A teeny, tiny delay

Well, I guess with adoption this is what it is all about....one delay, one paper not where it is supposed to be when it is supposed to be there and on it goes.  No cause for worry or stress.

We had hoped for our application to USCIS to be in the mail last week, but it isn't yet.

Adoption Alliance (who needs to approve the Home Study before we send the application to USCIS) requested an additional section be added to the study.  It was just a few paragraphs about Andy and I and a final evaluation from Angie.  Angel Dance quickly made the change, but then the report spacing was changed and we had to sign off on the changes and the last page of the home study.  

We just got those signature pages in the mail today and we'll sign tonight and mail it tomorrow.  The interagency agreement is signed between One World and Angel Dance (another necessary step) and is on it's way to the State.  We should have approval from Adoption Alliance by Monday and then sometime next week our application for the I600A will be in the mail.  On that same day two things will happen.

1. We will send in our dossier and One World will begin looking for a match for us (0-3 month wait for that to come through)
2. We will begin our "8-12 week" countdown for the approval from USCIS

Please pray for us!
For patience, that there will be no questions from USCIS on our mental health, psychological well being or otherwise.  We'd love for this to be the smoothest application they have ever approved!