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We are supposed to leave in 4 days and there is still so much unknown. We had to redo our visa's (since our 1st one expired) . We overnighted our passports to the VN consulate in SF but they were closed on Sat. and Monday (MLK day) and so are only receiving them today. Normally it takes 2 days to process the visa and then they have to overnight it back to us. If 2 days means the day they receive it, we should see it on Thursday, if not Friday. NO TIME FOR MAIL DELAYS. I am waiting to call the consulate and explain the situation (that the VN government wants us in the country on Monday and Sat. am were the only flights we could get), hopefully it will help get them out a little faster. Also, Holt e-mailed and said we might have to stay longer then 2 weeks and that the hotel we wanted to stay at is full and we need to try and find another hotel. They did say that we shouldn't change any flight arrangements until after we are in the country as they are working on getting the appointments with the different government offices worked out so an end date is not secure yet. I will breath a lot easier when we are on our way home!!