Papa Menendez insisted on his hardworking Central American family eating aspecially prepared meal that night. It was pompeyia which meant that whateverthe occasion was it was serious. Papa Menendez suddenly announced,"Tonight we will all run!" The family was shocked! How could they run? Mr. and Mrs.Menendez were too old, and Baby Maria was too young to run. Besides that, theywere not ready to run. No one had mentioned anything to the rest of the family aboutrunning to the U.S. border. "We have to. And we must do it tonight. We have no timefor fear!" Papa Menendez insisted. Though the family argued against his decision, theirarguments were all futile. "Your mother and I have always wanted to give each of youa chance to dream and to have a better life. So tonight, we will run to our dreams andthe dreams of our fathers and our grandfathers. We will fight for our right to captureour dreams. We will run tonight because time is crucial, and there is no time for fear!"