Rollercoaster Ride

okay, here's how yesterday went...no, first let's start with last week. on thursday of last week, i spoke with pat at congressman istook's office. she said that she has been trying to make contact with the uscis office in dallas (they have our paperwork). pat mentioned that she is having a hard time getting anyone to call her back. who doesn't call a congressman back? anyway, we figured that that wasn't working so we contacted kenny marchant who is a congressman from texas. we graduated from snu with his son matt. we figured that with our paperwork in texas, having a texas congressman contact the uscis office might be smart. on thursday of last week, deanna, my parent's pastor's wife, contacted congressman marchant's office. deanna is very good friends with kenny and his spokesperson ( i think her name is susie miller).

anyway, yesterday we got the response - but not the response i was wanting to hear. the uscis officer working on our file was just now looking at applications filed before january 15th. we filed on march 10th. this was devestating. that would mean that all paperwork was backed up 2 months. i didn't know WHEN we would possibly travel now. i just broke down. there have only been a few times during this adoption journey that i have just really wept...ya know, the ugly cry! yep, that's what i was doing.

that night dustin went fishing with a friend and i went to charleston's with my parents. before i left the house, i decided to check my email. three weeks ago, i sent an email to officer brewer, the person handling our paperwork in dallas. i waited and waited and nothing came...until now. officer brewer apologized for the delay in responding to my email and said that our file would be reviewed and a decision will be made THIS WEEK! can't believe it! wow!

so, now we just need to pray that all of our paperwork checks out okay. if it does (and it should), we will recieve our approval in the mail. we will then just need to wait for the u.s. consulate in kolkata to recieve the same thing and then we will be cleared for travel! finally!!!!

i've decided, after this is all done, i'm going to make t-shirts for dustin and i saying, "i survived the adoption process". we will wear it proud!

God is good!