Illegal Immigration Narrative

It was 10 years ago when I decided to move here in the US without even thinking what I was going into. Out of the blue I just thought hmm, I think 18 years of my life singing and traveling with my three choirs are already enough and it’s about time that I should think about my future and the future of my family as well. So at the age of 32, with the help of an immigration lawyer, I migrated here in the United States with an approved artist visa. This visa provided me an annotated social security number not valid for work without the Department of Homeland Security’s authorization, but of course I still worked under the table and take note, I was already paying my taxes. The very first day job of my whole life was working as a barista at a coffee

Fast forward, after one year, unfortunately my artist visa got denied for renewal. I panicked and my lawyer even told me that I was already running out of time and that I need to make some very quick and drastic decisions because in 10 days I will be out of status.

So a friend of mine suggested to me to do this quote unquote option. He said that it is fastest and easiest option and it will require a certain amount of money, and he also said that I need to act and decide right away. And So I did. Not knowing that this option will somehow derail the course of my life And by doing so, it started the craziest of a whirlwind journey of my immigration experience.

A lot of complications happened to me the moment I agreed to this option, months and years went by and sadly, in the end, this option turned out to be a disaster and wrong and unsuccessful that I was put to deportation. Yes, deportation, I have to report once a month at a judicial court in front of a federal judge for five years. Imagine the embarrassment that I was feeling during those times, together with the hundreds of other people inside the different court rooms also in removal proceedings having the same

We ask too little and we want it too quick. Instead of letting God work in His time and in His way to do something big, we get impatient for a response, and we aim too low for an answer.

In Ephesians 3:20, the Apostle Paul says, "But God is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think." (NKJV) You think of the greatest thing in your imagination, and God can do bigger. That's amazing!

But there is a caveat with this approach to prayer. If God really gave you all the requests you asked for, it would overwhelm you. In the same way, when God led the Israelites into the Promised Land, he didn't let them take it over completely right away; they took it over little by little - overcoming one enemy at a time.

I'm thankful that God hasn't answered all my prayers exactly the way I asked for them. Some of them would have been a disaster! Sometimes the worst thing in the world for us, is to get our requests