One More Hurdle has been Crosssed

While most of you were enjoying a good nights rest we have been very busy. We met our facillator and driver at 9:30 AM to start the medical side of the paper work. We arrived at the hospital that does contract work for the American Embassy at 10. Our driver left to pick up another family for the same thing. Five minutes later the hospital clerk needed a paper that we had left in the room. I took the walk back to the hotel, got all of our papers(because we were not sure what she wanted) and returned shortly thereafter. Well wouldn't you know it, we did not have the paper she wanted. She then said, "Dont worry, last family did not have either." Oh well, long story short, all systems are go, he passed his physical, his chest xray is good and he only needed one shot. Robin and the boys and facillatator are out now picking up his new passport with the correct name on it. What was supposed to take the better part of three days was done in about six hours. Now we have a free day tomorrow, well almost...

Today was Aaron's birthday,and May 14th was Deniss's. so we are going to take them to an amusement park tomorrow and the Lido resturant (Lido is a must do in Riga)for dinner. We have been there before. They offer literally hundreds of choices of foods to eat and just as many deserts. After diner the boys will be able to skate for a couple of hours while mom and dad veg out and watch. No not ice skateing like in the January/.February pictures, now it is roller blading.

We will fly out of Riga Thursday afternoon for our appiontment with the American Embassy in Warsaw on Friday. Say a prayer all goes well. If his appiontment goes well and they issue his Visa on Friday, we will all be home before the weekend is over. And believe me we ALL are ready to be home. Deniss is in very good spirits and is very excited about coming to America.