We welcomed Dolores with tons (literally) of excitement!

Today was one memorable day in our lives... really a cool day!!

Joel and I went to Miraflores Locks to see "Maersk Dolores" pass the last of three locks of the Canal. On her deck, she brought our two so awaited containers!! What a thrill it was!! Just a few days short of 6 months since we last saw our stuff, Dolores made its way into the locks with its "heavy metal" cargo and sailed out into a gorgeous blue and hot afternoon, heading to the port of Balboa! Her crossing, cost Maersk over US$ 300 thousand.
I hope ship Captains, pilots - both plane and harbour, understand that their job is way more then just the huge technical side of it. They carry on their back people's stories, people's personal belongings, people's dreams and dramas, they unite people and today it was not different... Dolores' Captain and the Panama Canal's pilot brought Joel and I an enormous relief, a vast sense of closure to a confused period of our lives, they brought us satisfaction, peace!

My true wish was to have a band playing while Dolores was passing through the Locks, as well as, a big banner saying something like: "THANK YOU FOR BRINGING HOME OUR STUFF", but was happy enough with the idea of the guy in the loudspeaker who suggested us to shout out loud "hello" and wave for her crew. I waved like crazy as my eyes got wetter and wetter.

Since we didn't get the band playing, at least Joel got to cuddle Dolores!!

A big thank you goes to our dearest friends, R and S v T. Our moving company has given us a VERY bad service. We only chose them because they have the account of the Angolan Embassy, so we thought they would have some Angolan experience. BAD CALL! Just as an example, one day, at the peak of redirecting the containers, they sent Joel and email saying that Maersk, the biggest container shipping line in the world, did not have a service to Panama!?! Honestly, no matter what line of business you're in, can you imagine the No 1 container line in the world not calling Panama??? Honestly!!!!

Anyway, because of their low service standards, we had to cry for help, asking a huge favour to dear R, a big big guy at Maersk who came to our rescue, spoke to the right people and voila, Dolores sailed through bringing our things today!

As she was passing, we were able to spot our smaller container on the deck, so so so cool, I must say!!
I know that when we leave this planet for a much better life, we'll take nothing with us, so why should Joel and I be so looking forward to Dolores' arrival? Oh well, my conclusion is that as we are still very much alive, we enjoy cherishing the things that represent the many blessed and Kodak moments God has allowed us to have!