PRAYER ANSWERED!!!!!! - WOW, THAT WAS FAST!

Thank you, Jesus, for hearing our cries and the prayers of all our friends and family! Thank you friends and family for praying!

Last night, BEFORE I received the dreaded email, I was cleaning in my husband's office and came across a scratch piece of paper I had lost. The paper had a number for USCIS that I received when my first set of fingerprints did not clear. This morning, my brilliant friend Cristie was praying for me and all the sudden God gave her an answer to my dillema. She called and said I should contact USCIS and see if my 171 clearance from our 2005 adoption paperwork would serve as clearance from all the other cities I had lived in. If so I would only need the SA police dept. clearance and I already had one from my dossier.

I called the number from the scratch paper. She gave me another person's name and number. That person no longer worked in the adoption division and she said that the only way the public could talk to the adjudication officers in the adoption division was by email. I told her that my last email did not receive a reply for 3 weeks. She understood and took me seriously. She told me she would hand deliver a message to Mrs. Torres (the adjudication officer) who could make a decision. Thirty minutes later Mrs. Torres called my house and said she would accept the fingerprints/171 from 2005 and all I needed to do was come to the office, swear in, bring an id, and bring the SA clearance letter. She asked me to come in today. That's what I did and by 11AM this morning I was done with the required paperwork and she said I should have my 171-H sometime next week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HALLELUJAH!!!!!!

I believe I was supposed to meet Mrs. Torres. I want to ask all of you to be praying for her. In 2004 she lost her youngest child to a heart problem. She shared some of his story and started tearing up. She is so tender and she has been through so much. I don't know if Mrs. Torres knows Jesus, but I do know how to pray for her and I now have a way to keep in touch with her.

Jesus - You have been so good to us and now you have answered our prayers again! Your faithfulness is astounding! Thank you!

Blessings,
Cindy