Thank you all for your many blessings, prayers and comments. We are so touched by the community of support surrounding our journey!!
Today started early (4am) and went non-stop until mid-afternoon with much insanity and very little nutrition with the plane ride being the most relaxing part! The most amazing part of the day was being met at the airport by Sveta, our facilitator in Kiev, almost on the tarmac. We think she was guiding the plane in as it landed!!
Because of the heroic work of our handlers, we have good news again as the U.S. embassy accepted our paperwork and we got the girls through the obligatory medical exams. These milestones were only surpassed through the amazing secret talents of Sveta who has magic ways of getting us to the front of line, time after time!!! We have an appointment at 2pm tomorrow to finish the papers and receive our U.S. visas for the girls from the embassy. Yipee!!!!!! Things are looking good!!
We can't even begin to explain the fatigue we all feel - but we are also deeply grateful that things are looking to go our way:) Thanks again for all your love and support!!!! love, the Lentz family.
WOW! That is heroic! Sveta and Galya have outdone themselves! I am amazed to hear you got "two" girls through the process so quickly!! Hope you can rest a bit before your trip home..... Sounds like that may be very very soon???? How exciting!
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We are overjoyed that things are falling into place. I am not surpised that you are all very tired! How wonderful that you have such efficient helpers. We are now in Ripon and I am writing this from ;La Quinta...you remember, right?Love, mom
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Hi Lorelle and David - What a beautiful family you are. Thank you for sharing the pictures! Things sound like quite a whirlwind now. I'm so excited for you...sounds like you will be traveling home soon?
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Thank YOU, Lorelle and David, for keeping us all posted, even when you might rather sleep.
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It sounds as though Sveta and Galya have been wonderul advocates and incredibly saavy in traversing very complex systems. The abundance of fortitude on everyone's part is very heartwarming. Many of us in the Central Valley are thinking about the four of you, D&L&T&A (in the tradition of your Mom's sign off)and sending our thoughts, prayers and very best now and always. Love, Carrie
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