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Our first trip for our first adoption was delayed 2 weeks because of 9/11. When we were leaving for trip 2 -- they ENTIRELY CLOSED AND EVACUATED the Atlanta airport because some stupid guy jumped the security gate and hid in the airport. So we stood outside the airport on our cell phone trying to talk to our agency and the agency people in Russia who were set to take us to court in Siberia in 2 days! The airport opened just in time for us to run like crazy to make our flight. We were the last people allowed on the plane. The pilot told us how fast we were flying (can't remember now) because it was way faster than normal. We got to New York and they took a man who was going to Moscow for his wedding the next day and us in one of their shuttle cars through all these underground tunnels at breakneck speed so we could make our connection. It was really nice of them. The second the 3 of us got on the plane, they closed the door and pulled away from the gate -- only telling us then that our luggage probably did not make it! I'm sure you can image what that flight was like worrying about whether we had our orphanage gifts, any clothes for two infants, etc. Turned out that we had our luggage, so that worked out too. Once in Moscow we flew Ural Airlines in a rickety place in a terrible snowstorm. I am never afraid to fly, but on that flight I was panicked. We were the last flight in before they closed the airport for a week due to bad weather. Luckily we had to stay the 10 days anyway.
During our second adoption, we were in Moscow with our two new infants when my husband got kidney stones. He was in bed in agony with me watching the kids and we needed to take them to the medical appt. I couldn't figure out how to do it because I could not carry both children and the snow was 2 feet high so a stroller would not work. Then a call came from the agency saying that due to the snow storm, the doctor would be coming the hotel and do the exams there. God sure was good to us!
This last adoption was pretty uneventful -- thank goodness!
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KT
Adopted DS & DD - Ekaterinburg, Russia (11/19/01)
Adopted DS & DD - Samara, Russia (12/20/05)
Adopted DS - Rezekne, Latvia (9/5/07)
Now we are a family of seven!
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