Almost Home

That picture of Josie is how I feel. The last 24 hours has been such a roller coaster ride. Everything went well at the US embassy yesterday and Josie's visa was issued. At that point we thought that everything was done and that I could change my flight to leave today (Wednesday) and be home on Thursday. We we started to do that, the said that I had not been issued a clearance from the Ministry of Health in Liberia to leave yet. This is something new that they just started for people who are adopting in Liberia. They tried to get that issued on Tuesday, but we unable to get that done. When I woke up this monring I was notified that the clearance had been issued and that the Visa was here and I could travel today. I called Mike at about 4 AM and started working on getting the airline tickets changed. He called the airling then the travel agent. Each of them kept telling him that he would have to call the other in order to get the ticket changed. In order to make my flight today, I had to leave here at 11:00. He was on the phone with them right up until 10:55 trying to get the ticket changed. They finally said that they could change my, but not Josephines. I guess that it was something in relationship to terrorism that they cannot issue a one-way ticket on the same day as travel to the US on an international flight. So needless to say, I have been on a roller coaster and had to pack and unpack my suitcase twice in the last 24 hours. Well I am really ready to come home, but I will make the best of the time that I have left here. It is just so boring. I am the only person at the compound and am so bored. Hopefully the next couple of days I will be able to get out and see some of the sites. We did go to the ocean yesterday. I don't think that we will have to worry about Josephine being a swimmer, she was scared to death of the water. I am also having two of the neighborhood kids spend the night. They have been with us everyday. I let them eat with us when they are here. They are so thrilled to eat the food. I also let them uses the bathroom and take a bath a couple of times. I just tell them to go in and shut the door and come out when they are done. It is such a shame that this was the first time that this boy has ever taken a bath and he is six years old. Well, please just pray for me over the next couple of days. I know that Monday will be here soon, but it justs seems like it is so far away. I just can't wait to get home and see my boys and Mike. Thank all of you for your prayers, they have been felt.