Even with the jump of 40 people I still had my doubts that I was going to get my emergency passport and get to the Korean consulate, before they closed. When my number was finally called I went up to the window and explained my situation. Where I had an airline ticket for Seoul, South Korea and I needed an emergency passport today. The woman at the window made no promises, but I had to pay an expedited fee to get it today, if possible. We waited what seemed like most of the day wondering all over the building.
I went one way and Jill went another. At one point I found myself outside on the roof looking up at all the statues of angels all around the other buildings and got on my hands and knees and prayed to God that I would make it in time. Jill was on the pay phone making phone calls to everyone she wanted to talk to and get in touch with them to let them know what was going on and try and locate her sister to let her know we would be heading that way as soon as we were done in San Francisco that afternoon.
I felt blessed and at the time I felt it was an angel, but I wasn’t sure. I had my doubts I thought it might have just been a coincidence that happens sometimes and we were in the right place at the right time to make up for the time lost of over sleeping and going to the wrong immigration building in the first place. Finally. my name was called up to the window and I was given my passport after I signed for it. I had to get two passport type pictures taken to give them and I did that the day before at AAA and I think I had to get another set in San Francisco the night before because they were not the right size or something like that. I do not remember completely about the passport pictures I just knew I needed them.
I think it was about 4:15 p.m. now and we still had to find the Korean Consulate so I could get a vacation visa. After we got directions we headed there as fast as we could and I had my doubts again that we would make it in time before they closed. It was now 4:45 p.m. and we finally found it and Jill was finding a place to park. I think I got out and rushed inside as Jill still looked for a place to park. I had just made it and they were going over my paper work and wanted me come back the next day to pick it up. I said that was impossible, as I did not live in San Francisco. The Korean man behind the counter made a few more phone calls and said he got permission to go ahead and issue it to me today, before they closed in the next ten minutes. I thanked God again and the angel who had jumped us 40 people, without her I would have never made it.
Then Jill and I left headed to Sacramento, California but we wanted to stop at the park underneath the Golden Gate Bridge and have a picnic dinner, then head to Sacramento, California. We finished eating and then headed on our way to Sacramento. On the freeway on the way Jill and I got into an argument over the money in the purse. I felt if she would have trusted me and had more faith we could have really had a good time in San Francisco, California. She got so upset with me at one point she let loose of the steering wheel and it looked like we were going to get into a wreak on the freeway. Some how we missed the car we were headed for that it looked like we going to hit it. It was as if the car was picked up and moved out of way to the danger that had been in front of us or to the side I do not recall which. Once again, we both were saved from dying in a car wreck. I just kept my mouth shut for the rest of the trip. Neither one of us said too much to each other afterwords for the reminder of the trip. We continued on but we spent most of the night driving around Sacramento, California trying to chase down Jill’s sister and nieces. I just tried to get some sleep and all I wanted to do now was go home.
Jill gave up trying to locate her sister at around 3 a.m. after we left her neices house. So we headed back to Redding, California finally arrived back in Redding, California early the next morning as the sun was coming up. Jill never did find her sister or nieces and she went everywhere looking to try and find them when we were in Sacramento, California. Where she had to finally give up and head home as we did. Both of us totally exhausted and I was wondering if our friendship was over or ever going to be the same after that, at least I was thinking that it was over and that we would not be the same ever again after that trip to San Francisco and Sacramento, California.
The next trip to San Francisco, California would be when Jill and the kids would drive me down to San Francisco International Airport and drop me off for my flight to the unknown and my next adventure in the horizon of leaving the USA for the very first time with my US passport in my hand.
South of the border in Mexico doesn’t count. I was excited and scared all at the same time, along with a 14-hour flight over the Pacific Ocean, did not help, plus I had just quit smoking too. That was until I arrived in Seoul, South Korea and was picked up at the airport by a person who held up a sign with my name on it, right after I went through Korean Immigration in the airport in Seoul, South Korea and now the adventure began. It was like Disneyland and twilight zone all at the same time.
Beliefs about Angels and how they do exist for those that believe they do.
Christian Beliefs about Angels
Belief in angels is common to Christianity, Judaism and Islam. The concept of angelic beings is very similar in all three faiths: angels are spiritual beings who were created by God before the world was created. Their role is to glorify God, minister to God, and, especially, act as God's messengers to humans in matters of great importance (such as the announcement to Mary in Christianity and the revelation of the Qur'an in Islam). They are also helpers and guardians of the faithful.
Some Christian traditions also hold that angels play a variety of specific roles in the lives of believers. For instance, each Christian may be assigned a guardian angel at their baptism (although never defined by the Catholic or Orthodox churches, this is personally held by many church members and theologians). Each consecrated altar has at least one angel always present offering up prayers, and a number of angels join the congregation when they meet to pray.
From religion facts of Christianity, Beliefs, Angels at Christianily, Beliefs, Angels
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