The Team Arrives

I fell asleep very fast last night, then woke up again around 11:30. This is either due to the fact that it's like a furnace in my room (Stella would likely still have a blanket on), or that I am experiencing a little jet lag, or that Stella is not here, or all 3 of these things. I talked to her just before I went to bed about her appointment. There is sadly no change. USCIS has still not found her application. I don't know if the Congressman's office intervention is helping in any way, but when I imagine the receiving room for these type of applications, I envision that scene at the end of Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, when Dr. Jones and Marcus Brody are talking to the US Government, questioning them about the ark. The Government guy says, "we have top men working on it right now. 

    Dr Jones responds, "Who?" 

    "Top.    Men."

Just a short moment later you see them sealing the crate containing the Ark and carting it back into this unbelievably large warehouse full of similar crates. Yep. That's where Stellas application is. 

We are simply trusting that God is going to move that application to the top of the pile so when they go in the warehouse to search, it will be right there.

Today was a very busy day for the drivers. One of the most complicated. Today the bulk majority of the American team arrives. We spend a lot of time shuttling people back and forth from airports and train stations. We started by helping the Italians move the inflatable play structures in the morning, to which I did not contribute much effort. 

The buzzing of a bunch of Italian men lifting and pushing and yelling made me think it was probably easier if I just stood to the side, so they could all communicate. We then picked up the rental vans at the airport. There were considerable lines and considerable traffic all over the place. 

The transporting of luggage and people started not long after that. 

My schedule looked like this at times: At 1:00 I have to meet at the airport with another van. They will be taking 4 people and I will be taking 1. I have to take this person with me immediately to the train station so she can help me find the 6 people coming in on the train not more that 40 minutes later. 3 of these people are staying at Hotel Gimar, and 3 at Hotel Stefano. I drop them off, then I must drive to the Airport to pick up 5 people that need to be driven to Hotel Stefano at 3:30. The day is full of this sort of thing for 3 vans and a little car. My last pickup, being almost an hour ago, 12 people trickled out of the airport, finishing around midnight. Back to hotel Gimar I go, which is where I end my day. I have a room there. It is now 1:40am. ...and Im going to bed. 

Van load #4 - some of Abundant Life's group and some of Hillside's.