WE HAVE APPROVAL!!!!!!
I got the mail on August 12th only 9 days after our fingerprint appointment. Within my hands was the USICS letter. My heart dropped, I just knew that we couldn't be approved that quickly. That and I could see the pink slip of paper through the envelope. I didn't dare open it, I walked home handed it to Sam and waited for his reaction. He opened the letter, and sure enough, there was a pink slip in the back of the letter. I just knew we would have a RFE (request for evidence). I couldn't handle it any more and begged him to let me see the letter. He handed it over and it was our APPROVAL! I jumped up and down, was SO EXCITED and just amazed at how quickly it arrived. The pink slip in the back was a request for action slip, that we may use at a later date if we need to update our finger prints or the form. It wasn't anything big at all. I don't know about but in my opinion MAKE THE SLIP YELLOW!! Cause I saw pink and about died, as I's so many other adoptive families do.
While working within the adoption process I've seen families wait the full 8 weeks for approval. Every time I talk to families I always tell them to expect a 6-8 week waiting period. Then this happens! My family received our approval in only 4 weeks! I received my approval BEFORE a family I was working with, and my finger prints were a week after theirs! Needless to say I was blown away!
We are feeling more and more like things are coming together the way they are supposed to. With our approval coming so quickly, and things falling into place it just confirms that we are on the path that we are meant to be on. It's exciting to think that maybe the reason our approval came so fast is because our daughter is already waiting, maybe she's just waiting for our end. :) Can't help but smile.
Without getting too sappy, I can honestly say our Heavenly Father has certainly put my family on a chosen path. It's amazing how when you put faith in yourself and Him how the world just seems fall in line.
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