Wednesday, February 13, 2008

I Received My LOI!!!

Today I received my LOI - Letter of Invitation to travel to Kazakhstan. I will be leaving next weekend, 2/23 or 2/24 for Almaty Kazakhstan. I have to be in Almaty on the morning of the 25th. I will be going to Issyk once I arrive in Kazakhstan and I will be there until March 13th. Issyk requires three trips, the first trip is about twenty days, then I come home and wait for my court date, once I get that I go back for two to three days. Then I come home once again and wait for the final processing to be completed, when I go back it is for three or four days, then we come home as a family. My heart is racing, I'm very excited and I can't believe how much I have to do before I go, but it's all good!

16 comments:

Unknown said...

Congrats on the LOI!!!

Aaron and Julie said...

Yay! Congrats!!! Have you been given an idea of how long between trips? Happy packing :)

Steph and Dusty said...

congrats!! I am so excited for you! Be safe and good luck on your wonderful journey.
The Baker Family- Stephanie and Dusty.

Allison said...

Congratulations! Safe travels!

~Allison

Matthew Ruley said...

Congratulations! What great news! Awesome - you must be so excited!

McMary said...

What exciting news--my heart is pounding for you. I am so excited for you and it also gives hope to the rest of us waiting. Can't wait to hear the rest of the story.

Lisa F. said...

Congratulations! I know you have a lot to do before you leave and we are all very excited for you! Good luck and have a safe trip...keep your blog up to date so we know what's going on!

We love you!

Lisa, Joe and the girls

Alysa said...

Congratulations! Wishing you all the best on the most exciting journey of your life!

Keep us posted.

Safe travels.
Alysa

Nana and Papa said...

Enjoy every moment and document as much of it as you can. Take lots of pictures of the country for your son to see. I am so happy for you and your son. It is just a win win situation!!

Julian and Sara said...

Hi! I just stumbled upon your blog while catching up on some of the user group posts. We are in Almaty (city) now and plan to do it all in one trip. Thus we will be here through March. If you plan to spend any time in Almaty, let us know. Congrats on your LOI!

Sara
yeomans2kaz.blogspot.com/

DFeilen said...

As already said, congrads and good luck on the trip....Have you put in your order for an extra Yankee season ticket yet? Gotta start them young cheering for the Yankees!!!

Anonymous said...

Chris, this is the first time I looked at your blog. This may sound odd but it's very pretty and peaceful. Great green colors - soothing for what of course is a nerve wracking wait. I'm sure you had a very exciting and busy busy weekend. I remember needing to get everything ready before Zach was born - must be the nesting thing whether natural birth or adoption. And then realized (after I had gone crazy) that they don't know if it's all ready and you do wind up with lots of time after he comes home - right up til they crawl and get into everything! I sent you my email. I'll be looking for your excited updates!!

Regina said...

Congratulations to you!!! Safe travels to Almaty. Better start packing...

greta said...

Hello! We are in between trip 1 and 2 from Issyk. Please email me gsowens@cox.net. I would like to follow your journey. My daughter is at the BH there and is waiting for us to bring her home. We are still waiting for our court date. Maybe I can get you to take a couple of pics of our daughter while you are there???
Love, greta

Roseann said...

Looking forward to sharing your joy...Best wishes!

Anonymous said...

Hi Chrissy, I hope your trip went better then the start of your day. Things are good here at home. Can't wait to hear from you. EMILY