Janna in Singapore

We are more than half way through Janna, Jalen, and Kaya's trip to Singapore. I am still alive and surviving here at home in Papua. God continues to bless us with answered prayer. Some of the most recent examples are paperwork, tournament, safe travels, and the list could go on. We want to thank all of you for your continued support and prayer.

The Basketball tournament ended up very well, we played a team from Jayapura in the final and were tied with them in the fourth quarter. Then my big man got fouled out and we were in trouble, we kept playing tough and had a great game losing by 8 or something like that. The kids stepped up and played better basketball than they had all year and that was great to see.

Friday morning Janna, Jalen, and Kaya return so please keep praying for their safety as they travel.

First night of tournament

What a night! The first night of the tournament is over and what a night it was. I arived at school at 7:20 am and did not step into the house until 9:45 pm. Now does that sound like fun or what. Looking into the crowd of people though it was worth it. So many people enjoying the game of basketball. Only a couple of twists. One team decided not to show so I had to make a new schedule, not really surprising in Indonesia. One of the games was crazy. One player thrown out of the gym, one coach thrown out of the gym, and probably about 5 other technical fouls. Wild!

The coach wanted to stay in the gym and so I escorted him out and told him that if he was going to act like this then he could no longer be a part of this tournament. We will see how he acts today. If it is like yesterday then I will ask him not to come back on Friday or Saturday.

Anyway glad the first night is over and now only 3 days left.

Here We GO....

April 8th and things are about to get crazy.
Quick update, Kaya has her passport in hand and is now getting the appropriate stamps in it to be able to go this Saturday to Singapore.
Tomorrow starts the tournament through saturday. Please pray. Once Saturday is over I will be lessed stressed.

April...

April is here and with it comes the end of Basketball season. For the past week I have been trying to plan our final tournament of the year which will run on April 9th - April 12th. It is quite something trying to plan things without ever having the certainty that teams or refs will show up. Although I really enjoy basketball season I am looking forward to another break.

Janna continues to work hard running the preschool and Kaya continues to love school. It is fun to watch as Kaya tells me what she all learned in school and of course she really wants to keep up with her big brother.

Jalen is currently writing some standardized tests that Americans write and so he has a full week of really trying to concentrate on his work. He is doing better in school now as he continues to adjust to reading and writing. "Stay in those lines Jalen" Of course when he does homework at home and dad tries to write in the lines dad does not do a good job either. Must be a guy thing.

Basically right now the Berg family is pushing for the middle of April and life should get a little bit less hectic.

Please continue praying for Kaya's passport as Janna has now bought tickets to fly to Singapore with the kids on April 12th and there is some paperwork that needs to get done before this happens. As so many things go on around us we were reminded again this Sunday to love people. Change someones life today by simply loving them. Berg's from PAPUA OUT!