God is Awesome

After last Wednesday call from Jorge I called his brother Eddie to tell him the news that Jorge might not come home in May.  He was at a prayer group and promised to pray for Jorge as soon as we stopped talking.  I suggested we wait a week before Eddie tell Jorge's parents about the news as I was hoping for a miracle and didn't want them to worry or be upset.  So after our conversation I prayed with my sister Lauren and I know Eddie and his prayer group also prayed.  

Friday I got up early and called the prison to the Warden's Secretary who was very nice, but she told me I needed to call his immigration officer.  When I called immigration I never got past the person who answers the telephones.  She refused to tell me who his immigration officer was and gave me a big run around.  I felt so helpless after talking to her.  I cried till I couldn't cry anymore.  I continued to call and kept get connected to answering machines instead of people.  I think she did it on purpose.  

The following Wednesday no call from Jorge.  Then Thursday I got a letter basically saying the same thing about him probably not leaving in May and how he wanted to fight it and force them to fly him out of here. His immigration officer, F. Scolnick, even told Jorge, "You better thank God I even came to work today because I almost didn't come to work." Now that was definitely Satan taking a jab at Jorge and his faith and boy oh boy did this guard turn out to be right but not in the way he thought.  

 I took a deep breath to call Eddie back and tell him that maybe we should let his parents know Jorge may not come in May.  Eddie ask me, "Do you want some good news?"  He then told me how Jorge was taken to Atlanta that Thursday and he was scheduled to fly out Monday!  I cried tears of joy.  Eddie said, "Whatever you did it worked."  I said, "I didn't do anything this is God!"  Not only is Jorge leaving in May but he's leaving a week earlier than expected.  So yeah, we thanked God for working a miracle in spite of that officers incompetence.  

Not only did God fix it for Jorge to leave in May, he is leaving a week earlier than we hoped.  Now I am waiting for my miracle to come through for an airline ticket to Colombia so I can join Jorge.  :)