Bureaucracy and V(BS)

I thought I'd post an update on what's been goin on in our adventures to bring home Baby Kaz in the last couple of weeks.
The GOOD NEWS is I got a letter from a mortgage company that is required for our dossier!! YAY!!! I was beyond frustrated, after calling our mortgage company twice and writing them 5 times. It was kind of funny, as a friend of ours graciously agreed to write it,then I get a letter from our mortgage company today. It was close to what I needed, but not quite. So, that is one hurdle OUT OF THE WAY! I also spoke and emailed the passport office. It's now been 16 weeks since Sean and I applied for our passports. We applied April 18th (for Noelle's (my sister's) wedding in Cabo San Lucas in November), not even KNOWING our destiny to bring home Baby Kaz. Anyway, I kept checking the status and it says "Processing". It's been 16 weeks, and they tell you if it's been longer than 10 or 12 weeks, to call or email. I did both. Well, I get an email back saying to give them a chance to research it. I finally get a response today, and I'm SO EXCITED-thinking-OH WOW, MY MORTGAGE COMPANY LETTER AND MY PASSPORT, no way! But, alas, the email informed me that my passport was being processed. THAT WAS SURE HELPFUL!
However, all week I have been a preschool VBS teacher (Vacation Bible School) at our church. I was in charge of "Wild Bible Adventures" at Avalanche Ranch. I taught my 60 kiddo's that GOD IS REAL, GOD IS ALWAYS WITH US, GOD IS STRONG, AND GOD IS IN CHARGE. Here I am getting all FRUSTRATED with my mortgage people, frustrated with my passport, when my I-171h isn't even here. It will all come. I have time, and I cannot belabor things that I can't control. After all, God is in charge, and we will get it done when it's meant to be done. I just want to meet my goal of having our dossier completed by the end of August. It's only August 3rd, so I will remain positive and remember that GOD IS ALWAYS WITH ME. Too bad I can't sing my songs for you.
So, when I get fed up from BUREACRATIC BS, I will take heart to remember what I taught my munchkins in VBS--and Let God be REALLY STRONG AND REALLY WITH ME AND REALLY IN CHARGE, and help me get my FREAKIN PASSPORT.

I have been obssessivly reading blogs, and staying up way too late. I'm falling in love with everyone ELSE'S Kaz babies. :) I have also "met" (online) 4 families from Florida (that live nearby) that are adopting from Kaz or have already adopted. SO, that is very cool. We can get our Kaz babies together!! Sean and I are also busy learning Russian. We are getting pretty good. We listen in the car. I didn't think I was retaining a thing, but then I just start spouting things off. It's kind of cool, and we've only been doing it for a week, in the short 5 minute drives to VBS.

The next update I post will hopefully bring exciting news of our I-171H, and our passport, which are both requirements of Kaz to submit all our paperwork to bring home the babe.