Things are looking up! Keep praying!!!

FROM CONGRESSMAN MCHENRY'S OFFICE...they continue to be a HUGE SUPPORT!

I just received an e-mail from CIS. They indicated that you should definitely include the Carolina Adoption Services report with your response to the RFE. I would recommend highlighting all of the references to abandonment matters in the report to ensure they are not missed or tuned out. The agency would not go so far as to say the report would necessarily suffice as a stand alone response to the RFE.

Although I would have preferred that CIS concede the report fully addresses the abandonment case concerns, I think this is still progress for two reasons. First, the report is comprehensive and should certainly help. Two, it may be possible to go to some of the sources cited in the report and have them speak directly to the events surrounding your specific case and why the birth parents are unknown. Even if the sources are basically paraphrasing the same general information in the report, but putting referencing it to your specific case, it will serve to put things in context and strengthen your response.

I hope this is useful. We’ll keep you advised of new developments as I learn of them.

David McCrary
Constituent Service Director
Congressman Patrick McHenry