We're Home

After two days, five airports, a canceled flight in Chicago, we are finally home. My parents, and Kristi's parents met us at the airport, the drove us home for a little time, before we all started to fade.

All four of us were in bed by 5:30 PM. Of course now it is 1:00 AM and Katelin and I are typing on the computer. This is going to take a few days :-)

Can't wait for you all to meet Katelin, and hear all the stories Lilli has to tell.

Good-Bye Vietnam

We have been cleared to come home, and will begin the trek home tonight, 12/26, just before midnight, arriving home on Saturday 12/27. This has been an incredible adventure and although we will be sad to leave the birthplace of our two precious girls, we will be glad to get home and share them with all of you (even if it is cold, icy and snowy :-))

So here is Katelin saying goodbye to Vietnam.



We will see you all soon. God Bless.

Old Town Hanoi

We had a great relaxing Christmas Day. After opening presents this morning, I went for a walking tour of Old Town Hanoi. A few short blocks from our hotel is Hoan Kleim Lake home to the Ngoc Son Temple.

The lake is a beautiful oasis with plentiful gardens, statues and benches to relax. It seemed to be very popular with the "love birds" as I saw many young and old couples taking a relaxing stroll or curled up on a bench. It was a very nice walk, even with the hustle and bustle of the city streets near by.

This is where several of the stages were last night for the big Christmas Eve services. You wouldn't have known it because it was all cleaned up by the time I got there.

Down at the one end of the lake is an island with beautiful Asian bridge, Flood of Morning Sunlight Bridge, that heads to the Ngoc Son Temple. This small temple is basically a tourist destination now, but it is still very peaceful. Having both some Taoist and Confucian background, I did not step into the temple, as I did not want to participate in any ceremonies. I did check out the memorial to the great turtle, that supposedly swallowed the golden sword and saved the city from the invasion of China. It was eye opening and interesting although very crowded.

On my way off the island I ran into a Christian Youth Group from Hanoi who was going to be performing later in the day. Although we could not understand each other very well. The name Jesus was understood very well.

From of there I hit the streets, walking through the small cramped streets of old town. It is interesting to see how two blocks or so will be the "Home Depot" section with each family providing a different need, all layed out on the sidewalk. Then you run into the clothing blocks, followed by the electronics blocks, etc. What makes it amazing is that every square inch of space is used. The sidewalks are covered in goods, and what is not covered, has become a parking lot for hundreds of motorbikes. Thus when you walk down the street, you literally are walking down the street with motorbikes and cars whizzing by you. You definitely put your faith in God here. And amazingly there are very few accidents. The people were pleasant, many trying to sell me, but overall nice.

One lady even gave me some tangelos after talking to me (I politely accepted, but later disposed of them.) She has been selling produce for ten years now, helping her family of 10 (including parents and grand parents.)

A few hours later, I was on my way back to the hotel, feeling as though I had just smoked two packs of cigarettes from all of the exaust. My allergies and sinuses were flaring.

We finished our Christmas day with a buffet dinner at Jaspas, a nice trendy place here in the hotel. It was very good, but probably not worth the price (are holiday buffets ever worth the price?)

We prat that everyone is having a very Merry Christmas day. Good night from Hanoi.

Merry Christmas from Vietnam

Boy do the Vietnamese know how to party. Not that they are partying for all the right reasons, but they are celebrating Christmas. And every year they are hearing all the Christmas songs, including the words Jesus Christ, little baby, Savior, Holy night

They decorate everything, trees, buildings, play and sing music, and then party like crazy on Christmas Eve. They do this thing where they create a temple of aluminum foil around the nativity scene. You see small displays and then you see big displays. We saw one while driving that had to be two stories of aluminum foil around a life sized nativity.

From about 7PM until 1AM there was a big party going on at the lake about four blocks from the hotel, with two big stages and tens of thousands of people. Then about 11PM we heard a few fireworks and then an endless parade of honking cars and motor bikes worked its way through the streets. The difference from any other time during the day was all at once loud and constant. Who could sleep.

We were blessed by the staff of the hotel with a Christmas Eve party last night with caroling, Santa Clause helper and food. Lilli even got involved in the singing and dancing. Take a look (sorry for the quality.)

After the fun downstairs, we came back to our room, which the girls had decorated earlier in the day. We even had a Christmas tree. We sat down and read Twas the Night Before Christmas, The Christmas Story from the Bible, and sang Silent Night. Then we made sure the stockings were hung on the credenza with care, put a plate of oreos and a glass of water out for Santa, and it was off to bed. At least for the little ones, and beleive it or not they both were able to fall asleep.

When we woke this morning, Santa had come and left some small gifts and candy in out stockings for everyone. He had even eaten most of the cookies ;-). Lilli got two new games for her Nintendo DS, and some house socks. Katelin got some new toys. Mommy, daddy and Trina got some bath supplies and pocket calendars. It was great to see the expression on Lilli's face when she realized that Santa did find us and she got some of the things she wanted.

Of course the best Christmas present we could have asked for was the completion of our adoption of Katelin. At 11:30AM on Christmas Eve we received our clearance and visa from the US Government, which means we are free to come home at anytime. YEA!

Please keep us in prayer as we prepare to travel home. Especially Kristi and Trina who are fighting bugs. From all of us in Vietnam, Richard, Kristi, Lilli, Katelin and Trina, we wish you a very Merry Christmas, and we will see you all soon. God Bless

Mer_ _ Christ_ _ _

Hello all.

We are experiencing web difficulties in our room, so I am using a public computer. Check back tomorrow to get the blanks filled in.

If it's Tueday it Must Be Hanoi

We woke this morning to a beautiful hazy sunrise on our last day in Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam. I couldn't enjoy it long because I had to catch a taxi across town to pick up Katelin's Vietnamese passport. With that we scurried over to the hospital to show her passport and pick up her medical report. Way to go, my girl passed her first test. :-)

From there it was a dash back to the hotel where everyone was waiting to check out, load the van and head for the airport. We arrived with plenty of time to spare. It helped having our facilitator with us, who was able to get us checked in lickity split. Hopped onboard a 777 and two hours later we wer on the ground in Hanoi. All of that in just under five hours (can you say hurry up.)

But whoa, what a difference. HCMC was 91 with 80% humidity when we left. Hanoi is 52 with 60% humidity. Now I know I can't complain with all the ice and snow back in the states, but even I got a chill.

We quickly retrieved our bags and made a b-line to the US Embassy to drop off the passport, medical report and visa application and get an appointment for our exit interview. That is scheduled for 10:00 AM Wednesday. If all goes well, we get the visa and hour or two later and we are free to leave the country.

Thats where the next little wrinkle comes in. Our tickets are booked for 12/29 which was the max it should have taken us. We are going to contact UNITED tomorrow and see if we can bump things up a few days. Could be easier said than done because of the holidays and the winter weather back in the states. Most likely we wouldn't leave before Friday, but we will lt you know as soon as we do.

Thanks for your prayers. And don;t forget to check back for our Christmas update.

Hurry Up! Wait! Hurry Up!

If you have been reading the blog, you know about our constant delays. Then all of a sudden two weeks ago, we were told your leaving on five days, HURRY UP! Then we got here to HCMC, received our Christmas Angel, only to be told that we need to WAIT! five days to make the adoption official at the Giving & Receiving Ceremony. Then all of sudden in one day we needed to HURRY UP! again and complete the G&R, the passport and the medical exam, so that we can fly to Hanoi tomorrow. Talk about your whirlwind. Let's just keep praying there is not another WAIT! in this system. The good news is, she is officially ours.

We got down stairs early for the drive out the Ministry of Justice in the province where we adopted Katelin from. There we saw the director of the orphanage and proceeded to sign everything in triplicate-triplicates. After all of the paperwork had been processed, we signed the big book and the Minister of Justice had us stand and proceede to hand us the certificate of adoption. For which Katelin and her quick strong hands, quickly grabbed. Luckily it was just a bit wrinkled, but all was OK.

After the G&R, we high taled it back into town where we had to get to the Passport office and apply for Katelin's passport. It was so close. They stop for lunch at 11:30, and they sometimes will just go to lunch even if you are still waiting. Luckily we got our receipt and were out of there by 11:45. On the trip back, Katelin wanted to sit with Lilli, so Lilli fed her, and pretty soon Katelin was sound asleep in her lap.

After a quick run to the hotel to drop off Lilli and Trina and grab sone lunch, Kristi, Katekin and I headed over to the hospital for Katelins medical check-up. This was the same hopsital that Lilli was checked out of. It had changed a bit in six years. When we here with Lilli we sat on benches outside to with to be called, now we are inside. It is still crazy what and how they do things. She checked fine, and everything is good to go, although if you could ask Kaetlin she would tell you that it was absolutely horrible. As soon as the doctor tried to weigh her, she roared. I mean very loud, and she didn't calm down until she was safely back in moms arms.

One of the things we did when we adopted Lilli, was take a picture of all the kids sitting on a couch in the lobby. This became known as the "class picture." Well we had to keep the tradition going, so may I present the Valedictorian and tops in her class of December 2009, Lan Xuan Nguyen, now know as Katelin Lan Foster.

We have now finished the Vietnames portion of our trip. S he is officially ours?As soon as we get her passport and health report tomorrow it is off to Hanoi and the US portion of our game. We;ll talk to you soon.

Talk to you tomorrow from Hanoi.

Going to the Market

Sunday brought a hazy day to start out. But by mid afternoon the sun was shining bright and the muggy warm air was back in force.

Let's start with the BIG news. First of all, Kristi and I are getting to experience parenting starting at the sixth month. What does that mean, Katelin is already pulling herself into a standing position and crawling. Check out the video by clicking the image. I guess we will need to get those gates up quick when we get home. Katelin is also waving goodbye. It is so cute to see those little fingers waving. So she is moving along rather quickly, hoepfully our remaining schedule will stick and we can get her home to see all of you before she is driving. :-)

Otherwise, today Katelin and mommy were having a rough morning, so they stayed behind to get a few extra winks, while Lilli and I went to the Ben Thanh Market. An frantic colorful place of...you name it. Lilli and I went looking for some souvenigrs, but also take in the unique aspects of an open market. We did the sight seeing first, passing by the plentiful vendors. Fresh fish and seafood next to fresh vegys around the corner from fresh chicken and fowl, sharing space with fresh fruit, across from the fresh beef, surrounded by the fresh flowers. Lets just say that we saw it all. Chickens being plucked, frog being skinned, beef heart, liver and intestines prepped for cooking. As a former restaurant guy, I am amazed and thrilled with how stringent our health code procedures are in the U.S. There is still nothing like it, especially the color of the fruit and vegys and flowers.

Then we headed to the cramped aisles of the wares portion of the market. Like I said..you name it. Clothes, shoes, appliances, crafts, linens, candy, and more clothes. It was amazing as more than one vendor would try to get me to stop with "wat'chyou lookin' for Mista. I have just your size, you want shirt for baby (referring to 6 year old Lilli??). We finally found a few pieces of art, and a couple tea sets for the girls. Then we stopped at the flowers on the way out to get a picture, and several others began taking pictures of Lilli, then were surprised when she came up and gave her daddy a hug.

After an afternoon at the pool we got dressed and headed to the famous Rex Hotel for dinner on their fifth floor garden terrace. It was a deligtfull meal and quite eye catching, as the entire terrace was decked out in Christmas lights and the sounds of Christmas music echoed through the palm trees. So peaceful, so tasty, then a few feet away you looked over the railing to the street below and saw the insanity that is Saigons streets. Hundreds of thousands of people and their motor bikes and cars crammed into a couple square blocks. This was sort of an "unofficial" Christmas Celebration, with vendors selling snacks, drinks and he all the glow in the dark junk you could want. We are told this is nothing, on Christmas Eve the place looks like Times Square. Glad we went to the Rex tonight.

From there it was back to the hotel and a bath/shower for all, so that we can get up early tomorrow morning and head to our G&R ceremony at the Ministry of Justice. Check back tomorrow for the latest.

Another Day in Saigon

It is Saturday in Ho Chi Minh City (also known as Saigon), and we found it a great day to catch up on some sleep an a bit of grocery shopping. Although there are many great restuarants here, with absolutely fabulous food, it is great having a kitchen so we can cook some of our own meals. As is the case in most foreign countries, you have to be careful of what you eat and drink. There is really only one grocery store that has large refrigeration to keep fresh foods cold. So that is where I bought some fruit (as long as you can peel it, it is pretty safe), a few vegy's and some fresh chicken.

We also got to pack up and move up a few floors to a new room today. We downsized from a three bedroom to a two bedroom, but it is still pretty good size and comfy. Actually the view from the twelth floor is beautiful, especially at night.

After the grocery, we hot the pool, where Katelin and Lilli had a blast. The sun was hiding so it got a little chilly, so Lilli and I hoped in the hot tub (actually luke warm, but for Lilli it was perfect.)

Then we came up and had dinner which included our all time favorite, dragonfruit. If you have never seen dragonfruit before, it is a bright pink colored fruit with an absolutely delectible flesh that is bright white with little black seeds. It sort of cross between a pear and a kiwi. Yum, Yum.

Then we popped a bag of popcorn and kicked back and watched "Monster's Inc." on the Disney Channel. Yep, all the same shows with Vietnamese subtitles. It and ESPN have been the two channels of choice, although we also get CNN, National Geographic, The Discover Channel and a few Australian networks as well. All together there are 30 channels in 12 different languages to choose from. So those days kickin' back in the hotel, are palatible.

Good news is we got word from our faciltator that we will be able to have our G&R on Monday, that means passport on Tuesday, fly to Hanoi on Tuesday night or Wednesday morning. Final check out and visa on Wednesday, fly home on Friday. We will see if this actually comes to fruition, but our facilitator seemed pretty sure. Please keep us in your prayers. Thanks

Vietnam Day 4

Well we are on day 4 here in Vietnam. As I mentioned, our Giving and Receiving Ceremony at the Ministry of Justice has been delayed until Tuesday. Uggggg. That means a few more days here in Ho Chi Minh, but hopefully we can still get up to Hanoi and out by our December 29 flights. Please keep that in prayer because we do not want to have to change flight reservations.

Because of the extra days in HCMC we actually have to change rooms tomorrow. When we arrived we were suppose to have a two bedroom, but were upgraded to a three bedroom. Which was great when we were leaving tomorrow. Since we have to extend our stay, they need the three bedroom for a new long term guest coming in, so we are heded up a few floors to a two bedroom for the rest of our stay.

Today was a total kick back day. Lilli and Katelin woke up in their new Christmas pajamas (see above), then Lilli and I spent a couple hours in the pool, then we had a brief lunch, and nap. Katelin is our thinking sleeper. What a pose.

After naps we all headed to this great little clothing shop on Dong Khoi St, where we are getting some custom made clothes for the girls. Matching traditional silk Vietnamese outfits (ao dais) for Lilli, Katelin and Kristi (and a tie for me) at unbeliveable prices.

After a few more stores we came back to the apartment and I made a dinner of rice and pesto chicken with snow peas (I know not very Vietnamese, but it was good.) Then we spent an hour on SKYPE video calls to the family.

Now off to bed, and another day here in beautiful Vietnam. Lilli sends her best to everyone.

South China Sea

Today was a kick back day, so we made the 2 1/2 hour trip to Vung Tau. A incredible stretch of land on the Sea of China.






Our day started out at a veranda setting for a light lunch. It was beautiful and relaxing at the Lan Rung Resort. The soup and eggrolls were yummy, and I can't say that in my wildest dreams that I ever saw myself sitting on the shores of the Sea of China, with my family, breezes blowing, listening to Celine Dion singing "O Holy Night." Strange but great.


From there we actually headed to the beach, changed into our suits, and hit the surf. Lilli had a great time playing in the sand and water and found some great seashells and avoided the sand crabs. Mommy, Katelin and Gandma Trina stayed back under the cabana enjoying the nice breezes.


After a few hours in the sun, which is all even the best SPF can handle, we headed up to the light house for a great view of the town below and the giant staue of Jesus on the next mountain. The view was amazing.


The day ended with a delicious dinner of squid, fried oyster, barbecued crabs and and steamed prawn (as big as lobster) before the long drive back to the city.


We have run into a few delays now that we have Katelin, but our facilitator still says that we can be home on our original scheduled flights on December 29. Please keep this in prayer, as it is a little uneasy not knowing the finality of this trip. I gues it is par for the course with this adoption, huh.

GOTCHA!

Introducing Katelin Lan Foster. Received at the Catholic Church orphanage outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 9:45 AM.

She is very content. She was cared for by a wonderful foster family in an orphanage house. It is a set of houses behind the local Catholic church. The families give of their time to care for the children. She was very loved, and it added an different perspective to this adoption that we did not have with Lilli.



After a short time in the home, we walked
down the alley, through the gate, across the play area of the Catholic school, and on to the parsonage of the Priest of the church. There we were graciously and warmly greeted. It was very emotional to see the passion this man has for the children and what he and the church can and are doing to care and educate for them. Through a translator we had a very beautiful conversation. Then I had the great pleasure of praying with this very compassionate man, which needed no translation. Praise the Name of the Lord.



After the drive back to the hotel, where she fell asleep in daddy's arms, we had a chance to relax and (as we did with Lilli) took her for her first swimming lesson. She loved the water on her toes ;-) . Lilli was having so much fun in the pool splashing and playing with her little sister. She is adjusting so well to all of us. A lunch of rice cereal, and it was lights out for a quick nap.



Tomorrow it is off to China Beach for the day. Then our appointment
with the Minister of Justice on Friday. That means that our trip to Hanoi will be delayed a few days, but that is fine, because we enjoy HCMC just fine.
Keep us in your prayers that everything continues smoothly.

The Day Has Finally Arrived!

Good morning everyone. It's 5:15am here in HCMC. I'm wide awake. Guess I'm pretty much on Vietnam time now. It's still dark outside but that should change pretty shortly. I wish you all could have come with us. What an experience.

At the moment I'm sitting here listening to the traffic outside. I'm convinced the Vietnamese people never sleep. I'm also listening to poor Lilli. All this air pollution and such has aided in making her cough more. :( Please keep her in your prayers. She's annoyed with the cough.

As I sit here I'm realizing that by 10:30am this morning (10:30pm for those of you in PA) Katelin will finally be ours. There are so many things going on in my mind. We've waited 2 years and over 8 months for this precious little child. I can't wait.

We were told that Katelin is at an orphanage run by a church (isn't that awesome!). We were also told that the Priest of the church would like to meet us after we receive Katelin and before we head to our Giving and Receiving Ceremony. We're really looking forward to this.

We leave our hotel at 8:30am and there is a close to 2 hour drive. We're going to get to see a lot more of Vietnam.

We are also planning on heading to China Beach tomorrow.

We will post again tonight with pictures! You are all loved and we appreciate your support. Talk to you soon.

Watching the Sun Rise in the West

Well we are here after almost 41 hours of travel. Harrisburg to Chicago to Hong Kong to Ho Chi Minh, with fligh time, layovers and time change (12 hours this time of year) it was a very long trip. By the time we got our luggage, checked through immigration and customs, got to the hotel and checked in it was 1:15 in the morning here. Needless to say after a short wind down, we all hit the pillow hard.

It is interesting flying west, because you end up catching up with sun (sort of speak.) So as we were flying over the Arctic Circle down toward Russia, the sun was setting. But as we flew farther south it was higher in the sky, so it was if we were watching the sun rise in the west.

Unfortunately, the giving and receiving ceremony had to be postponed from today until tomorrow. So alas, we must WAIT one more day to officially hold our Christmas Angel. The orphanage director must be present for the G&R and he could not be there today.

Because of the Christmas holiday our travel arrangements were obviously hurried to get us over here, which then change the original plans for the days we were to be here. Obviously we would rather not wait ANOTHER day, but, at least she is now within an hours drive. :-)

So we will put this free day to good use by relaxing (I feel a nap coming on), adjusting to the time, do a little shopping, and hitting the pool. Maybe a good Vietnamese dinner tonight (yummy).

Thanks for all your prayers, and we will update some more tomorrow.

Patience, Pressure & Poopies

(from RF Media Ministry Blog)
As most of you know, the word has finally come, and my family is off to Vietnam to adopt a precious little girl. It has been an incredible journey and it has taught me three things, Patience, Pressure and Poopies.

You know the old saying that you should never pray for patience, because then God will truly test you. Well, neither Kristi or I has prayed for patience the last two and one half years, but God tested us big time, with delays and difficulties even making an adoption happen.

So we waited 2 ½ years to adopt, now you need to leave this Sunday. That is what we heard on Tuesday of this week. 2 ½ years waiting five days to get everything together and get yourself over there for two weeks. Talk about your PRESSURE! The last few days have been a whirlwind. Have you ever tried to cram 20 days work into five days? Well, I guess we’re passing. We’re still standing, and we’re still sane (I think), so on to Vietnam we go.

So God taught me patience and pressure survival. Which brings me to poopies. Lilli can’t wait to be a big sister. She has been talking about it non stop. Telling us what she is going to do to teach her little sister, and play with her little sister. She will even help mommy and daddy change the diapers, except the poopy ones. Those are for daddy. She has even given me a nickname SUPER POOPER MAN. I should be so proud.

I have to wonder, I know you tested my patience for a reason. One of my children will reveal that in the years to come. I know you tested my tolerance for pressure for a reason. I will be challenged many more times in the future. But God, what’s up with this last test? How is this test going to be revealed????

Anyway, thank you all for your prayers. Please continue to pray for traveling mercies, and health for all of us. And I want to thank all of you for your faithfulness in 2008. You have all been tested, and risen to the challenge many times, and for that I am grateful.

I pray that you all have a very Merry Christmas, a very Happy New Year, and we will see you in 2009.(you can check out the process, pictures and updates of our adoption at http://katelinskrossing.blogspot.com/ )

What Do You Mean We Leave On Sunday!

Well folks, as has been the way of our adoption process, things have changed yet again. We had our travel meeting with our agency yesterday. They wanted us to leave 3 days earlier than before. So, we started working on our visa applications and while we were doing so she called the travel agent. Not a single seat was available! And, when there finally was one (2 days before Christmas) she couldn't get us back into the states until close to February! Aaaacccckkk. So, after some searching, our agency says, "guess what, you're leaving on Sunday." WHAT! Are you kidding me! WOW!!!!! Needless to say, we have been in overdrive mode and a somewhat panic mode as well.

On the one side, this is so very exciting for us. We will receive Katelin the day after her 6 month birthday! Lil is very excited as well and would buy all the "I'm the Big Sister" items out there if we let her. If someone will let her talk to them it's about fashion and her sister.

On the other side, how in the world do you put 2 weeks of things to do (like the normal stuff of laundry, dishes, vacuuming, dusting, then there's the packing (and that's huge), then there is taking boxes to the storage, bringing the dresser back from the storage, taking the desk, computer and filing cabinet downstairs, cleaning the nursery, and the list goes on and on) into basically 3 days. Yes there was today BUT, we had a trip to take today to Washington, D.C. to get our visa's. And, with traffic the way it is on the beltway and the traffic coming on with accidents, etc. and so forth, it was an entire day gone.

So, as you can see, the stress is weighing a bit on all of us. HOWEVER, the gift (prize?) at the end of the craziness is our beautiful little Christmas angel, Katelin!

So, as long as no other complications arise, we will be on a plane for Vietnam on Sunday morning. We will keep you posted on this blog while we're on our trip and will also post some pictures. Please note that there will be some things that will not be shared due to rules and regulations of our agency but we promise you there will be plenty to keep you wanting more!

Take care all and we'll be talking to you again soon!

Over the Ocean and Thru the Clouds to Vietnam We Go!

Well folks. The final countdown has begun. Richard received a phone call tonight from our social worker (I was at a doctor's appt. when the call came in). She told us that our facilitator is scheduling us to fly out on Saturday, December 20th. We will most definitely be in Vietnam for Christmas! We have spent the last hour creating our lists of things to do. The key word here is "lists." We're overwhelmed and I guess we were still in denial for so long that now we've got two weeks to get it all done. Can we do it? Yes we can! :) Our family is beyond excited and we can't wait to hold little Katelin in our arms.

We will be coming to this blog throughout our trip and will also post some pictures so keep checking in for the latest news. We can't promise we'll have time to blog between now and when we leave but we'll try. Until then, we wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Ours will most certainly be wonderful.

I-600 Preliminary Approval Received

PRAISE THE LORD! At 11:14 PM, Monday, December 1, 2008 we received preliminary I-600 approval from USCIS. I just happened to be checking my email when the message popped up. I opened it and saw the words Congratulations. I immediately flew upstairs to wake Kristi up and share the fabulous news.

SO what dos this mean? It means that we can travel over to Vietnam and bring her home. Now we just have to get the particulars on travel and a giving and receiving ceremony. Since we got this news at 11:14 at night, it means that the agency hasn't even received it. They will receive it later today. At which time we will begin getting the particulars on when we will go. But, believe it or not, we may have just received an incredible Christmas present.

We'll update as soon as we hear anything more.