Even through Deniss officially became a citizen of the USA when he went through Immigrations in Atlanta back in June, Homeland Security wouldn't give us his citizenship papers until he went to a swearing in ceremony. Deniss and I went to an 8:30AM appointment in Tucker on Friday. He signed his papers, swore an oath ant then received his papers. It was actually issued back in July - go figure! We can now get his social security number and passport. Having a passport will mean that we can at least start thinking about a trip back to Latvia.
The wait at Immigration on Friday was long but I did find another family that has worked with New Horizons. They adopted a 15 year old from St. Petersburg Russia. So - at least I had someone to talk to during the two hours that I was in the waiting room. Deniss had to go in another room all that time. I hadn't taken my camera so they took pictures of Deniss receiving his paper and us hugging after the ceremony.
The Shultz's have left to go on their next Latvian adventure. They hosted a boy named Dima when we were hosting Deniss. Dima decided after their first trip to Latvia that he did not want to be adopted. It broke their hearts but not their spirits. They hosted again this summer - this time a brother and sister. Go check our their blog at jblatvia.blogspot.com. They left the USA yesterday. We are praying for better news after this trip!
Robin
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