Held Hostage in the Bahamas: Rediscovering Home

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AuthorHouse, 2007 - 240 pages
Held Hostage in the Bahamas is one woman's difficult struggle to obtain her permanent resident card. After living in the United States for twenty-six years, as an undocumented alien. She must now return to her country of birth to receive that sought after Permanent Resident Green Card. Things take an unexpected turn for the worse when she arrives in the Bahamas. Her privileges to return to the United States are denied by Homeland Security, She is faced with the prospect of dealing with the red tape of our immigration system. She struggled with the separation from a loving husband and three children. Disconnected from her life in New York and the financial loss of her Child Care Business, she has to endure the shame of having to depend on her family to support her for more than ten months. She takes her anger, sadness, and misfortunes and turned them into rejoicing. She moved beyond her situation to get to know the family and home she had been running away from for so long. She gained a deeper understanding of the verse in Hebrews 13:5b, "I will never leave you nor forsake you," making her more aware of how much God is in control of her life.

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Section 1
18
Section 2
32
Section 3
50
Section 4
63
Section 5
66
Section 6
79
Section 7
81
Section 8
91
Section 15
129
Section 16
134
Section 17
137
Section 18
140
Section 19
146
Section 20
158
Section 21
159
Section 22
162

Section 9
96
Section 10
102
Section 11
105
Section 12
111
Section 13
119
Section 14
125
Section 23
170
Section 24
180
Section 25
200
Section 26
213
Section 27
221
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Regina Sears-Muschett was born on the Island of New Providence ( Nassau ) in the commonwealth of the Bahamas. She is the sixth of twelve children, born to the late Winifred Delores Sears. As a girl growing up between nine brothers, she was a tomboy at heart. As a native Island girl, she loves fishing, writing poetry, and painting. Growing up on the Island of Grand Bahama, she was restricted from going to places and doing some of the things her brothers did. Therefore, she hates the word "cannot" with a passion. Graduating from the class of 1977 from the Eight Mile Rock High School, her childhood dream was realized when she migrated to Miami, Florida in 1978 where she pursued a higher education in nursing. In 1983, she relocated to New York City. Having a desire for the care and welfare of children, she obtained a degree in Early Childhood Education from Hostos Community College. Ms. Sears-Muschett now owns and operates the BriBraCo Day Care Center, named after her three children Brian, Bradley and Corrine ( Coco ) as she is affectingly called. Ms. Sears-Muschett is also a collector of porcelain and other native dolls from around the world, as well as glass blown unicorns. In 1997, she felt the call of God upon her life for the gospel ministry and therefore attended and graduated from the Manhattan Bible Institute. She is an ordained minister and currently serves on the ministerial staff of the Mother African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, in Harlem New York. She is married to her soul mate, the Rev. Cecil Muschett and has three children

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