Friday, April 02, 2010

We're Coming Home

As we stood in front of the passport lady today, we felt your prayers. We stood there for what seemed an eternity. There was some talk that we were waiting on a call from Moscow (for what, I don't know) - and then another discussion about how (according to Russian standards) Anya has no middle name, so they weren't sure what to do with 2 first names (as if we were the first American people to ever do this...whatever!)

Some other people were coming in and out of the office, and then all the sudden, out of nowhere, Andrew said "the passport is here, you can get it today". Guess he is psychic or something.

This little drama raised our suspicions about this whole passport thing, but the bottom line is that we have the passport and we're coming home!
We have been in touch with the Embassy and the coordinator in Moscow who will be helping us. We have the appointment(s) made for Monday, making it possible for us to get Anya's American passport on Tuesday afternoon and come home on Wednesday.

I've contacted our travel agent, and as soon as she wakes up today (it's 4:45am at home), she will get on booking the flights.
As soon as I have more specific information on our flights, I will be sure to let everyone know!

10 comments:

Becky said...

Yes! I am sure you will be ecstatic to have those legs on American soil! I wondered if Anya had a middle name. What do they consider two first names?

Debbie said...

That is the picture worth a thousand words if there ever was!

What's with Russians and middle names...Nathan has one and they didn't print it on his passport, remember? Didn't matter...

So happy for you all! Did you happy dance all over the apartment and town???

v and K said...

Yeeeeehawwwww!! The Groffs are rejoicing with you this morning! SO glad your Siberian prison sentence has come to an end. You've fought the good fight, you've finished the race. Look out, Moscow, here they come!

Much love to you guys...

Anonymous said...

Yipee!! There's no place like home. We'll be praying Wednesday for good flights.
Jill

Anonymous said...

I am so happy for y'all. All the more to be thankful for on this glorious Easter Sunday. We'll be waiting to hear more from y'all early next week.

Hugs,
Valerie from Valdosta, GA

Fran said...

Wonderful, can't wait to hug all of you.

Unknown said...

Alright! We are so happy for you all! I'm sure you'll be so excited to be home. What a wonderful gift at Easter time too! God Bless and we'll be praying for safety on the way home.

kate said...

Hooray!!

Unknown said...

AWESOME! I have goosebumps for you! What a wonderful day for the Friend Family!!!

Anonymous said...

Yey!!! Yipee!!! Congrats !!!!
Let us know if you will be flying into South Bend....God Bless,
Pam