Friday, March 24, 2006

American Resident?

I almost became an American resident on the weekend. When I went to check in at the Maimi airport, they informed me that I could not leave the USA. I don't know how they found out about my secret... just kidding. They said I could not go to Haiti without a return ticket. I've done this twice already this year and my friend just did it several weeks before. I told them that I didn't have a return ticket. They asked for my Visa. I said I didn't have one (you don't need one) They looked at me like I was crazy and I looked at them with desperation. Finally they said that I could buy a return ticket right now and they'd let me go. So I bought a one way ticket to Maimi for $450 American. Thankfully it's fully refundable I only have a pay a small fee for the transaction. I guess they weren't too crazy about me becoming an American.
So, I know that I write about hydro way too often but it is a big thing in Haiti. We spend a lot of time complaining about it, we rejoice when we get it and run around trying to use it as much as possible before it's gone. A "good" day these days would be about 1-2 hours of hydro. Of course we never get it at work when I'm actually there... but we get it at my house for long enough to charge the invertor for the night. We've been using the generator at work to filter water, use the computers and photocopier and that's about it.
Here's an interesting story that I forgot to mention earlier. The weekend before I went to Maimi, Jenny and myself and 2 other friends drove up the mountains to eat dinner at the house of a family at our church. The whole way to their house we heard a funny noise. When we stopped to pick up our friends I got down on my hands and knees and looked under the car as Jenny drove by several times. I didn't see anything, and we all know what an expert I am on cars. We drove around on Sunday and heard the noise again but told ourselves it was nothing major and we'd be fine. On Monday morning Jenny asked a guy from her work to take a look at it. He came back in the office and said "Jenny, God really loves you." Apparently when Jenny bought new tires on the Friday the guys who put them on failed to remember to use any nuts or bolts. The tire was put on but not attached in any way!!!! Crazy hey?? And people are worried about me getting kidnapped. I think a car accident is much more likely. Better change your prayer requests for me:)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey Kimbit,
It was good to talk with you on the weekend.
About your blog entry, maybe it's just me, but I don't understand the American Resident thing. Why wouldn't they let you buy a one-way ticket?? What does that have to do with being an American resident?? I'm confused.

Amy