Bringing Hadassah Home: Passport Miracle!!!

Yesterday started off a little rough. Haddie decided she was going to wake up grumpy. We had to roll with it and get this girl an Indian passport and we have had plenty of grumpy kids on our hands before so we were all in! Our international uber skills have finally kicked in and we made it to the passport office at our appointed time of 11am. We tried to get in to wait because we were meeting a very kind government employee, Vinod at the passport office, but language differences and a very strange security guard prevented our entry, so we just stood outside and waited. Until out of nowhere, our buddy Kumar shows up on his motor bike, and with a few smooth words to the guard we were granted immediate access to the subterrainian parking garage waiting room. Imagine a dark, dirty, basement level parking garage, wet with water dripping through the ceiling, rows of chairs within a caged area, and the lights literally flickering on and off. I promise I am not making this up! Wish we had pictures but we were strongly advised that pictures were not allowed. Hmmm I wonder why? As soon as Vinod showed up we were allowed up to the actual passport office. Haddie was initially processed around 12:30 and instead of leaving like everyone else we just sat back down and waited and prayed, and waited and prayed. By 3 the entire very large waiting room was completely empty except for the three of us. By 4 the government employees thought we were crazy and continued to inform us that passports never get issued on the same day and we should leave and wait for them to call us in a few days. By 4:30 the employees started to trickle out for the day, the janitors were mopping the floors around us and out of despair we asked if we could speak to an official. They sent someone down who stared at us from behind a glass wall for a few minutes. By 5 o'clock Vinod showed back up and with a smile mentioned that the official had decided to post Haddie's passport that day. We quickly learned that this meant we still would not actually receive the passport for around 3-4 more days. The story of course does not end there. We asked Vinod what else can be done, and after a few minutes he mentioned that we could try to request an immediate issuance directly to the director. The request was made and by 6:30 Haddie's freshly printed passport was in our hands! With tears in our eyes we thanked everyone still in the building but knew in our hearts we had truly just witnessed a small miracle. Nobody reading this should ever doubt what God can do.

Us waiting at the passport office as they all went to lunch

Our friend Kumar helping us out yet again.

Next day we picked up the rest of her paperwork from Vinod's office and said good bye to the wonderful people at the Courtyard Marriott in Hyderabad and went to the airport to fly to Delhi. We loved everyone at the hotel they so kind and they loved Haddie! They will be missed for sure by us . So on to the flight, which means first flight for the little miss Haddie Bharathi. She did awesome no tears or fears. Although the she hated the seat belt, does not like being strapped down.

On to our Friday, but homes Thursday night. Woke up in Delhi and got Haddie's Max Med appointment done which was quite easy things get easier in Delhi, thank the Lord. Then back to the much to nice for us hotel and out to the pool. Haddie's first pool experience was so amazing to see. If only we could hear her thoughts at the time.