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| Posted by joelle - 12-04-2007 07:55 PM |
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Dear Gonzalez Family, my heart goes out to you all. I will stand in faith with you and lift you up in prayer. I believe that the Lord will move mightily on your behalf. I also believe that the Lord has heard the prayers of you and your children who so miss their poppy. Keep your faith and let us on this site know how you are doing. Joelle |
| Posted by tewarren - 12-02-2007 11:47 PM |
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Dear brothers and sisters in Christ: I send out this plea that you will join me in prayer. Please pray my husband home. We have been going through the naturalization process for almost 3 years. When our big day came, we reported to the American Consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico for the big interview. At this interview my husband was falsely accused. He was threatened that if he did not admit to these allegations he would not see his wife and children again. Being an honest man, under oath, he maintained his claim to innocence. The interviewer said ?ok, you will see?. Then at the mercy of one man?s pen he was banned from the U.S. for 10 years. My husband is not a criminal. He has never had so much as a speeding ticket. However, by immigration law if he were ever convicted of a narcotic drug conviction the maximum ban from the U.S. is 3 years. It doesn?t make sense to me and I have been an American Citizen from birth. As I have been to lawyers and supervisors and such it seems the only way this decision can be changed will be by the passing of a new law, an immigration reform, or if a congressman is willing to create a bill just for Felipe and get it passed. This month we had planned to live the American dream and start a business while I was waiting for an opening in the nursing program at G.C.C. Thanks to my husband?s support I have been able to work my way through college to complete all my pre and co-reqs for the program. Now our lives have been put on hold. I haven?t even begun to mention our three devastated children. Our nine year old daughter cries herself to sleep at night after she says her bed time prayers and pleads with God to bring her Poppy home soon. Our two year old twin sons ask every day ?where poppy go?? When they get hurt they cry out for poppy. I don?t know what hurts worse, their boo-boos or the stabbing in my heart when I hear these things. I had to go to D.E.S. and plead for assistance. How humiliating is that? While I was there I had to explain why the absent parent wasn?t supporting his children. I know what she was thinking. I could only express through my tears, over the tremendous lump in my throat that their father would give anything to be here supporting his wife and kids. Though the entire situation is still unreal to me at times I am compelled to give praise and thanks to our Lord. Through this trial our hearts have melted together and become closer than ever before. It is clearer every day why Jesus placed us in each other?s lives. With his very hands he played the pawns of our lives in just the right places. We are blessed to be healthy and have three amazing healthy children. Though humbling, this situation has brought a new meaning to appreciation of each other and for life itself. Our lives have been turned upside down by the hands of man. Please join us in praying it right side up again. If one man can bring about such turmoil, just imagine and believe the righteousness, glory and peace that can be brought about by our maker. I choose not to believe that a change will take an act of congress. I choose to believe that it will take an act of God on congress. Our church and congregation are very supportive and share our trials with us. However, we are small in numbers only. Please help us pray in great numbers so our family will very soon sing a new song unto the Lord. With sincere thanks, The Gonzalez Family Felipe, Tracy, Angelica, Marcus and Lucas |