It's getting colder.Over the past week we have been finalizing the details of my trip to Almaty. Yesterday we made a change to our plane tickets that will allow the girls and I to return home on Wednesday Oct 31 rather than November 3rd. The schedule in Almaty will begin early Monday morning and be a busy two days.
I leave Saturday afternoon at 1:30 and land in Almaty very late Sunday night. The girls will already have been escorted from Petro by Sholpan and will be with our new translator, Oleg and his wife. Whether I will see them that night is unsure. Hopefully they will be asleep preparing for an early rise Monday morning. They are counting the days.
Meanwhile back at the ranch, Debbie will be making final preparations for the arrival of the girls. Everything that could be anticipated has been taken care of. Certainly there will be some "Oh yeah, I can't believe I didn't think of that" moments. On Friday we will celebrate our last day as a family as we know it.
All of the girls in our neighborhood are excited to throw a party for the Olia and Yulia. Our home is always full of neighborhood boys and now it seems that with the arrival of two girls, the total net gain will be more like five or six.
Here's to a new life!
guy
6 comments:
Hooray!!
I'm so excited for you guys. This is such great news! I've been checking EVERY SINGLE day (even though I knew when you were heading over there) in hopes of finding out you'd be able to travel/get back sooner. Best wishes on your travel tomorrow!
Hey guys, Kory and I have been following your adventures, thinking about the time when we do something similar. You guys are great! It is wonderful to be able to hear your stories. I wish the both of you luck! -heather mckinnon
How cool is this!
I look all the time for new posts, it makes my day!
I read on Bill and Cathe's blog that the girls had made it to Almaty. I hope you had a great reunion today and the "business" side of everything went well! Thinking of you!
Sarah
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