The Almost Referral

Yesterday I was out mowing to get ready for all the kids to come over for our Thursday night dinner and Bible study. Kathee came out holding a post-card sized sheet of paper that was left by the mailman. It said we had a certified, large package that he tried to deliver, but because we weren't home at the time, we could pick it up Friday after 9:00am at the post office. We just knew it was the referral. We were told to expect it in June (even though it was 15 days early). We assume it will be sent certified. And certainly it will be large, right? So I asked Kathee to call the post office and try to find out where our postman is so we can find him. After the call, they said they couldn't tell us, and that if we tried to find him, it would be his disgression if he gave us the package or not. So, in excitement, I asked Kathee to jump in the car and try to find him. We kinda know the general route of our postman, so Kathee started searching and found him within about 10 minutes. He gave her the package.
Upon opening it, it was the returned check and paper we sent to the United States Customs and Immigration Service.
Quick aside for some background information. Our fingerprints with the USCIS are only good for like 15 months. So, they will be good through July. So Kathee started the remittance process, as once USCIS gets our money, they give us a date that we have to go to Chicago or St Louis to get fingerprinted. So now that my blood pressure (right now as I write) is going through the roof, let me tell you why they returned it to us. They returned it because we had the check written out to USCIS and not United States Customs and Immigration Service. Why does that madden me? Because the first time we sent the check (last year) we filled it out to USCIS and it worked fine. Now, we do the same thing and they return it saying we filled out the check incorrectly. Ahh the continued joys of working with government bureaucracy! Anywhoo, so that was our surprise excitement! We were all geared up for the referral, only to find we got a slap on the wrist over what seems to be legalism at its finest!
We continue to wait in patience, expectation, and excitement!

Have a great weekend!