Our dossier made it to Bulgaria and was signed for today!! Praise the Lord!
Friday July 22nd - I called the United States Citizen and Immigration Services (USCIS) to check the status of our I800a approval - the final document we had been waiting for. We actually have a person (an officer)assigned to our file or case as it appears. Our documents were sent to the USCIS on May 3rd and once we got our fingerprints completed in Orlando on July 1, I figured the 3 weeks was plenty of time to get our approval back to us... Well, our "officer" said that she had been meaning to send out a request for more documentation. Considering that it was a Friday, we were out of town and the paperwork she needed was from out of state - I just cried. What a defeating time that was. I could feel Satan at work. Well let me tell you - that evil old thing ain't gonna beat me. I have Jesus on my team and we are unstoppable. AMEN! We got home, got to work and 5 weeks behind schedule got our approval. We shipped it out on Sept. 1 and watched it travel to Orlando, then to Kentucky, then to Koeln Germany and let me tell you - those weekends are torture... 2000 miles to go and they drove it. Wouldn't you know? For an impatient person like me, that was like a turtle was the delivery man. So now - I can breath and rejoice! We have to wait on translation, then authentication, then get scheduled to travel behind other families that are a little ahead of us in the process. What a process it is. I sure could write a book at this point on the ins and outs of international adoption. I think the US has a few issues - but that is another story! Bulgaria thinks we're great and they are waiting on our visit. This is one Mama that can't wait to fly across the ocean to hold her little man.
