Another Forward Leap....

Yesterday we received awesome news from our agency. Ours & Derek's dossiers have been approved by the DIA (Vietnamese Government) and our Official Match Referral Letter has been sent. We will hopefully receive that in the next 10-14 days. We aren't sure how long mail will take to get here from Vietnam. This means we are legally and officially matched to Derek and that he'll soon be able to come home. On Monday (which will actually be tomorrow our time) the DIA will be sending our referral package to the DOJ in DaNang and we will then receive copies of Derek's dossier. This is information we have been waiting so long to read. It will contain info about his abandonment and hopefully an updated photo and measurements. From there the DOJ in DN will submit our I600 to the USCIS on our behalf. Hopefully that will be done by the end of next week. Then our final wait begins. Technically the USCIS says 30-60 days for approval but we have seen some families who are already way beyond that 60 day wait. We aren't sure what time frame to expect for the USCIS to approve us and hopefully this step will finalize without another investigation needed. On the brighter side we have seen some families get approved in 1 day. I guess it depends whose desk the papers fall onto. I pray the USCIS will have mercy on us. The other great thing is that Michelle & Jeff's paperwork is hanging right in there with ours. We are praying we will finalize together and be able to travel together and return home together. What a great experience to share with such awesome friends. Speaking of which I am dying to be with them again. January was a long time ago.
So all in all next week we should have some news about our I600 and hopefully soon a new picture of OUR SON!!!!
Thanks for praying it is really working. God has been so good to us!!!!