Ok, so.... Our state clearances came very quickly, but we were still waiting on DCFS clearance (Department of child/foster services). They had already cleared us before, but since we were for-going the foster licence we needed the clearance in writing from them again. They have been the ones holding us up this entire time! Our social worker (whom we adore) decided to call the one lady in the state of IL who writes the endorsement letters for every adoptive family in IL to tell her the situation. She agreed to write our endorsement letter without the DCFS clearance in writing!!! YAY! This process usually takes over a month since it's just one lady who does these. But ours only took 2 weeks from the time we sent in all the stuff.
Here's the crazy part: the day our endorsement letter came, I got up and thought to myself "once our endorsement letter does get here I will need a few things photocopied so we can send all of the paperwork directly to US immigration" (which is the next step in the process). Even though I knew our endorsement letter wasn't expected for at least another 2 weeks, I decided to bring that paperwork to my school with me and photocopy it that day. Later that afternoon I got a call from our social worker saying the endorsement letter was here (she was SHOCKED it was there so soon), and could I possibly get that paperwork to her ASAP so she could send everything to immigration? I already had the paperwork copied and in my car as I was talking to her and was able to drive directly to her office! WOW GOD MOMENT!!!
So our next step is US immigration, which I hear is taking 2-3 months to clear. My plan is to get our local congressman on it asap, he has helped me before with government processing that is oh so slow! We are also finishing up our dossier, which will be complete very soon!
Please pray:
For immigration to clear as quickly as possible
For my nerves, I fret about the tiniest details, like broken staples which I will write about in my next blog!
Much Love!!!
