Leaving March 17th!!!!

It is with great joy and heartfelt happiness that I am able to tell you all that we have travel dates to go get Emily! My sister, Jenny and I will be leaving Nashville Saturday, March 17th for Kaz. We had hoped we would only need to be in country five days to take care of exit business, but there is a muslim holiday in there, so we might be there up to ten days. That's fine with us! We'll return on Tuesday, March 27th unless we are able to finish everything before the holiday while there. The holiday is called "Nauryz Meyrami" and it falls on March 22-25th. I'm not sure how the US Embassy is connected to the holiday, I thought they were only affected by American holidays, but we'll play it safe and give ourselves extra time there if we need it. Our tickets are flexible, so we can change them to leave sooner if that turns out to be the case.
Needless to say, we are excited! I'm thankful for the time to prepare for this trip and thankful that we had so much time to get settled here before bringing Emily "home." Now it is starting to feel like home, so hopefully she will adjust well.
My sister is thrilled beyond imagination. I'm so glad we get to do this together- it's quite an experience! She is so helpful and kind to be so generous with her time and leaving her three children and husband behind for a few weeks!
It's no doubt that Emily will have many people her whole life through who will be able to tell her what they did to help bring her home to her forever family. And we know this is really just the beginning for us and Emily as well. It's just nice that we can FINALLY start the next chapter of our lives with Emily in it.
Okay- we'll post again soon. Thanks again for all your support and prayers. We couldn't have done any of this without the Lord's guidance and your faithfulness.