Well....

So, the news today wasn't bad...and it wasn't good.  We did not get the written ruling from the high court, but went ahead to the embassy as scheduled.  We arrived at 12:30 for our 1:00 appt.  We didn't get seen until nearly 4:00.  It was a LONG wait.  We did not see the man who I had previously been communicating with (who by the way is the only person that anyone we've talked to has ever seen).  Instead, we saw a young gal, probably in her mid 20's.  She reviewed all of our paperwork (which was completely in tact) and asked Tracy a couple of questions.  We had been advised to bring Tracy's grandma with us and it proved to be a good call.  She took a few minutes to question Gertrude privately and then finished up with us.  She double checked all of our paperwork to make sure she had all the signatures etc.  Then she told us they would need to do a field investigation, which requires a visit out to Gertrude's place of residence, the purpose being verifying Tracy's orphan status.  She said they would try to get out to the field study early next week.  Jim and I both looked at each other and he took over.  We had already discussed what needed to happen if this was the direction they went.  Jim kindly explained to her our situation - if we didn't have a visa for Tracy by the close of business Thursday, then the 2 of us would have to fly home and we would have to leave Tracy here until we could come back and get her.  Jim was very diplomatic and gracious towards the position we were putting her in.  She looked at us with compassion and said, "I will see what I can do.  I have to go by the book - I have to do everything according to the law, but I'll see what I can do."  After a little more dialogue, we confirmed that she would call us tomorrow to verify the status of Tracy's visa. **On a side note, she is able to move forward with the paperwork without the written ruling.  She will need it to process the visa, but at least it didn't hold us up today.  Actually, I think we need to get it to her asap, because that document spells out how the court came to the determination that Tracy is an orphan**  So, tomorrow we will be at the court house at 11:00 to meet with our atty.  We will stay there until we receive the written ruling.  As soon as it's in our hands we'll get it over to the embassy.  Then we wait...  Please continue with us in prayer.  1) The written ruling needs to be completed and to us very quickly in the morning.  2)  Whatever needs to be investigated by the embassy would be completed tomorrow. 3) We would receive Tracy's visa tomorrow!  Thank you...Tanya