We’ve had an exhausting, but lucrative day. Luba, Emma and I headed to Dnipropeprovsk this morning to apply for Emma’s passport and the legalization of her birth certificate. I won’t bore you with the details (actually I'm too tired to go into it...sorry), but we returned back to the apartment in Nicopol at 7pm…totally exhausted. Now all we have to do is wait for the passport to be delivered from Kiev to Dnipropeprovsk. The earliest we can expect it is Monday…so if you are so inclined to pray…this would be a great time. If we get it early next week we could be home by the end of the week (Thursday 30, Friday 31 or Saturday 1). We are leaving Nicopol tomorrow at 7am to move to a new apartment in Dnipropetrovsk (not in the center of the city but in a smaller area outside the city). Once we get the passport we will take the train back to Kyiv. We will then need to get Emma a physical at the American Clinic in Kyiv then have our appointment at the US Embassy to obtain Emma’s immigrant visa. Then we are free to fly home. Our return tickets are scheduled for August 29 (next Wednesday) so we will have to change them and buy a ticket for Emma when we know the exact date of our return.
This will be my last post for awhile since there doesn’t seem to be an internet café near our new apartment so I will write again once we are back in Kyiv. We are very excited to be close to coming home and we can’t wait to see everyone.
Have a great weekend and hopefully I will be back online Tuesday or Wednesday.
Love from Nikopol (for the last time)
L,C,L & E
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9 comments:
I pray Emma's passport come swiftly in the mail.
LJ
Prayers are definitely going out for you guys on this last stretch!
We've got the heat turned up here in Houston so you won't deal with much climate shock ... hahaha!
Can't wait to have you back home!
Lisa,
The end is near...you are almost home...!! Can't wait to see you guys.
Angela Cowart
Happy Birthday, Emma. What a birthday indeed! So happy to hear the adoption is official. I'm sobbing over here. Please be safe and come home soon. Now I need to coordinate with the girls on a good time to clean your house!
Love you all,
Steph
We can't wait to meet the new Bush family !--joanne mc
Can't wait to see Emma! congratulations! Kim .
Congratulations. She is so blessed to become a Bush. I can not wait to meet her. Good luck coming back. Helen.
CONGRATULATIONS to the Bush family! What a blessing... can't wait to meet Emma. Have a safe trip home. Love, Kim P.
Think of you often and the amazing leap of faith taken by you and Emma. Love, Ellen
Hello from the Tactical Team!!
We're in my office reading your posts. We miss you Lisa!!
Mark
Lisa,
What a blessing it is to hear the adoption is official!!
We can't wait to meet Emma (Lawton can't stop talking about how much he misses Lucas and wants to see and play with his "new" sister).
Have a safe and relaxing trip home.
-Kimberly
I said an extra prayer in church for you guys today that everything will continue to go smoothly. Really, in the big scheme of things, your family is together now, and that is all that matters!!! Hope you enjoyed your first weekend together. Mary
I am anxious for more updates.
LJ
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