Visa day!

Tomorrow is the big day! April 22...Ana Maria and I will be at the US Embassy in Santo Domingo in hopes that she will get approved for an emergency medical visa so she can come to the states to have the brain tumor removed. Being with her the last 24 hours has made me even more certain how urgent this is. Although she is still Ana Maria - strong and confident and fun and un-shakeable, it is obvious she is in a lot of pain. The answer from the immigration officer tomorrow needs to be yes! Please join with me in prayer for a smooth morning and one that ends with a stamp of approval on her visa application.

Our trip to Santo Domingo today began in a rather peculiar fashion. We were barely out of Jarabacoa before I realized that the smelly man next to me had 2 roosters in a pillowcase. I learned of this as one of them decided to let out a very loud cock-a-doodle-doo in my face. I thought I was going to have a heart attack. After that though, it was rather uneventful and we even got to rest a bit...

Ana Maria is totally digging staying in a hotel and is now complaining that it is too cold in the room. No way am I turning off the AC :)

here's a pic she made me take of her in the lobby (she's on the phone with her son, Owaldy, who has been an absolute gem and rock star in this process - more on him in another post)

sorry about the quality of the pics - had to send them from my phone and had to make them small so I wouldn't subsequently have to owe at&t a billion dollars.

Ok, we're turning in - early wake up call to get doll-ed up for the immigration officers. 

Pray, pray, pray! (at 7:30am!)