Monday, February 2, 2009

As they look back and at each other


ACCEDER Hebrew Free Loan
www.acceder.com
By Nicole Grouman

Monica has a long skirt, a matching white shirt and youthful smile to go along. She married Pablo a year ago, in a beautiful ceremony in their temple. The young couple met after a friend in common got them acquainted in a birthday party. They contacted Acceder because they needed the loan to pay for the wedding.
As we sit in the living room of the apartment they share in Once in the city of Buenos Aires we begin our interview. Monica takes her time to open up especially since she is so camera shy. They lived together before getting married.
We married a year ago. We reached Acceder after a friend told us about it. We wed 6 months before we planned. Our parents couldn’t help us out financially so we had to resort to a loan. We were able to afford a party in a salon and the toast with the credit we obtained. We asked for an interview and it was very simple to obtain the loan. It took us less than a month to get the money. The credit was 2,000 dollars. We only had one inconvenience in paying back the loan, one month when Pablo changed job.
When I ask her to close her eyes and recall the most precious part of her wedding she responds everything. The sweetest tears of joy start strolling down from her brown eyes as she reminiscences over one of the most important events in her life.
She leans over and picks up her wedding album. We were very relaxed for the civil part. This is our parents, my sisters and my nephews. We got married in Jabad Temple. We paid for the food, the clothes and the salon with the loan. This is Pablo’s family, she says as she point to a picture of a group of people holding up their glasses.
This image is also very sweet, of my nephews. This is the religious ceremony, with the Rabbi when both parents agreeing upon our union. While I changed for the party, the guarantors signed the guarantee in case of separation in the temple. We celebrated afterwards in a salon. Pablo was very nervous, she says as we are interrupted by the doorbell. She tells me to wait as she goes excitingly to open the door. It’s Pablo, who walks in with the groceries. They are expecting their family for dinner to celebrate their new home.
Pablo sits down next to his wife and places his shoulder around her as they look deeply in each other’s eyes. When you get married you start a new life, we are very happy. There is a phrase in the Torah that explains that everything happens for a reason. When ever something bad happens, nothing wrong comes from up above, you need to see the whole picture. We hope to keep growing.
There is no stability in this country, although it has improved. I tell the sponsors, that this project is remarkable. To help a fellow Jew is wonderful. It gives them the possibility to grow and be independent.
During the Jupa, we lived very intense situations. The party was also blissful. We wanted to celebrate our wedding. Our family made our investment all worth it. This was when we received the blessing from the Rabbi,
he ads as he points to another picture. Monica interrupts as she recalls once again how she felt during that precious event. I was committed to enjoying myself, I had all the emotional energy in that moment. We had what we sought after in the moment we needed it, she says harmoniously.

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