We had originally been scheduled to return from Ethiopia on August 12. Because of the passport/visa nightmare, that did't work out. Thomas made it home on the 16th. Feleke and I didn't get back until the 18th. The details of what happened between my last post, on the August 13, and August 18 are a blur. I have contemporaneous notes and will write them up at some point. The short version: Thomas and I had to enlist the help of several amazing Ethiopians to help us navigate the Ethiopian immigration system and get Feleke a passport and me an exit visa. (Somehow we were able to get Thomas out of the country without his having an exit visa. I wouldn't recommend it.) We obviously all made it home. So the story has a happy ending.
