It's Progress...

We finally heard from the embassy today......they sent our file to the USCIS office in Nairobi. Its not really a "good" thing. But its progress. So I will take it!

What does this mean? The US Embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia decided there was not enough information in our file to approve us to bring her to the US. The US Embassy does not have as much authority to clear cases as the USCIS in Nairobi does. The Embassy has to have enough information to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that the child is indeed an orphan before they send them to the US. I know...you are thinking, "its a little bit late for that, she is legally yours!" Yep, no one understands why the US decides to conduct their investigation AFTER you have already legally adopted the child. Anyways, thats beside the point. Because the Embassy could not locate the person in our case for an interview, and were unable to get any other information from the police officer originally involved in her case, they decided they did not have sufficient evidence to clear us to bring her to the US. I know this sounds horrible and depressing....BUT its really not. The USCIS office in Nairobi is able to clear cases without as much information because they are a higher authority. We are hoping and praying we are cleared quickly! We should hear something in 2-3 weeks. Thank you for continuing to pray our little girl home!