She's here! The arrival of Suzana from her mission

I would like to register the homecoming of my daughter Suzana, who was serving a mission in Juiz de Fora, Brazil, for 19 months. I've waited for the moment to hug my daughter for so long. During her whole mission, I missed her, especially in the middle of the week. I normally talked to ther through video calls on Mondays, never missed a day, and this was great to satisfy my longing to see and talk to her. However, in the middle of the week I usually got caught on missing her. Sometimes I even cried. Sundays were happy days because I had only one more day to see and talk with her. Anyways, I was expecting the day to finally see her in person and hug her. I tried to control my anxiety to see her, and I did it pretty well, I think. I only began couting the weeks and days one month before her arrival. She was scheduled to come on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, first entering the country by Atlanta, and then flying to SLC. She was set with all documents she needed, and I was praying the whole time for her to have an easy, safe, and smooth arrival and immigration walkthrough. Before hand, we prepared a poster as family on Sunday, which was a nice experience to have as family, and prepare ourselves for the great day of her arrival. We also prepared the house, and her bedroom, that she would share with Solara. And we asked a friend for help with ride back home for Wagninho because our car would not fit everyone, once Suzana was here. We arrived at the airport about 20 minutes before her flight landed, which was around 10:30 am, and waited in the domestic gate. The expectation and excitment had taken place, but Wagner was calm. I was thinking about Serena, and Wagninho and Solara perspectives. Even more, I was thinking about living the moment at full because I had waited for it so much. Then she came, and we recorded, and created a live on Facebook. She came energetic, smiling, and beautiful. I hugged her first, and I wanted stay there hugging her, but I knew I had to share her with the whole family to live this moment as well. Serena was very shy to hug Suzana. It was like she wasn't believing that a person she was talking for so long time through a screen on video calls, suddenly came in person. She must have thought: "how is that possible to happen?". Just a context for how much I waited my daughter's arrival. We are living in the US, during a very political tense moment for not white immigrants. This was a reason of a lot of anxiety for me. I tried to control my bad thoughts, and be positive. I prayed a lot of times asking God to allow me to live this moment, a special moment to receive a daughter from her mission. I had a fear that she wouldn't be allowed to enter, even though she has nothing to be afraid regarding her status here and documents. I've heard from the news about cases like this. My husband and I were determined to leave the country, if our daughter wasn't allowed to enter the country. I'm glad that it was not necessary, and my daughter can now finish her college here. After we all hugged her, and we left the airport, we hangout at home a little bit. Our friends Ronaldo and Carol came to see Suzana as they were bringing Wagninho too. Suzana made so much funny comments. She said that our house was chic, referring to the house as ours, not hers. She was so used to create a relationship of trust with everyone in her mission, that she couldn't help herself and made the same comment to us that she was so used to. As this was a special day, Wagner took us to a restaurant to have lunch together. It was so much fun to have this moment with the whole family, and hear the stories she had, and eating together in a nice place. Zerei a vida! An unforgettable day!