Last Thursday, we took our good friends, Jim and Cheryl to the Guatemala City airport to check in for their 12 hour flight back home to Montivideo, Uruguay via connections in San Salvador, El Salvador and Lima, Peru. After grabbing breakfast in the food court and a great visit, we said good-bye to them for their long journey back home.
3 hours later, Glenn got an email message entitled "HELP". Jim was re-boarding in El Salvador and realized that he forgot to pick up his lap top computer at the security check-point in the Guatemala City airport. I looked at Glenn and said, "Uh-oh, we may as well kiss that baby goodbye!" However, we immediately returned to the Avianca ticket counter at the Aurora International airport and explained our problem.
The security guards did mention that there was a laptop left behind and that it was in storage, but that the one in charge was gone for the day. Glenn needed to return on Friday morning at 8:00am when the employee could properly release the computer. Glenn spent most of Friday morning jumping through "hoops" to get Jim's computer back. By that afternoon, Glenn had the computer in hand.
What had already been a traumatic Thursday morning for Jim and Cheryl before they left for the airport almost turned more tragic. You see, their emails and bank information had already been compromised and they had frantically taken some steps to rectify that situation. Although hours passed as Jim "sweated bullets" as he awaited the verdict on the computer, what the enemy had meant for harm, God used for His good and Glory. A talented young man spent several hours Friday afternoon updating Jim's computer and correcting a number of security issues and viruses.
Now, how to get the computer back to the Eberlines in the most safe and efficient way. Hmmmm...
What had already been a traumatic Thursday morning for Jim and Cheryl before they left for the airport almost turned more tragic. You see, their emails and bank information had already been compromised and they had frantically taken some steps to rectify that situation. Although hours passed as Jim "sweated bullets" as he awaited the verdict on the computer, what the enemy had meant for harm, God used for His good and Glory. A talented young man spent several hours Friday afternoon updating Jim's computer and correcting a number of security issues and viruses.
Now, how to get the computer back to the Eberlines in the most safe and efficient way. Hmmmm...
Well, y'all know me. Yep, I offered to hand deliver the computer to Jim. By Monday morning, Jim had his computer back in his possession.
I have enjoyed the short 3 day visit here in Uruguay with some of my favorite missionaries, Jim and Cheryl.
On Tuesday morning, I went walking along the Rambla. Montevideo is clean, beautiful and has a European flavor. I pray for the Camino missionaries here who work touching the lives of the Uruguayans.
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