Visa in hand--Cincinnati bound!!!

Well, we have been through some anxiety producing days up to this point and this one has proven to be no exception. Being that we were out of the hands of the Ukrainian government and into the hands of our own, we thought that things might go easier today. We met with a snooty little red-head with a Texas twang in her voice from the consular office who led off with a, "sometimes we don't hear right away from Washington on these visa applications and it may take more than one day," after being told numerous times that our paperwork was in order and there would be no problems. This was not what we wanted to hear and I guess she figured out how we felt. After an anxious half hour of waiting, our faithful Ukrainian-born US official did produce the visas. We, of course, were elated, relieved and cried tears of joy!!!

So after putting the blog to bed, we are next!! We get up in the middle of the night and head to the airport, led by our trusty Igor and Sveta. Our first flight leaves at 6:30am and we expect to be in Cincinnati in the afternoon on Friday the 26th (which is actually about 17hrs in transit - because of time zones). Can't wait to be on U.S. soil!!!! Love, the four card carrying (passport/visa approved) Lentz family!