00:07The situation in my country was not as bad as it was today.
00:11My father, with his immense wisdom, I love him,
00:16told me that I was burning in the country
00:18and it was necessary to go out,
00:21because my profession was like in decadence.
00:24Like all, one has fear because it's the type of profession
00:28that you can't do it on another side if you do it.
00:30I'm a lawyer.
00:31I was scared, but I listened to my father's advice.
00:34I started looking for public relations,
00:39which was something that I could help in other countries.
00:43And I was looking for the only place where I could give them
00:47that they could give me the way I wanted,
00:50was Colombia.
00:51So I decided to go and start doing my job.
00:56I was going to go and start doing my job,
00:56but always with the mentality of going to study,
00:58preparing me and returning to my country,
01:00because you never think you're going to leave.
01:04I came to the consulado of Colombia,
01:07in Maracaibo,
01:08and I remember that the publicist of the moment said
01:11Colombia, the only risk is that you want to stay.
01:14And it caused me to laugh,
01:15because I said, no, I'm not going to stay,
01:17I'm going to return to my country.
01:18And, the truth, when I took the plane,
01:22and I arrived here,
01:23it was my first sight of Bogotá.
01:26It fascinates the city.
01:27I loved it.
01:28I didn't have so much the fact that I was alone,
01:31because it was the emotion,
01:33the efervescence,
01:34that I arrived to a new city.
01:35It's beautiful, it's huge.
01:37I started studying,
01:38I started doing what I was doing,
01:39but I always said,
01:40that initially,
01:41I had given the visa for three years,
01:43I said,
01:44no, I'll finish my studies,
01:45I'll come back to my country,
01:46and everything will be fine.
01:47When I went to make a medical check,
01:49general, normal,
01:51common and current,
01:52it was, I think,
01:54the most hard time,
01:54and when I caught more the pain,
01:56I realized that I was alone,
01:59that I was lejos of everything.
02:01In the medical check,
02:02I got a tumor,
02:04retrovesical,
02:04that is,
02:05between the vagina and the uterus,
02:07the size of a orange.
02:09In that moment,
02:11I realized that I was alone,
02:15I was with God,
02:17with no more than anyone,
02:19and through that news,
02:20it's not easy.
02:21It's not easy.
02:23When you talk the word tumor,
02:25it's very difficult.
02:28I remember that that day,
02:29I came to my house,
02:30I started to cry.
02:30I didn't know that something good
02:33could get out of that.
02:35I cried a lot,
02:36I cried a lot,
02:36I cried a lot.
02:38I called my mom crying,
02:40and my mom said,
02:41I wanted to go,
02:42I wanted to go,
02:42but I could not be able to come with me.
02:46So,
02:46I had to go,
02:47I had to go,
02:47I decided to go,
02:50I had to go,
02:51I had to go,
02:52where I lived,
02:53and I tried to not cry,
02:55because it was a pain,
02:57and there was a angel,
02:59I always say,
03:00where you go,
03:00there was a angel,
03:01and there was a angel,
03:03that she liked,
03:04that she liked,
03:05and she told me,
03:07she was like,
03:08I know,
03:08you're sad,
03:09you're not like this,
03:10because I had said someone,
03:11and she gave them,
03:12she needed a sweet,
03:13something,
03:15so gross,
03:16so that I wanted to say,
03:17I wanted to go through
03:18as a caramel.
03:19And she told me,
03:21I wanted you to tell me,
03:22you know,
03:23to put it up with someone,
03:23And, well, I was sorry, I was sorry, I was sorry, I was sorry, I was sorry, I was sorry.
03:27Until I told everything that I was going to happen, I was going to have to start doing
03:32other checks, any proper treatment, many things.
03:35And he told me, it's okay, you're not alone, you're with me, I'm with you.
03:39If you want to join me in a medical job, if you want to join me, you're with me, I'm
03:44with you.
03:45And this person I saw, we were roommates, we saw very few times, and suddenly I came with that.
03:53and from that moment so hard, so difficult and so hard that I could pass,
03:58came out the most beautiful thing that I gave Colombia,
04:01which is my husband.
04:04After that, we started a very nice relationship,
04:06we started to accompany us and we started to create a feeling
04:10much more big and we got married.
04:13I, from Colombia, am immensely grateful for everything.
04:17I say that here, Colombia has given me things very beautiful,
04:23amazing friends, experiences that I will never forget.
04:28I gave my husband, I gave my family,
04:32and that's why I'm grateful for Colombia.
04:35I really, I ran the risk and I definitely stayed,
04:40because it's a beautiful country,
04:42that has opened the doors of an impressive way.
04:45And, nothing, I can just say thank you Colombia
04:50for everything, definitely for everything.
04:53Take care in government,
05:04Go to www.somospanascolombia.com
05:10y conoce más historias de venezolanos en Colombia.
05:13Apoya a CNUR.
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