"The officer was about to send me back"
"Free to fulfill the purpose of our lives in the United States of America"The Tennessean published this story by Maria Pervatt, a new U.S. citizen from Costa Rica, in which she describes her immigration back to Gallatin and subsequent citizenship process. A harrowing close call is tucked in there:
The officer was about to send me back to Costa Rica, but was moved by my children's words, saying "We are Americans, and she is our mother."
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Months later I got to return to my home sweet home in Gallatin, a place where I lived for years and had sold before I went back to Costa Rica. From here I continue working with my nephew's ministry, arranging meetings for him to spread the gospel worldwide and whose testimony is impacting today's youth.
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This fourth of July, I got my own personal gift, freedom to travel as I finally received my own beautiful American passport.
Now the next time my girls and I will make that one stop at any immigration office, we all will be proud to say we are citizens of a nation under God and proud to be free to fulfill the purpose of our lives in the United States of America.
Photo by Daniel Lobo. Licensed under Creative Commons.
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