John drove to Chernihiv today (over 2 hours up and 2 hours back, plus the wait while the passport office staff were at a long lunch) to pick up the children's new passports! They were promised on Friday and didn't materialize. Yesterday they were still in Kyiv, where they are generated (but we are not allowed to pick them up here). They were finally couriered to Chernihiv this morning and received at 11:00. The passports are Ukrainian with their new Barrett names and what we will use to have the US Embassy affix their Visas into. Once we reach the US, we can apply for US passports.
This is a major hurdle and puts us one step closer to being able to leave. Tomorrow is the medical exam for the children, their blood work is already completed, which is required by the US Embassy. We will also go to the US Embassy and apply for the Visas. This gives us a buffer of a day for anything to go wrong. We are saying our prayers that everything runs smoothly.
We miss home so much. The apartment is our oasis of America in this city. Last night we gave into temptation and went to O'Brian's Pub for some comfort food. We both had Chicken Kyiv ... it seemed a shame to miss while in Kyiv! We are so thankful for your comments and e-mails that brighten our day. Yeah! The end is in sight!
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3 comments:
You are so close! Are you having an airport party or something later after you are home awhile? We would love to help celebrate Mari and Michael's arrival! Good news-we were submitted yesterday!
You're almost home! The Embassy does a great job of processing everything as fast as possible.
We stayed in an apartment on the same street as O'Brien's. I had the Chicken Kiev also.
Best wishes for fast visa processing and a safe trip home:)
June
Congratulations!!!!
You see light at the end of the tunnel and it is NOT a train!!!
Can't wait to see you all!
Love Ya
Lisa
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