Tuesday, January 15, 2013

American Consulate and Martyrs’ Memorial Garden...


Tuesday, January 15th:  We had to wake the girls early, which they weren’t very happy about. We met Michael in the lobby at 7:40AM and arrived at the American Consulate a little after 8AM.  We had an 8:30AM appointment but they didn’t even have us take our “group oath” until a little after 9AM. Then they called each adoptive family up to the window for a few questions. They had Lia and I both sign a paper stating that we understood that Lia would become a citizen upon landing in the United States.  I was just glad that Lia again agreed to come to the US and signed…since, just that morning…she told our guide that she missed her school and friends and wanted to see themL I am sure reality is really going to sink in for her once we get to Warsaw, Indiana.  After the consulate, we came back to the hotel…got the girls ice cream as promised and then walked to the Martyrs’ Memorial Garden.  The girls are about parked out I think but we do not want to just sit in our hotel room so off we went a walkingJ After a couple hours we headed back towards the hotel and stopped in for lunch a Mexican restaurant. Then it was back to the hotel for some down time…and to let the girls rest.  Tomorrow we will receive Lia’s passport with Visa attached in the afternoon and then we will be officially DONE!!! We will head to Hong Kong about 4:30PM tomorrow. 








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