The National Visa Center had a little more to say today!

The NVC (National Visa Center) opens at 8:30 am EST each day. I have been calling them since Zoe's Visa Physical to check on the status of her Visa. Every morning for the past 7 days, I've been told, "No packet returned; no visa issued".

Well, TODAY, our friends at the NVC had a little something different to say. The woman asked for the case number, the child's name, and date of birth. Then she asked me to hold.... for a pretty long time. Usually they just type it in and say that nothing is new and that's it, so I wondered if she had some new information.

She came back to the phone and said "Congratulations, your baby is coming home! Her visa was issued today!" Then that sweet lady started to choke up. I could tell she was crying. I was too. Then, like a complete goober, (I think I was in shock) I said: "so the packet was returned?" and she laughed and said "YES! Everything is done. Your baby is coming home". I thanked her and hung up the phone.

Oh, what beautiful words. Our baby is coming home.

Now, RING PHONE RING! Holt USA opens at 8:30 Pacific (10:30 our time), so the official travel call could come this morning in just about an hour.

Praise be to God for this Christmas MIRACLE!

~Paula