Big Day

Today was a big day for the Orwa family. Eli is officially a US citizen and I submitted the paperwork to change my last name to Orwa! We had to go to the US Embassy today to take care of both things and had another easy, positive experience. The lady who processed my paperwork was the same lady who processed Eli's. She was so kind and helpful.

*** Side note, an interesting thing happened at security. The US embassy used to be located in downtown Nairobi. However, after it was bombed in 1997, it was moved to a more secure location. Because of all that and all that is going on in the world, security is very tight. You have to have an appointment to go in. Once you arrive, you go through two security check points. They take away all electronics, including cell phones. I even had a digital thermometer that they took away (we got it back when we left). In Eli's diaper bag, I had an unopened bottle of water. I thought the guard might take it away, but he told me to open it and drink from it! I guess that was a test to see if I was smuggling in some biochemical hazardous liquid. Fortunately, I was not and he let me take it in.

Tomorrow we leave for Tanzania. We both are excited and anxious about going back. So much is up in the air, we are ready to see what happens.