We're Going Home!!

Well have we got a tale to tell....

After getting the phone call Tuesday afternoon saying Lucy's visa would be ready for pickup on Wednesday morning, we spent the evening, and half the night, trying to get a plane flight home.  When we bought our flights in September we figured that eight weeks would be the absolute outside of the timeline we would be here....well here we are.  All our travel agent could find that was close to what we already had was flying on the same flight for $4150 or one of us changing our ticket for 6:30 instead of 9:40 and flying with Lucy, meeting the other and Shye in Amsterdam for about $2500. Beth thought it was really important to stay together so we didn't buy any ticket and tried to sleep on it hoping that we could figure something out in the morning.  It was 1:00 am you know.  Beth felt that it was something that God could work out on our behalf.  Morning came and I called KLM to see if there was anything they could offer us - nyet. We waited for supper today to call our travel agent again.  We asked her to check one more time and if nothing had changed, to book the $4k ticket. Oy!  When she got in and called, apparently one ticket had become available and it was for $1980!!!  We are so grateful to God who worked this out on our behalf.  Thank you to all who have been praying.  Even "small" stuff like this feels big after being here so long. 

 If I may ask a further favour, pray for families who are here waiting and waiting, for passports, third appointments with the Child Welfare office etc. It is so hard living in this bubble.  We have really appreciated making new friends with fellow travellers, both Canuck and American.  It is essential to keeping sane.

So early Friday morning we start our long journey home to the great white north and turn the page on Lucy becoming a Hughes. Can't wait!