We are off to Papua tomorrow night. We fly through the night on Friday to arrive at our destination, Papua. We all have been working for two years to get to this point. So thank you so much everyone for hanging in there with us. We plan to update our web page once we get to Papua, so look forward to that.
God is good, we realize that new everyday in how he orchestrates the littlest details.
Thanks everyone.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Quick Update....
Quick update on what is happening in our lives. Jalen has graduated from Kindergarden. Kaya has two more days of school left. Darren has 4 more days of school left. We have 5 more days in Bandung. That is about our lives in a nutshell. We are busy getting all the last minute things taken care of before moving to our base assignment in Sentani. We are really looking forward to getting to our house and getting everything set up.
One item of prayer is for our container as it is currently on a boat heading to Papua from our island here on Java. We are hoping that it arrives on the 26th of June, according to the schedule, but this is Indonesia and so nothing is ever as it seems. Please pray that this container will reach its destination dengan selamat (with safety). Also pray as we say goodbye to everyone here in Bandung that we can show Christ's love to the people here. We also have excellent friends that we have met here that will be posted in other parts of Indonesia, this is always a sad time.
Jalen has already began to experience the life of a missionary as he said goodbye to some of his friends in kindergarden that most likely he will never see again. The life of a missionary is filled with goodbyes, and often times tough ones.
Well we are excited about finally getting to Papua, we are sad about leaving friends here, we are stressed about the little details of moving, and we are excited about what God continues to do in our lives. Talk to you again soon.
One item of prayer is for our container as it is currently on a boat heading to Papua from our island here on Java. We are hoping that it arrives on the 26th of June, according to the schedule, but this is Indonesia and so nothing is ever as it seems. Please pray that this container will reach its destination dengan selamat (with safety). Also pray as we say goodbye to everyone here in Bandung that we can show Christ's love to the people here. We also have excellent friends that we have met here that will be posted in other parts of Indonesia, this is always a sad time.
Jalen has already began to experience the life of a missionary as he said goodbye to some of his friends in kindergarden that most likely he will never see again. The life of a missionary is filled with goodbyes, and often times tough ones.
Well we are excited about finally getting to Papua, we are sad about leaving friends here, we are stressed about the little details of moving, and we are excited about what God continues to do in our lives. Talk to you again soon.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Wow...
Wow has time ever been flying here once again. My parents have come and gone and had a great time. We had an awesome time with them, showing them around Bandung and showing them some the western part of Java. I think that they had a great time, and we most certainly did. So thanks mom and dad for taking the time and money to come and visit it means a ton to us.
Since they have gone we have had to keep busy packing. For the last two days we have had our packers in our house packing up all of our belongings here to send to Papua by boat. So right now our things are in Jakarta being loaded on a boat for Papua. We continue to thank God for how everything works out and how he blesses us.
Janna has already completed language school and I have 2 weeks left. It is amazing that after about 2 years of working towards the goal of getting to Papua, we have almost reached it. Maybe I should not say we, but God, has almost reached it. We have learned how to rely on Him for things. It is amazing how vulnerable we are. I think no matter where we live we are vulnerable but we get into a comfort zone and we think that we have all this power over our own lives. Living outside that comfort zone we really feel that vulnerability and thank God for his work in our lives.
One more very important thing to mention, although it is difficult for me to because it means that I am old, is that our eldest son is graduating from Kindergarden on Thursday. I still can not believe this! WOW! I know for most of you this is sudah biasa (normal) because you have already experienced it but for me this is something. Anyway thanks for all your prayers during this incredibly busy time in our lives.
Tuhan Berkati (God Bless)
Since they have gone we have had to keep busy packing. For the last two days we have had our packers in our house packing up all of our belongings here to send to Papua by boat. So right now our things are in Jakarta being loaded on a boat for Papua. We continue to thank God for how everything works out and how he blesses us.
Janna has already completed language school and I have 2 weeks left. It is amazing that after about 2 years of working towards the goal of getting to Papua, we have almost reached it. Maybe I should not say we, but God, has almost reached it. We have learned how to rely on Him for things. It is amazing how vulnerable we are. I think no matter where we live we are vulnerable but we get into a comfort zone and we think that we have all this power over our own lives. Living outside that comfort zone we really feel that vulnerability and thank God for his work in our lives.
One more very important thing to mention, although it is difficult for me to because it means that I am old, is that our eldest son is graduating from Kindergarden on Thursday. I still can not believe this! WOW! I know for most of you this is sudah biasa (normal) because you have already experienced it but for me this is something. Anyway thanks for all your prayers during this incredibly busy time in our lives.
Tuhan Berkati (God Bless)
Friday, May 18, 2007
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.
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.
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