Sorry....no new pics today.....I wanted to take some pics of the street where the consulate is yesterday but Nacho had the camera in the medical clinic and you aren't suppose to take pictures in front of the consulate anyway...security reasons!

Well Nacho's medical appointment yesterday went like this......He left the hotel at 5:45 am. He decided to walk to the medical. He went to the clinic right next door to the consulate. He said the line moved pretty quick when the clinic opened at 6:30. He did have to wait a long time inside. They took a chest x-ray, drew blood, a physical exam which consisted of weight, height, blood pressure, and getting him naked! And shots! He had to get three. He was done around 11:30 or so. He came back to the hotel but we weren't here.....Miguel and I were going stir crazy so we had walked to a park just a couple blocks away. Miguel and I came back a little while later and we hung out in the room until 1:30 because Naho had to go back to the medical clinic to pick up his results at 2pm. Miguel, Alex and I decided to walk with him this time and let me tell you how crazy that street is ! I really wish I could have taken some pictures right across from the consulate because you won't believe me how many people are waiting for loved ones to come out! There are people sitting everywhere. There is a store where you can rent a chair for the day right across the street from the consulate and it was standing room only over there. People were sitting on the curbs, on planters in front of restaurants and everything.

When we got to the medical clinic it was just as bad. Alex and I sat on the curb while Miguel and Nacho went inside to get his results. There didn't seem to be much rhyme or reason to how they were giving the results out. Some people would go in and come back out 10 min later with their results. Nacho went in right at 2pm.....at 2:45 I started to get really worried....everyone that went in at the same time he did had already come back out.....I was out there with only a couple other families now where it had been crowded before. I was starting to think something was wrong....like he had a shadow on his chest x-ray or something was going to keep him from qualifying for a visa. I stuck my head in there and he was still waiting. They were having a hard time finding his results. Finally a little after 3:30pm he got his results. Sigh.....one step down.

One of the guys Nacho worked with at APC has a niece and nephew that live here in Juarez. The nephew is a dentist and he came and picked nacho up on Thursday night to show him how to get to the consulate, where to go, and take him somewhere to exchange money. They invited us to their house for supper tonight so I will let you know how that goes later. They have been very helpful and friendly...it is nice to have friends in this crazy city.....which by the way I am NOT regretting my decision not to drive into at all!