Our prayers have been answered!

Thank you for all of your prayers!

This morning I woke up wondering how I was going to make it through the rest of our time here, however long that may be. We went to breakfast and briefly talked to another family who was here a couple of days before us, who still have not heard about their visa approval. In fact, they were going to the embassy today to find out what was going on. So, I was sick to my stomach again, thinking there's no end in sight. As we were leaving the restaurant, we ran into the other Mark in our group and he asked if we had heard. He said Thao had called them this morning, and at first I didn't know if it was good news or bad news. He then told us we all had been approved and we have our 2nd embassy appt this afternoon. We were overcome with emotion, right there in the middle of the dining room. So this afternoon we go to the embassy, pay the visa fee, sign the required paperwork, and go back Monday to pick up Ava's visa as long as the visa machine doesn't break down, which I'm told sometimes happens. Then we're free to leave the country. I already emailed our travel agent to have him start looking into return flights for us. It looks like we'll be home before Thanksgiving after all! We called home right away to tell Mark's parents and the boys the good news. We'll be seeing them soon! I can't wait!