On Monday Madhu took Karuna's medical report to the Embassy for us(very nice of her to do). She called us later to let us know that everything went well and that Karuna's visa should be done Tuesday afternoon. We spent the day doing a little shopping here at the mall that is attached to our hotel. With the heat as bad as it has been here, its nice to be able to stay inside.
On Tuesday afternoon Maurice and Madhu went back to the Embassy in the afternoon to pick up the visa and all of his paperwork for immigrations when we land in the US. I have never been so glad to see his visa inside of his passport and the sealed envelope in my life. This now means that we are ready to leave India!! We are all ready to get home and start a new chapter in Karuna's life.
We will be flying back on Friday. Our flight leaves here at 5am so we have to be at the airport no later than 1am. We want to make sure they don't separate us like they did on the way here. It's no fun sitting by yourself on a VERY long flight.
So the next couple days we will be packing and helping Jessica finish her homework(fun)! She has done a pretty good job keeping up with everything especially as busy as we were the first week we were here.
Will post again when I get the chance.
What a great feeling to have the visa and "golden packet" in hand!! So happy that everything went well. And I remember wanting to get back to our home instead of a hotel . . . praying for seats together, and uneventful travel.
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So glad that the final steps went off without a hitch. Now homeward bound! Hope you enjoy your last days/hours in India stress free now that the proper papers are in hand.
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