Our placing agency notified us that they received an RFE (Request for Evidence) from our USCIS agent. Surprisingly, this is pretty good news. And, just like my dream, I'm really calm about it. Our home study had approved us for Z, but the USCIS agent did not like that it was for a specific child and wanted it to be for a certain type of child. Easy to fix! And, there was no mention of needing any "letter" from Germany, so I'm quite excited about that! I have emailed our home study contact about the necessary change and I haven't heard back yet, but this is where the time zones are against me. I *hope* to have heard something by tonight or tomorrow at the latest, because it sounds like once that is corrected and sent in, we will get our approval and can move to the next step! I am so glad God gave me that dream last week about us getting an RFE and me being totally at peace about it, because when I read those letters in the email, I didn't freak out like I probably would have without that assurance of peace. :-)
We also got our letter from D's work, so the only thing we are waiting on is a translation of our German police reports, then we can start notarizing, etc.. D is still trying to get in touch with the right people at his former language school to find out how much it will cost. I will never get used to how SLOW and painful stuff like that is here! The good news is that we are making progress every day it seems! It won't be long now and we might actually have an estimated travel time frame, which I am dying to know! Once we have an idea of when we will travel, we can figure out what we're going to do with DJ, L, and N while we get Z. I would like them to come with us and get to see Crescent Moon, but D doesn't want to worry about them having jet lag and potentially misbehaving in a foreign country, especially during any official adoption procedures! Depending on when we can go there, we might ask family to come watch them in Germany or possibly have family meet us in Crescent Moon to watch over them during official stuff. D has also considered sending the kids to America to stay with family there, but the idea of them being on a plane by themselves is just too much for me, but it doesn't make sense for us to fly to America, then Crescent Moon, then back to America, then to Germany again. But, we've got time to get all of that figured out! I would also love to be able to attend my best friend's wedding in September, but I don't want to book tickets until I know whether or not I will even be able to make it. Everything will work out in the end and it isn't worth worrying about when I don't even know details yet.
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