We arrived here in Jakarta this morning at 8:30 am local time Friday. That would be 8:30 pm back home on Thursday evening. All of our flights went fine, no problems just a few small delays but the connections were all great! We didn’t sleep much on the flights, maybe an hour for each of us in 22 hours and then once we got to Singapore we had a transit hotel room for 4 hours and got to sleep for about an hour and a half. Owen did great – slept and slept and slept but Jack on the other hand decided to fight sleep tooth and nail on the long flight. He did finally succumb after a dose of Benadryll; thank you God for those brilliant doctors out there who invent that stuff!
We were only missing 2 pieces of luggage when we got to Indo and that was actually a blessing because they were on the next flight and the airline will actually ship them on to Papua for free!! That saved us a chunk of money and since we don’t need those particular totes till then anyway, it was no skin off our backs! thanks for praying us through the trip – we certainly had moments where we were aware that you were praying.
This afternoon, we slept with the boys for 2 hours and had to peel ourselves out of the bed so as not to sleep too long in the day time. No one wanted to get up but we all knew we’d sleep better tonight if we did. Well, maybe Jack didn’t understand that but the first mention of Thomas the Train videos enticed him enough to leave the bed. We are now trying to keep the boys up one more hour and ourselves till 8. If we can do that we’ll not wake at 3 am!
The plan is that on Sunday at 8 am, we fly on to our next destination, where we will be for about a week, registering our visas. That city is actually a bit of a vacation destination here in Indo so we’ll be able to relax a bit before heading on to Papua. We don’t yet know what awaits us there except that we’ll move in to our house, have an orientation, and begin our final months of language study. We may also be doing some guest house hosting but we’re not sure yet when that will actually begin.
We’ll keep you all posted, so stay tuned to our blog for further updates.
Bethany
7 comments:
Yea for good flights! I'm so glad you are safely there. Enjoy some time in the vacation destination :). I love you!
Hey, great to hear you made it back over there!
I've made my decision about the future (sort of) and am definitely done here at the MTC. Will continue living here thru Dec, using the time to travel, etc. Pray with me that God would do the "impossible" and raise my support in the next few months, as I feel that is what's needed for me to be able to go overseas.
One step closer to coming,
~Dana :0}
Praise God that you made it there safely - we are praying for you!!
love - christine
What an awsome God we have. So glad you are where God wants you to be. I'm here where He wants me to be and am doing good.
I love you all,
Mom in Mo/Noni
So glad to hear from you!! We are so glad that you made it and all is well with you, Joel and the Children. We love you and will continue to pray God works as you continue to settle in.
I am excited to see and read that you have arrived safely. God is good!! I have been praying for you and your family and am very thankful that everthing went well.
hillengrandma
Thought you ought to know that this same blog is on 3 times on your blog site.
Mom in MO
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