- 8/7/2007 10:15:12 AMBiometricsWe have received our appointment date from the Department of Homeland Security to have our "biometrics" taken. Biometrics is a secret code for getting our finger prints taken. We will have to travel down to Milwaukee to have this done. So I asked my wife, "why do you suppose we have to go all the way down there for that? Isn't this something they could do at the police department?"
Apparently not. From what I understand, there is some additional equipment that will be used. There are only a certain number of locations around the nation that the Department of Homeland Security has outfitted with this equipment. I guess that is the difference between "biometrics" and "fingerprints". Whatever...
On a side note, did you know that your fingerprints have an expiration date? I didn't. Once they are taken, they are good for 1 year. After that, if the adoption is not complete, we will have to have them taken again. That seems weird - one of the only things that doesn't change about you and that the authorities rely on to identify you, can expire... Hmmmm???? I'll have to give that one some more thought. At this point it sounds a little like a racket.
Either way, I'm thankful that we got the appointment. I'd like to say that it's all downhill from here but that is not the case either. We still have quite a lot of money to raise and paperwork to fill out. All of it is in God's time. Not knowing exactly what that is and waiting for it is proving to be an exercise in patience.
