to hug him!
I sent an e-mail to Alesia’s youth group leader tonight. Alesia brought home a mason jar with her tonight from youth group, and when I asked her why, she said "To collect money!" I said "Money for what, exactly?" She looked annoyed. "I don't know! I just need to collect it!"
I was really semi depressed all weekend, because of the visa situation and the delay in leaving. I posted a message on the Yahoo Kazakhstan message board, and a kind person sent me this:
We, too, are held up with the visa
issue, only we have been waiting three weeks for it to get cleared up. We
heard on Friday afternoon, from two different sources, that the problem was
fixed and that our #'s should be at the Embassy by Monday. Now, we have
been told similar things the past two weekends, but we are hoping that it is
real this time.
So now I can hope again. I researched travel options, and if I get my visa this week, I may be able to leave on Sunday, March 4th. Yay! I am praying.
