WE are HOME!

So, we waited and waited for our decision. I decided not to change my ticket again because we really couldn't afford it. I knew that if it was God's will He would work it out just in time. We all spent a lot of time praying and waiting on God. I was scheduled to leave on Tuesday February 1, 2011 and on Friday, January 28, Luis left with two of his brothers to go run some errands. He called me around 2:00 to say that yet again he had called DHL to see if they had anything for him and they said yes, and to come pick it up. He told me to go pray with him mom that it would be his visa. He picked it up and called me to say there was an envelope that said do not open, but that there was a paper attached that said this is not a visa. I told him it must be because there was no reason to have an envelope he couldn't open if it wasn't. He got to the cars where his brother and Jaden were waiting and called again to say he was thinking it was not a visa because that paper definately said this is not a visa. I told him to keep the faith and get home so I could see for sure. He started to leave when the car wouldn't shift. They had to sit there waiting for a mechanic to arrive, praying the damage wasn't too serious. A mechanic arrived and then they had to go buy a part, fix the car and run their errands. I was pacing at home praying for good news. Luis called to say he couldn't wait anymore and had opened his passport and inside there was a page that said U.S. Consulate Immigrant visa. He finally got home at 6 so I checked his papers out and found that he definately had the visa so we bought his ticket for the first, called my parents and started getting things ready to go.



On saturday we went to the beach with the family for a break and a final get together, Sunday we went to church then spent time packing. Monday we went visiting and saying goodbye to friends and on Tuesday morning we headed to the airport around 8am. WE were hanging around waiting to go in when they came in and said final call for our flight, so we had to rush through our goodbyes and head in only to find that they just wanted us in there to make sure if our name was called we could go down to have our bags checked in front of us. Dad called to say our flight from Miami to Boston had been cancelled so we rescheduled it before leave GYE. We go to Miami and dropped our suitcases off and then prepared for a long night in the airport. Jaden slept off and on in his stroller and we tried to sleep on the floor but it was ice cold. We ate over priced burger kind and plantain chips that we had brought with us. By 3am they told us our morning flight was cancelled and we couldn't even make coherent sentences because we were so tired. I missed a couple calls from the airlines that said our flights were cancelled and they offered a rescheduling option which I couldn't do because I didn't answer as my phone was a little ways away charging. I called back and waited for a very long time for someone to answer and make new reservations. We had to do luis' separate but managed to get on the same flights.



Around 10 my dad called to say that some friends of his were going to pay for a hotel room and all we needed to do was find one and get to the shuttle. We tried a bunch and finally found one that sounded could, we had no clothes or anything but we didn't really care. We got there around 11:30 and walked to CVS to buy diapers because we weren't sure how long we would be stuck for and I could barely walk straight. We got back to the hotel and I fell asleep instantly on the couch waiting for check in at 1:30. Luis had to keep walking with Jaden so he wouldn't cry. I slept for about 10 min. until the room was ready and then we went upstairs and let people know we had made it then laid down for a nap. We slept for a few hours then got up, showered and ordered dinner. We went to bed early after setting two alarms. We got up and ate left over pizza and had orange juice from the continental breakfast. We caught the 8am shuttle to the airport and made it just in time for checkin and security to get to New York and then to Boston. On the last flight we couldn't sit together but at that point we didn't care. Luis thought it was too cold in the airport but he doesn't mind it here in Maine. We got home around 11:15 on Thursday night.