Travel Arrangements Done!

We have our tix to Kiev nailed down. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the company I work for offered to use corporate "points" to purchase our round-trip tix from Denver to Kiev. Unfortunately, we ran into a snag because there was a 21-day advance purchase requirement and we only had 20 days in advance of our departure date. But, a couple of folks went to bat for us and got the 21-day advance requirement waived. Yay!

Then we hit another snag in that the ticket prices Michele and I had come up with were consolidator fares and the prices for the same flights from the points travel agency were 50% higher. So, while we had hoped to get both flights, due to the increased fare we were able to get only one. But this is still a huge help and we are so thankful for Coalfire's support of this process.

Once we got Michele's ticket nailed down using points, I called the folks at Golden Rule travel and they arranged all of my flights to match Michele's on the outbound. He even had to go to bat for us and "steal" some S fare (the lowest cost humanitarian fare) seats to get us the best price. Thanks Eldon! We highly recommend Golden Rule to anyone needing a humanitarian fare. They have been very helpful.

So, Michele and I depart on September 20 from Denver and after stops in Chicago and Dusseldorf, Germany, we arrive in Kiev, Ukraine at 2PM on Monday the 21st. The plan right now is for Michele to return on October 16th, assuming everything goes smoothly. I will stay another 2 weeks and am currently scheduled to return with child(ren) on October 31st, again, assuming everything goes smoothly.

Michele wanted me to let everyone know that she is definitely in "nesting" mode. She can't stop buying things for these kids and making sure everything is ready for their arrival. (Please pray for me.... :) )