God is GOOD

We received great news this morning:  Delcy was APPROVED for a visa! The prayers and years of hard work has borne fruit.
This is a huge step, and now we are so close to getting him on that plane to Nebraska. Continue the prayers as we really prepare, and get the last things done to complete Delcy's journey to the states!!

Visa Progression

Today, Sr. Jackie and Delcy are going down to Port-au-Prince to continue Delcy's journey in getting to the states. Since the first available appointment to review his visa application wasn't until March, Jackie decided to request an emergency appointment. She had to provide documents in how this was an emergency. So, she copied almost every paper we have in the large pile of papers we have for Delcy and explained the situation. She hoped they would see this as an emergency like we do, and would get him an appointment quickly. We were told we would get a response in two days, and were hoping for an appointment within the next few weeks.
Well, she got a response this afternoon that said: Be in Port-au-Prince tomorrow morning at seven am.... How AMAZING!! However, it really became an emergency to get there. She had to get everything together for the appointment, get Decly, drop everything she was doing, and they needed to start the four hour drive down tonight!
Hopefully tomorrow afternoon we will have good news for Delcy! Please keep them and our driver in your prayers as they travel, but please continue to pray for the positive progression of Decly's journey to the states!

Meeting Host Family

This morning Delcy and Sr. Jackie skyped with the couple who will graciously host Delcy for his surgery in Nebraska. They had a great introduction and Delcy is confident that after seven days he will be able to understand English! The family asked if there were any foods Delcy didn't like - to which he responded he doesn't eat very spicy foods, and he's not a fan of boiled plantains. They don't think he'll have to worry about the latter.

They chatted about pets, cheeseburgers, and snow - all new concepts that could be a fun learning experience for Delcy!

Now we're on to the next step: Obtaining his visa. Many thoughts and prayers appreciated for this!

This is the new blog we've set up to keep everyone up to date on Delcy's progress with heart surgery.

To give you a little background on Delcy. He is a 20 year old from Gros Morne, Haiti who needs a repair on one of the valves in his heart. The medical services in Haiti are unable to perform the surgery he needs and therefore the RJM sistes in Haiti have been working for about 6 years to get Delcy to the states for his much needed surgery.

A hospital in Omaha, Nebraska called Alegent Creighton Health Bergan Mercy Medical Center has agreed to do the surgery and provide supporting medical care for free. A anonymous donor has donated enough American Airline miles to fly Delcy from Haiti to the States and back again.The Bolte family also Omaha, Nebraska has also graciously agreed to open their home to Delcy for the estimated 6 weeks he will be in the United States.

Currently we are working on the process of applying for his visa and hope to have it in the next 2-3 weeks. We'll keep you all up to date on his progress as we continue along this journey.