Adoption is not for the faint of heart! This morning, as I was in Target picking up yet more things for our trip I received the phone call I did not want to get. I had heard this could happen, had seen 'from a glance' on other people's blogs, etc., and KNOW that there are bumps along the way. I just wasn't expecting one this late in the game. What is it you wonder?

Our case worker was notified that the embassy in A.A. has claimed not to have received our approval notice from the National Visa Center. This is a very KEY part of the paperwork as we cannot take our son out of his birth country without their say so - and his visa. Now, we have been approved (months ago) and have paperwork saying they were sending this information to the appropriate offices in A.A. (Which is their responsibility).

What does this mean?

Well, it means after I hurried home from Target I called my US State Senator's office. I requested that they help me expedite a cable being resent ASAP stating our USCIS approval. I then raced to the closest fax machine, at Staples, and sent them the paperwork I have showing approval on my end. The woman in the Senator's office is then sending it ??? wherever it needs to go and after she hears from them, she will contact me.

I decided from the very beginning that this was a test and I am trying very hard not to completely panic and flip out. Even writing this post is an attempt to stay relaxed and methodical about this. Needless to say, it is not helping my ability to pack, which I absolutely have to do today. I am not going to sleep this evening until it is DONE. So, if you are reading this and would like to pray for us, please pick any of the above! :)

We leave for the airport in less than 48 hours. This has to get resolved in the next 24.

I am still praising God!