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| Isa, Roshan, and Ghani are home! Isa arrived home first and hit the ground running! On his first day back he bought a car. On his second day back he started shopping for a house. :-)He already has placed an offer on a house and it is looking like it could go through. The house is only about 5 minutes away! |
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| Ghani had another crazy adventure. He and his wife (evidently they were legally married in Pakistan) and sister and 13 year old niece and 4 and 6 year old nephews were all at the camp in New Mexico, near El Paso. Ghani’s friend, Hamid, who is a truck driver and was in the area volunteered to pick up some clothes for them. So Hamid came to the base with clothes and was able to see Ghani. |
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| Then Ghani decided the kids didn’t have enough food, so he was going out to get snacks. When he came back, they wouldn’t allow him on the base and Sadiqa’s phone was not on wifi, so he had no way to contact his family inside.So, eventually he gave up and managed to get to Grand Rapids where he picked up some of his important documents and (I assume) clothing and we sorted out US sim cards for his sister and wife.In the meantime, Nolan contacted the base commander and was able to smooth things over and get someone to help Sadiqa get on the wifi. So Ghani went back to TX and this time he was able to see his family. From there, Ghani drove to Virginia to pick up Roshan, and the two of them arrived home around 5:30 this morning.Ghani’s niece, Yasamin, has been messaging Nolan. When he asked her how she was doing, she said “we are still in Texas and my Uncle leave us in the middle.” Nolan let her know that Ghani didn’t want to leave them and was upset that he couldn’t get in. |
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| No one is sure how long the processing will take for the boys’ families. They think it could be another 3-4 weeks. In the meantime, the boys have plenty to do to get things ready. And our daughters-in-law have the app to practice for their driving permit test. I am not sure if we can send them anything via the mail or Amazon delivery. Probably not – they are usually pretty careful about that sort of thing on military bases. |
| And excellent news – finally Mujda is out of Afghanistan and safe in Qatar.We are continuing to work on getting a bunch of other people out, including Arif’s siblings and Hedayat’s family.More soon – just wanted to let you know that the boys are home!!! |
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