Well, I certainly thought that I would have done a better job of finishing what I started in sharing our adoption story on this blog. Praise God this adoption is coming to a beautiful conclusion whether I write about it or not! My apologies to anyone who still thinks we may be stuck in the volcanic ash somewhere in Europe. We left Karaganda, Kazakhstan at 4:00 Friday morning, April 16th, the day after our court date. Instead of arriving in South Carolina that evening at 6:30, we made it home 6 days later. Renting a car and driving 20 hours from Frankfurt, Germany to Madrid, Spain (to find an airport that was not shut down due to the continually erupting volcano) seemed like a nice way to end our adventure. It sure was an expensive addition to our trip - spent as much in 6 days on food and lodging as we did for 4 weeks in Karaganda!

John's pulling in the driveway as I type to take me to the airport. I will leave Greenville, SC as 7pm and arrive in Almaty, Kazakhstan just after midnight tomorrow night, 2pm on Tuesday here. Hopefully there will be a driver there at the airport holding up a piece of paper with my name on it. After a night's sleep in a hotel, Olga (the escort who is the mother of Kate with Nightlight Adoptions) and Scott will come to my hotel room to begin our first day together. She was asked to take Scott from the orphanage on Sunday so they have had a day and night together at Olga's house already. She said he is talking and EATING up a storm. Hopefully soon he will know that there will always be plenty to eat and no need to stock up on food when he sees it (then again, I often do that and I haven't got his excuse!)

I'll do my best to post a blog or two while in Almaty but may need John's help to add pictures to the blog when I return home next weekend. If you are reading this before our journey is done - PLEASE PRAY!!!! Even though John is not traveling with this time - I am NOT alone.