Dwaine
We had appointments with immigration in San Salvador because
they had kept our papers to make sure all was correct before saying we were
approved. The appointment for Charlotte
was at 10:30 and me at 11:00. We left at
8:20 and picked us Cesar in front of his housing complex at 9:15 and arrived
about 10:25 for our appointment. They called us both back together after all
and almost as soon as we sat down the man said we need to pay. We knew that meant all was well because the
first time we went to immigration they had told us they would not take our
money until they accepted our applications.
The man we worked with was really nice.
We joked about my large family and the color of my and Charlotte’s
hair. He finally settled on cana which is
gray color. It made for a good laugh. We now have very nice driver license size
cards with our pictures on them and all our information. They are good for three months but they said
to call back in 6 weeks because the year long ones would probably be
ready. After immigration we went to
lunch and then to the other Walmart that we had not been to. We have been wanting to get a table clock that
alarms for our nightstand. As Charlotte
was looking at the groceries to see what she might find that is hard to find
she said why don’t you look for a table clock.
I thought she said table cloth because Caleb and Della had to use
two to completely cover the table and both have slits in the open ends. I brought
three from across the store for her to look at.
“No, I don’t think I want cloth”.
I took those back and brought back the only vinyl one they had. “Well, I guess that will be ok. Did you find the clock?” Well, after that I asked about a table clock
but they did not have one. It is amazing
how well all has gone for the immigration and everything really. Even the house, finding out that we at least
had a month to move was tons better than it having sold before we got here and having
no place to stay when we got here and the furniture having to be stored-which I
guess would have to have been in someone’s garage. We have so much to be thankful for.
Charlotte
We are deeply indebted to our children, Caleb and Della for
forging the way on these papers. Through
their trial and error and difficulties, they were able to send us to a good
lawyer that could accomplish the translations effectively and stay with us
until the process was completed. Caleb’s
detailed record keeping helped us identify important documents and
content. This has been a tremendous
blessing for our success. On a lighter
side, when you take an elevator ride in the states, there is a sign that tells
you what to do in case of fire. Signs
here include what to do in case of fire or earthquake! We haven’t experience one yet, but we
anticipate this. There were other things
that were interesting on our return trip, we saw a sign for a ‘lava’
route. Sure it was close to a
volcano. Then, we passed the volcano
debris in the fields. That was amazing
to me. El Salvador has over 20
volcanoes. We returned to Santa Ana via
a different route and we saw signs for the Pan American Highway. Cesar explained that we were on the Pan
American bypass. Our usual route was the
actual Pan American Highway, but we had no idea. One more interesting bit of
information. In one conversation, we
talked about the size of El Salvador.
Dwaine looked it up and Alabama is 8 times the size of El Salvador in
its entirety. Well, that trip to San
Salvador makes El Salvador seem 8 times the size of Alabama!
Volcano in San Salvador
Look closely at the blue sign.
It is actually the Pan American Highway Bypass.
Scenery while driving.
Black volcano rock and ash along the road.
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