Our plans fell through. We were scheduled to leave on June 13th, but there was a problem with the paperwork when we gave it to the Embassy. (There were some records that were given as copies, and the Embassy insisted that they had to be originals. Our facilitator insisted that they were wrong, that they had processed families before us with copies, and not originals, but the Embassy insisted.). So, we had to cancel our flight for the 13th.
Now for the REALLY bad news...
I rescheduled a flight for Thursday, June 14th. The problem is that they would not guarantee a flight for us out of Kiev, and said I was 'automatically' on a waiting list, whether there were seats or not. All our other flights after Kiev are okay and can be confirmed. So, tomorrow, I am supposed to call the airline and ask to confirm our flight. If they confirm the flight, then we are okay for the 14th, just different times than originally scheduled.
If they don't confirm the flight, then we wait until the next day, and try to confirm again...and so on until we get a flight OUTTA HERE! I tried a different approach and asked how far out they would have to schedule us in order to confirm a flight, and because the way the airline works, they could not schedule us UNTIL JULY!!!!!!!
So, here we are, HELD HOSTAGE AGAIN!!!
We've all kind of fallen apart today. We were all ready to leave for tomorrow, and after having such a rough time last week, this news was pretty hard to take, lots of crying, kids were depressed for awhile, etc. But, we finally pulled ourselves together in "family style" and are now back in a positive mindframe. Hopefully, we will get confirmation tomorrow, and all will be well to leave on the 14th.
PLEASE PRAY FOR US!! This will really kill us if we have to keep waiting each day to find out whether we can go home or not.
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Dear Bensons,
We will be praying. I know how anxious you are to get home!
God hasn't forgotten you and He has a plan. You have many people rooting for you on the homefront!
Our boys send regards to the girls and are anxious to talk to them in the States.
Love,
The Schweickert's
Hang in there. You are on the home stretch. Everything will work out. We will be praying for a safe trip home!!
Marsha, Jessica, Jacob & Katie Nachtigal
Hang in there Benson Family! You WILL get home! If you remember we faced the same dilema with flights, but we eventually got home and haven't looked back. God will provide a way (are you good swimmers? Ha, Ha) Be encouraged to know that we found the adoption process easy compared to life at home! We'll need to compare notes when you get back!!!!!
Praying for your safe return,
Sharon Sabatini
You won't be on standby forever,just another delay and somebody testing your
patience(and you guys are masters in that field-so a little meltdown is okay!and now you move on and be optimistic.GOOD LUCK!!!!!!
Soehnke
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