Delcy arrived safely in Omaha last night, thank God. He came over to
our place on Wednesday and we gave him a pile of paperwork (mostly for Immigration and the Department of Homeland Security) and tons of
verbal instructions about what to do and where to go, whom to tip, how
much etc., etc. He took no notes, of course. Haitian education is
mostly rote memory so they are pretty good at that.
We thought we
were going to be able to get him a cell phone that would work in the US
but we couldn't. We were really worried about him getting the
wheelchair escort we had asked for and how would he get from gate to
gate (he had to change planes in Ft. Lauderdale and in Dallas/Ft Worth)
or get some food or even find a bathroom, for gosh sakes. We needn't
have.
Haitians are nothing, if not
resourceful. They have to be. I don't know exactly how everything
worked out except I do know that he managed to get to Omaha. He also
found somebody at each stop along the way who let him borrow their phone
to call Brittany in Boston and keep us apprised of his progress.
So,
now the baton has been passed to his host family and the doctors in
Omaha. If you are interested in reading more about his arrival in Omaha
or the rest of his journey, check out www.delcysjourney.blogspot.com.
PS Delcy's host family sent a text today saying "Delcy is in the bathroom brushing his teeth, singing. Life is good."
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