Everything went remarkably smooth! I believe that can only be because of the Lord.
Our flight left Moscow and landed in Washington D.C. a little ahead of schedule. Little did we know that was blessing number one.
We only had a two hour layover to go through customs, get our checked bags, give Svetta’s paperwork for her green-card, check our bags again, and get to our next flight. When we got to customs they separated Svetta and I into two different lines. At this point I figured we would miss our flight, because Svetta’s line was forever long. But, when I got to the passport control the officer saw that I was married and asked where my wife was. I told her they put her in the visa line, to which she responded that I should go grab her. I found her at the end of the line with a good thirty to forty minute wait ahead of her – blessing number two.
After getting our bags we were directed to a small glass room to process Svetta’s paperwork. Again, I figured we were going to miss our flight because the people waiting outnumbered the officers working there about fifteen to one. Finally, when I was about to start calling people to tell them we were going to miss our flight, another officer came in and randomly grabbed Svetta’s paperwork. As he called her up, another woman commented that she was ahead of us, but the officer said that he would do us first – blessing number three.
We gave our checked bags and hurriedly walked to our gate. We got there right about the time that the plane should have been leaving to find that boarding had been delayed giving us plenty of time to get on – blessing number four. God really is good! We didn’t miss our flight, and the previous times He has allowed things to go wrong only prepared us not to stress.
Now we are hanging out in Roxborough with family. After a couple days to get over the jet lag, we will go to my aunt’s for a week. There we will go car shopping and then we will be on the road again.
