A Glitch

After hearing so many stories this past weekend about hiccups in adoption processes I told Craig we had it coming.  Things have gone so smoothly that we KNEW something was going to happen soon.

I just didn't realize it would be this soon.

I got a call from our social worker on Tuesday.  The first call that hasn't been upbeat and happy.  She contacted the state of SC to find out where they were in processing our clearances and the call didn't go so well. They didn't have our info anywhere.  It was either lost in the mail or lost in their office somewhere.  So when they received the letter from our doctor asking for an expedited process, they ignored it.  Lovely.  Well, that's all squared away now and they should have our paperwork.  We've been told we'll have our SC clearances back by the end of next week.  That's not too bad.

Here's where I get frustrated.  Our social worker has been trying to contact Georgia for several days now to see where they are in processing Craig's GA clearance.  She's left voice mails and sent emails.  She's even left a voice mail for the supervisor.  All to no avail.  They will not return her calls or emails.  So we have NO IDEA if they even got the info we faxed them.  We have no idea how long it's going to take to process that clearance.  And that's all we need.  A clearance.  And then our home study will be finished and we can file for immigration.

It's so frustrating!  Not that the clearance isn't done because we knew that could take awhile.  I have no problem with the fact that our SC clearance paperwork was lost and had to be resent.  I'm okay with that.  It's getting fixed and while it IS holding things up, I know God's timing is perfect.  My frustration is with the lack of communication going on with Georgia right now.  How hard is it to return a phone call?!  Just call our social worker already so we know what's going on.  Or send an email.  That's okay too.  Just let us know!

Craig re faxed the paperwork this morning so maybe that will remind them that they have 50 million voice mails (a slight exaggeration) from our social worker to return.

Friends, if someone's trying to get in touch with you, return the call.  Or send an email.  Or even a text.  Just COMMUNICATE!  Especially if IT'S YOUR JOB to do so.

The end.