Still up in the air and house call #4

Hola,

Thank you so much for those of you that have been praying for us this afternoon and this evening. For those of you who don't know what's going on, here is a quick review. We got no answers this morning; Racquel was supposed to call us first thing, but when we called the orphanage, they said she wouldn't be in until tomorrow at noon. No one there could understand English, so we called Isabel in Bogota. She checked into what was going on and come to find out the papers were not on the bus last night. When we saw Gloria, she said that Fanny and everyone at the orphanage were very concerned and had been on the phone with Mocoa. Fanny said that she was told that they would have the papers on the bus tonight.

Our problem now is that if the papers are on the bus, the bus needs to come in around 10:00 a.m. I spoke with Isabel and she said that we need to see the US Embassy doctor in Bogota by 5:15 p.m. or we cannot see him until Tuesday afternoon. If you read this tonight, please pray that the bus gets in early. We need to get Belicia to the office for her passport (1 hour process), get loaded up from the hotel, get to the airport (45 min. drive), fly to Bogota, get luggage, clear airport, then go straight to the doctor. What a whirlwind... one that none of us will mind. If we get to the doctor tomorrow, we may be able to get home Wednesday. Isabel called me this morning and said that the US Embassy will not be closed on Monday. As of right now, we have plane tickets for Wednesday night (11:30 pm Bogota - 5:00 a.m. JFK) arriving Thursday morning.

Melinda, thanks so much for your offer! Hopefully everything is taken care of and the papers are out of Mocoa.

Baker Family - Yes, we want grapefruit and/or oranges. You can email us at jamesbaker348@comcast.net and give us the details and we can email you back with what we want. Thanks so much for thinking of us... we love the fruit!

Your asking, "What's the deal with house call #4?" This morning Belicia was playing around and fell off the bed and twisted her ankle. No big deal, but I gave her Children's Motrin along with some water and within minutes she was at the toilet vomiting. The rest of the day she didn't have much of an appetite and said her stomach bothered her a little. We went to the Oviedo Mall for awhile and she was fine, but a little tired. When we got back to the hotel, she felt hot and had a fever of 103.3 and complained of a headache. I gave her Advil and within a 1/2 - 3/4 hour she had some bumps on her arm. Since she may have to see the US Embassy doctor tomorrow, Jim and I really didn't want to take any chances, so we called for the doctor. By the time he got here (40 min.), the bumps were gone. Come to find out, she has the same virus that Bethany and many others had a couple of weeks ago. The doctor thinks the same as we do... she's allergic to Ibuprofen. By bedtime she was back to her bouncy, silly self.

When we went to the mall, we got to go to our first Juan Valdez Cafe... YUMMY!! Most of you know I'm a Starbucks fan, but this beat Starbucks. We got a sampling... Jim got coffee, Bethany got a frozen brownie coffee, and Belicia got hot chocolate. All three were great!

Going to get some sleep...

Buenas noches,
Captive in Colombia