In the mail on Saturday was a letter from Homeland Security. I was so excited- our I800 approval had arrived.
That's what I thought until we opened the letter and 3 pink papers came out. It was a Request for Evidence. What we didn't realized when we submitted the I800 in April was that because Abigail is now almost 18, she needed to be included as another adult in the household. This means an updated home study, background checks, medical forms, and biometrics. Had we known this we could have done all this legwork back in January/February when we were waiting for my doctor's appointment. Now things will get delayed while we scrambled to try and do this update asap.
Not what we wanted to be doing. We wanted to be taking the next step towards getting our court date.
I know God's timing in this matter is perfect, but it just seems like too long in my mind. Once again another lesson for me in trusting in God's plan, not mine.
Adoption is sure full of spiritual lessons!
So hopefully, this will only set us back a few weeks. I know in the scheme of the bigger picture, a few weeks here or there will not make much difference. I need to keep things in perspective.
So here is to more paperwork! Doesn't pay to fret over when it could have been done, just get it done NOW!
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