Whirlwind...

It seems as though life has once again turned into a whirlwind as we prepare to move again, try to study, have a great time with family, keep having time for our kids, and try to keep our minds in one piece. Right now has been an extremely stressful time for our family so we will need your prayers now more than ever.

It seems as though we have been in transition for the past 2 years and now that time is finally drawing to a close. In our minds we have pictures of what Papua is like, due to the fact that we have lived there for 3 years, but as we get closer and hear from people in Papua we are realizing that life there is going to be different than last time and we need to be ready it. What I am trying to get myself prepared for is the fact that I have an idea in my mind of how our house, work, and life will go, but in the time that we were away I am sure that lots has changed.

Please continue to pray.

Parents have arrived...

Parents have arrived and all is well. My parents arrived May 10th and we have had a great time with them so far. Dad is driving the motorbike around Bandung and picking up Kaya from school. Jalen and Kaya were so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa in the airport of Jakarta. We then travelled to Bandung from Jakarta.

So far I have just been showing them around the city of Bandung. The kids have already showed them the Bandung SuperMall which has a minature fantasy land inside. So Grandma had to ride the rollercoaster and Grandpa had to ride the ferris wheel. Great times.

Janna has 2 days of school left and then she is done. WOW time is flying. God has been good. Thanks again for all your support.

Curve Ball...

Please continue to pray for us as we live overseas. There are certain stresses due to culture, food, interpersonal relationships... Right when you think you have settled in and are adjusting another curve ball is thrown, so please just continue to pray for us.

We have appreciated all your emails telling us how your families and friends are doing. Please keep the emails coming they encourage us in times of troubles. Yesterday was chapel at school and I gave the message, of course in Indonesian, and I spoke about faith. Interesting again to study about faith and the characters in the Bible that it mentions had faith. Hebrews 11. They had not yet fully received the promises of God but they saw them from a distance and believed.

Give us more faith Lord.

Singapore....

We have just returned from our children's doctors visits in Singapore. What an interesting/exciting/fun experience... The first day we arrived we checked in at our hotel and decided to go out and see one of the malls that we had read about in the "Lonely Planet" guide to Singapore. Going down one of the escalators Jalen got his foot stuck in the escalator. Janna had to pull his foot out and the blood was dripping off his foot. There were multiple people willing to help and so we found a clinic no problem. His toe was not too bad but the escalator had tried to rip it off!! No stitches because it was on the crease of his foot. So needless to say the next couple of days involved Dad, me, carrying Jalen around where ever we went. After about 3 days he was limping around on it again.

If you have never had the chance to travel to Singapore you should. It is extremely hot and humid, it reminded us of Papua. Currently we live in the cold compared to Singapore so that took a while to get used to. Probably the best part of the trip was when we went to visit some friends in Singapore and we stayed with them for 2 nights. We had a great time and our kids absolutely loved it. It is always nice to get out of the hotel and touristy areas and see what Singapore is actually like. So thankyou so much Steve and Lisa for your hospitality.

Also great talking with them about what God has lead them to.

All in all an interesting trip and once again we are happy to be home in Bandung. About 2 more months left until we move to Papua and about 2 weeks until my family comes to visit. Should be fun!!!