February 11th Update – An Epic Adoption Story

So, medical screening went as hoped for everyone. No major issues. Lucas’ TB test was a concern so we had to drive to an imaging clinic to get chest x-rays. We waited an hour and had to do one x-ray twice, and it made Monday a long day. We called on Tuesday at 2:00 pm for results after having a celebratory pizza for lunch at Nandos.

On the way back to our Kampala residence we stopped for soft serve ice cream, and then walked back to our Kampala residence. We packed for a trip to Busia and in the midst of doing so the power went out. So, we decided to put everyone to bed, and just as we got settled the power came back on. Kristi was up by 4:00 am trying to make sure we had everything we needed for our trip.

The majority of soda pop is sold in returnable glass bottles. We had a number of them to return, and I left Tuesday morning in order to get some laundry detergent and to return the bottles. The little grocery refused to take back bottles that they no longer carried, even though we purchased them there. I’m not sure why, but I had to rent a boda boda to go to a grocery store downtown in order to make the returns.

We loaded up with the Thompsons and made our way to get their ruling. They also received positive rulings on both children, and have now gotten their written ruling and passports while we are still waiting even though we received our ruling first. So, now five children have officially received placement in homes from Noah’s Ark Orphanage through Promise Kids a Future. It seems like we’re going to continue this back and forth thing until we finally get home. The Thompsons have already scheduled an Embassy interview for Monday. We hope to schedule ours on Monday for Wednesday, but we need passports and the rulings to be ready Monday morning.

The next real time update…