Acceptance paperwork

Can I just say, "Use Fed Ex!"

We mailed our acceptance paperwork to our agency in Maryland last Friday. We used our local post office. We chose certified, priority mail with return receipt & paid extra for it to arrive on Monday (this past Monday!). Well, Monday rolls around & guess what? Our agency does not have the package. I track the package & it only shows that it was accepted at our local post office. So, I wait a day & figured it may be a little late. Wednesday our agency still doesn't have it. I'm starting to freak out a little bit! So, then I start making some phone calls. Our local post office says they don't have it & sent it to Maryland. They were very nice & were trying to locate our packet. They were calling the Maryland post office & even gave me the number to the Maryland post office to call too. I finally got in touch with someone & he did not like the fact that I suggested the packet may have not been scanned & if he could check the shelves to help us find the packet. He said he was very busy & took my name & numbers. He said he would "try" to look for it today, but couldn't promise that because he had a lot to do & was looking for other packages as well. So, about 4:00 I still haven't heard anything from this guy. I called our post office & they haven't had any luck. I call Maryland again & speak with someone different this time. She basically tells me the same thing as the previous guy. I told her that I needed to speak with someone that could help me. The packet HAD to be found regardless. This was for our adoption & this was holding up bringing my baby home! She took my information as well, & said she would go look for it right then. Thankfully she actually called me back about 30 minutes later. While I'm waiting for her call back (which I was skeptical about) I called our post office back. She offers to put a trace on the package & would find out what she needed to do to get that started. Then the lady from the Maryland post office finally calls back! Yay! She found our packet! Praise! Guess where it was? Uh huh...that's right! On a shelf...missed & not scanned! Who would've thought!?!

I was about to have a heart attack! I started getting really upset! It was finally scanned today in Maryland, so my tracking number does show that. Our agency did not get it today, but it should be there tomorrow! I might go crazy if not! Once our agency gets that info., they can send it all to Korea & then when it's in Korea I can post pics of our sweet little man! I want to show him off SO bad! :)

So, like I said...Use Fed Ex! I don't know why I didn't think of that or do that! (However, this wasn't a surprise to my Creator! He knew this would happen & it probably would have regardless. I had to rely on Him b/c that was the only One who had control!)