Scared

[sarachid 0]

just replying to let everyone know we are still alright. today we got a call from the security general and my residency was approved, gee im so happy lol, but anyway i can pick my passport and paperwork up at 9am, thank GOD!!! ill post as often as i can

thank you for checking in ... we were worried about you still.... stay safe and congrats on your residency

sarah

[~Jess~ 0]

well turns out my residency isnt done after all, they still have my passport!!!! Americans are looking to evacuate, how am i supposed to leave?????? they wont be open to give me my passport until Monday!! is there anything the embassy can do for me???? i need to call them but they dont speak good enough english, i will have george call for me...........please continue to pray!

[Katie 0]

Jess,

US embassies and consulates can and do issue passports to US citizens abroad. If you registered your presence in Lebanon with the consulate/embassy, they probably have a copy of your passport and you probably wont need to provide any additional documention, except maybe an affidavit concerning the whereabouts of your current passport. If you did not register or if the embassy/consulate did not make a copy of your passport, you might want to try to get a copy of your birth certificate from your family in the US if that is possible. I'm sure the embassy/consulate will do everyting it can to assit you.

My prayers are with you and your family.

Katie

[~Jess~ 0]

i cant leave without my husband! no way!

i have my birth cert and all my us id's with me.

[dawnnhatem 0]

i cant leave without my husband! no way!

i have my birth cert and all my us id's with me.

I was just checking in on you...I'm glad you are ok. What a hard decision. I would probably stay too, but think hard about this because I wouldn't expect the embassy to coordinate more than one exit plan...miss that ride and you are there for the duration. Make sure thats what you want. I know that if something happened here and H was unsafe or scared and he was offered a way home, I would want him to go be with his family, especially considering how worried his family would be about him. I would pressure him to go. You have a lot to think about.

Keep staying safe and check in as often as you can.

[chiquita 0]

please take care and know you and your husband are in my prayers and thoughts Jess

chi

[AngelK96 0]

My prayers are with you Jess Be safe.

[~Jess~ 0]

they are bombing all the seaports now. i was standing in our kitchen and looking out and boooooooooom the windows shook and all of a sudden the port of beirut building was on fire. they want to make sure foriegners cant get out. this is very very scarey. it is getting worse by the hour and it seems like there is no absolutley no way to escape.

[Bosco 1]

they are bombing all the seaports now. i was standing in our kitchen and looking out and boooooooooom the windows shook and all of a sudden the port of beirut building was on fire. they want to make sure foriegners cant get out. this is very very scarey. it is getting worse by the hour and it seems like there is no absolutley no way to escape.

Jess,

I am glad to hear you are still safe. I read that the embassy would be making contigency plans to assist USC's in leaving Lebanon that could not get out on their own. Have you received anything from the embassy?

Rebecca

[~Jess~ 0]

yep they have sent two or three emails, but problem is i want to be with my husband first and foremost so if they let him go at least on an emergancy basis fine ill go, secondly israel is bombing the ports so im not seeing it possible for the us to send boats for the citizens. im scared, my husband is scared....we both want to get out of here. i feel we have no options except to hope it all ends soon

[Sofiyya 1,687]

I know what you are going through. May God be with you.

[UmmSqueakster 54]

My husband and I keep praying for you whenever we hear more news. Hope you're doing all right

[~Jess~ 0]

last night was rough. we can hear all the bombs that are goin off within 20miles, they are fighting with bigger bombs making more damage......it is very scarey to hear the echo of the bomb off the mountains. the embassy sent more email but its just saying they are still working on how they will get the citizens out, they said they are sending an assessment team to lebanon, how the heck they gonna get in when we cant even get out?? i think i may have slept a total of 30mins. please continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers. thank you

[chiquita 0]

I now find myself watching the news. I had it on when I fell asleep last night and turned it on first thing this morning while I was getting ready for work at 5am.

Please be safe and know I am praying for you. Is there any way that the consulate/embassy can expedite your case?

chi

[MrsAmera 41]

Jess - We are watching here too. I have a student in one of my classes whose mom and sister and stuck in southern Beirut too. He is so scared for them and hasn't been able to reach them. I saw on CNN this morning that there is an American military extraction team in Beirut now to take out citizens. I hope that you make the best choice for you. I would have a difficult time as well but inchallah everything will work out. The American news is making me crazy even though I'm glued to it. Please take care- you're in our prayers.