The Kingdom Of Heaven & Mennonites In Puerto Rico
The Dominican and Haitian officials here are no help at all.
We walk out to the highway in Puerto Rico, hoping for a ride to meet the Mennonites.
Puerto-Ricans are not like Haitians; Puerto-Ricans don't give rides to hitch-hikers.
We sweat up to the highway.
Immediately we see a van with pictures of puppets on the side.
The van rolls right up to us.
The Latinos inside open the door and say, "We're your taxi from Jehovah. God told us to take you anywhere you say to go."
The Latino driver hands me his card: Daniel Crespo, Director, "Hands Up! Entertainment With Purpose!" (Manos Arriba: Entretenimiento con PropΓ³sito!)
These sweet huggable guys put on Christian concerts using our music in schools, churches, etc.
The puppet-masters don't know Genie and I from Adam, but the connection is made-in-heaven.
Daniel knows our dear friends from "One Way Street," a Christian puppet company in Denver which publishes our music.
Daniel, driving the van, looks at me in the rear view mirror... cars whizzing by on the freeway.
Daniel keeps his eyes focused on me and says, "Jehovah this morning gave me a message for you: "Use the key I have placed in your hands to liberate the captives."
We understand that the key is music.
The the driver says, "And you need to use whatever means necessary to get the word out: facebook, twitter, whatever it takes."
(I disregarded that comment knowing that sites like FaceBook are evil spy fronts.)
The puppet-taxi drops us off at the Mennonites.
The Mennonites are not like the Amish.
They don't understand the travel and oath issues... they are sweet brothers and friends who make great cabinets.
They offer to help us in any way, but they don't know much about travel law...
