Saturdays

This is the second time I have had to drive to the Post Office every day for an entire week hoping I would find the letter I was looking for.  This time it was our USCIS Biometrics appointment.  Last Saturday I received a letter stating that they had indeed received our application and were working on our appointments....I would receive the appointments soon.  So anxious me went faithfully to the mail everyday.  Why did I not learn my lesson the first time?  Apparently they like to send things on Saturday. 

All that to say, we received our appointments!!!!  Tuesday the 12th we will head to Albuquerque to get our Biometrics done.  What are Biometrics?  Good question!  To my knowledge they are just fancy fingerprints.  Digital pictures of our fingerprints --because apparently the ink ones done by our local police are not enough.

Once we finish this step, we will have a two week wait for approval.  Hopefully I can wait the two weeks before I start driving to the Post Office daily. Once we receive approval, I will have a 5 hour trip to our state capitol to have all our dossier documents apostilled.  Apostille?  Yes, now this word is just a fancy word for a notarization that only the Secretary of the State's office can preform.  They have to apostille each peace of paper you are sending off to the child's country and this can be moderately cheap like $5 per page up to $50+ per page.  Just depends on how much your state feels like charging.  Hopefully NM has mercy! ;)

And that is our news for now.  Wish I had more.  I was told by our case worker that she might be able to get us an update on Olivia this month some time.  We have only seen pictures of her from one day at least 6 months ago.  I really would love to see a new picture. I know y'all miss out on the pictures but this mom really could use one.

Thank you to all the people who read this blog and follow our little journey.  Some days it is so hard to be patient.  And some days I have true panic that I will not be able to care for her the way she needs.  Some days all I can do is pray that God will work in the unknowns...the what ifs.  Some days all I can do is hold on the fact that God called us to this and to stay the course......and I am thinking that this is precisely where God wants me to be.

So thanks again....keep us in your prayers.  We have a lot of things to work through in February! We are looking forward to what March and April may hold! :)