I'm Excited!

Yes, that means good news!!  We have finally gotten the second approval letter from the province signed and been given the go ahead to book travel.  We have been told that everything will be shut down for the holiday on September 2nd and realistically everyone will be taking the 1st off to make it a four day weekend.  So no orphanage visits until the 3rd.  Erwin and I are still planning to arrive the evening of the 1st to settle in.  We thought it might be fun to spend a holiday with Nathanh in Vietnam so he can experience a bit of the culture.  We will actually get to experience two holidays, as the Moon Festival will take place while we are there too.  Anyways, we will get to visit the orphanage and then have the G&R probably by the end of the week or perhaps on the following Monday at the latest.  Yeah!! I am feeling so relieved that we finally have some dates, approval and are moving forward!!

It is a good thing too, as I was getting so antsy that I went down to the school district office and filled in my leave applications today.  So all of the estimated dates we had worked out and I feel a little bit ahead of the paperwork game:)

Our next task is to book flights and hotels.  It is going to be a busy weekend!