God thing...
Friday I was scheduled to fly down to Jamaica, but because my Visa papers came through(Praise the Lord!) I ended up needing to fly back to IL to have them validated. I cancelled my Friday flight and booked a flight for Saturday morning to Peoria. Because of that change, I was able to go into work with Uncle Darryl on Friday and give a presentation about CCCD to 8 of his co-workers!! Totally a God thing!
Saturday, I flew into Peoria at 9:45 am, stopped at Fedex right there at the airport and picked up my Visa documents, Dad took me to Walmart and I got Passport photo made, went home and printed out the last form online and then jumped in my car and drove through the snow up to Chicago! I had arranged for a 4pm appointment at the Jamaican Consulate and arrived just after 3. Waited a bit and decided to go into the building and wait in the lobby. Walked in and sat down about 3:15 and almost instantly the Consulate looked out his office and asked if he could help me. I explained that I was there for a 4pm meeting, but because of the snow drove up early to make sure I arrived on time. He said, No problem, Mon, I will be with you in a few minutes. By 3:20 I was in his office and by 3:50 was heading back to my car with all my papers/passport stamped!
Praise the Lord for that! Totally unbelievable!!
Now I will just need to go into Kingston and pick up my Visa there. The Consulate sends the passport photo's and his stuff down and they make the Visa in Kingston, so hopefully I can pick that up soon!
I just booked my flight down for Friday of this week! We have a team coming in on Saturday so the transportation on the Island will be best if I waited until the end of the week. In the mean time, I am enjoying a couple more days with friends and family!