Oma's point of view...1st day meeting Vilma and Nelson

It is about time that I tell my side of the story! It was August 3, 2007 and we were following Jim and Yolanda on their way to Guatemala City! Yolanda had called me on the way to the airport, from then on in our minds we were traveling with them all the way. Luckily I knew from the Continental web site what the flight number was and with the help of www.Flighview.com we were able to follow the flight all the way! They left about 10 minutes late, but would arrive a half hour earlier!

FLIGHT TRACKER
Departure
Airport:
Houston, TX (Intercontinental) (IAH)
Scheduled Time:
9:30 AM, Aug 03
Actual Time:
9:39 AM, Aug 03
ArrivalStatus: In air
Airport:
GUA
Scheduled Time:
11:24 AM, Aug 03
Estimated Time:
10:58 AM, Aug 03
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Time To Arrival:
2 hr 2 min
Flight Details
Aircraft:
Boeing 757-200
Ground Speed:
396 KTS
Altitude:
15600 feet

In our thoughts, we followed them to the hotel..... would they REALLY see the children that afternoon? We'd had so many disappointments, it was almost too much to hope for... How would it go? Would the kids be scared to death to be left with strange people? Just imagine a 3 year old in that situation! How would they communicate? All these thoughts were running through our minds. We were on pins and needles. Would it be possible to find out anything? Maybe we could call? But how would we find a phone number? I remembered Jim mentioning the Guatemala City Marriott, so I went to the Internet and found a phone number!! Should we call? We really wanted to... what time is it there now? Are the kids there and are they in bed... are we going to wake them up........so many questions.. We finally just DID it.. the suspense was too great.. First we got the desk....oh oh.. Spanish.. what is he saying? Do you have a Jim Phillips staying?.. We do not know a room number........ring... ring... ring.......Jim's voice.....hello? JIM!!!! we just about shouted his name... are the children there??????? Well, we need not have asked, because we could hear them laughing in the background, that was a good sign! Yolanda came to the phone and between peals of laughter we gathered they must be doing OK!! How is everything, are they scared... are you taking lots of pictures.. yes, Jim is taking video as we speak... Are the kids not in bed yet.. it is late already... no, Yolanda is going to give them a bath in a minute.... and all this between fits of laughter... do you want to say OLA.. say ADIOS.... we heard their voices, everybody sounded so happy, it was just great! Yolanda said that things just could not have been better, and Jim and Yolanda sounded sooooooo happy! After Jim and Yolanda came back to Houston, they sent us the videos and pictures... then we really felt we had almost been there with them! What a happy telephone call that was! After we hung up the phone, dad and I had a glass of wine to celebrate... that night I would sleep well!!