A step in the right direction

Today we got our fingerprints taken. It is a cause for rejoicing, but we still have a ways to go before returning home. We left the apartment at 11:30 a.m. to get to the US Embassy by 1:00 when it opened. Traffic here is so bad. Plus, we had to stop along the way at a roadside store to make copies of our paperwork on an ancient copier. The Embassy is only open daily for 3 hours. When you arrive, it is surrounded by guards carrying large guns. You must show your passport and go through multiple security checks. Then for us we proceed to the back of the building to the American section. There you wait in a line for them to come to a window to check you in. They ask the purpose of your visit, and then you sit in a small waiting area until you are called. Nobody talks or smiles. There is this bizarre game of musical chairs. If someone gets up for any reason, another person waiting sits in their chair. Today we waited for 3 hours. Everyone else waited that long, too. There are two wooden doors in the room. When you are called over the loudspeaker, you proceed to the door they name, either # 9 or 10. In the adjoining room are doors 1-8. When you go through the door, you enter a tiny room about the size of a closet. There you speak to someone through a small window. They speak through a microphone. We showed the lady the email from the Senator's office showing that the USCIS gave us permission to be fingerprinted. Then they told us to wait again. When they called us back they said that they had never taken fingerprints before at this facility and didn't know how to do it. They'd have to contact a USCIS office in India to get some help. They told us to go home, that they'd call when they had more information. The office will be closed for the next 4 days for more holidays. They celebrate Hindu, Muslim, and Christian holidays plus any American holidays. I asked the lady to please take the fingerprints today because we would have no childcare for Kalina after today and I didn't want her stuck in the Embassy waiting with us. They asked us to sit and wait some more. Finally they agreed to take our fingerprints today. Hooray! However, they do not know what to do with the fingerprints, so again we must wait until Monday at the earliest to hear back from them. They are trying to contact a USCIS to get instructions. This Embassy does not have a USCIS representative. Please continue to pray! God has gotten us this far, and He will bring us home.