In about two hours, Maely will board an airplane for the time in her life, and begin the first leg of a journey that will change her life forever. Over the last year and a half, my wife and I have been following God's will and guidance in getting Maely to the states for surgery to correct her deformed feet. This has been one of the most rewarding times of our life as we pushed forward into the unknown, confident that our God has a perfect plan. I will have to capture each of the hurdles that God has allowed us to clear during this struggle just so I can look back and grasp the magnitude of Maely's Miracle. I must admit before we started this endeavor, the geographic, cultural, financial and language barriers seemed insurmountable. But our God has been faithful and has great plans for this little girl.
Pat and Maely are due to depart Roatan at 1:00pm today and arrive in Houston around 4:30pm. They will have a four hour layover which will make sure they can get through customs in time to catch their next flight. They are scheduled to depart Houston at 9:00 and be in Seattle at 11:30PM tonight. I can't wait to see my darling wife who has been in Texas for the last 3 weeks preparing for this journey. The next few days will be full of a lot of firsts for Maely. Having lived her entire life in a small remote village in the highlands of interior Honduras, she has never experienced the most basic benefits we take for granted here in the US. Her home has no indoor plumbing, they still use an outdoor latrine. They have no electricity, no phone, cook on a wood burning stove and her entire family lives in two rooms not much bigger than a small bedroom here in the states.
Pat and I have spoke often of the cultural shock Maely will experience and we want to try and minimize that as much as we can. But how can you do that? This little girl had never ridden in a vehicle until we gave her a ride last year. She has never seen an airplane and she is about to leave all her family behind and fly to a foreign country where she doesn't speak the language. Please be lifting Maely up in your prayers as she not only copes with the extreme culture shock but also prepares herself mentally to undergo surgery.
We will post more later and update our website with photos of her journey. In the meantime, I had better finish cleaning the house!
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