Goodbye to Stacey and Salvador

Salvador and Stacey with their children: Mariah, Luis, Salvador and Ezekiel


On May 5th, in the middle of the night (crazy flight schedules), we put Stacey Torres and her four children on a plane back home. You might remember them from previous blogs. They made the difficult decision that it was time to head back to the States. So, they gave away their belonging in Ciudad Hidalgo and headed home. It was a tense evening as Stacey had to talk to immigration here since she and her kids have been living in Mexico with expired visas for 2 years. At the airport, Sara and I stayed with the kids (it is 11 o'clock at night) while Sam and Stacey went to the imigration office. After an hour we were sweating bullets, but Sam finally came out to get money. The immigration officers were gracious and charged her fines for a lost visa rather than an expired one, which would have been $2800 for each of them!!!!
So, with mixed emotions for them, we hugged them goodbye. God's divine intersections are always amazing. We pray that they will settle back into life in the States. It won't be easy. Please pray with us that they will all re-adjust, especially the kids.

Some VERY excited kids headed to the airport long past their bedtime!