Hugely Exciting News!!!!!!

The Lord is moving mountains today!!!!! At the end of last week, I had left a message for our USCIS (Immigration Services) officer to see how we should handle the switch from Rwanda to Ethiopia. When we initially submitted our I 600a form, we were still with the Rwanda program and thus submitted our application and home study for Rwanda. When we switched programs, we kept our biometrics appointment as though we were still with Rwanda even though we had switched. We were hoping this would pay off and save us the time waiting for another fingerprint appointment, possibly setting us back a month or two. It payed off. Friday, I spoke with our social worker telling her our urgency for submitting an amended home study. At that point I had not been able to reach anyone at USCIS and feared our paperwork would be processed incorrectly, causing us some problems. Today, our VERY nice officer, who insisted I call her by her first name, told me that there are only 7 people ahead of us and that she would take care of us. Not only do we not need to submit any more fees, but she told us not even to submit a new I600a. All we have to do is Fedex her an amended home study and she would have our 171H (approval) to us in a week. A WEEK!!!!!! I thought that would take at least one month. How incredibly exciting. As I sat there jumping up and down screaming and not knowing what to do with myself, I decided to email the Home Study agency to pass along the good news. The lady in charge immediately emailed me back saying she would do the amended home study for us and call us tonight to finish up. It sounds like we will have the revised home study in a few days and the 171H a week later. I just can't believe how close we are. Oh yea, after I read the email from the home study director, our accountant called to tell us he was finished with the employment verification letter (one of our last papers to collect). GOD IS SOOOO GOOD! I think I will drive to the capitol Monday morning to get our papers authenticated and thus ready to send to the agency in our COMPLETED Dossier once the 171H comes in. Bye for now....I think I'll jump up an down some more and send some more Hallelujah's to the Lord.