On the 26th of March, we landed on American soil and we all were overwhelmed. Now remember we had not been able to come back for 3 years, 3 months and several days and hours, so it had been a while!
Sam was 11 and Rachel was almost 8 years old. Never mind how old the parents were….
They had been counting down the days and suddenly we were on U.S. soil. So, we had worked out a list of restaurants and shopping malls and stores and although it took longer to get through immigration and customs and although it was almost midnight, Wendy and the kids wanted to make a Wal-Mart run. They listened to reason and waited till the next day. It was so awesome to finally make it to WAL-MART on Tuesday the 27th. The smell, the sight of it all… I think more than one of us were in tears. Check-out ladies were wondering why we were crying and carrying on.
Shortly after that we started visiting family and friends and are now in north central Florida enjoying the good weather and good home-cooking. And thanks to Rachel’s favorite uncle, Mike Diaz we were able to visit UNIVERSAL STUDIOS for the day.
It is so wonderful to be able to visit with family members. Sam and Rachel had not been able to see some of their cousins for a while.
Well, we’ll keep in touch and let you know when we will be visiting your churches, we are looking forward to fellowshipping with you.
Martin