So, we’re back in Papua and assigned to Wamena and have been busy:
1. bein’ sick (3 out of 5 of us)
2. unpacking/sorting (combining my single guy stuff w/ household of Beth and girls..their stuff is nicer!)
3. stretching dormant Indonesian language muscles
4. learning again how to live in the Third World (“groceries”, preptime, cleanliness)
5. driving again on the lefthand side.. w/in INCHES of oncoming traffic!!
6. night happens promptly at 6pm, day happens promptly at 550am
7. warmup flights, airwork practice and 2 days of checkrides (for Kevin)
8. homeschool has started for Natalie and Victoria, HIS here in Wamena for Jasmine
9. cleaning all clothes, linens, furniture, kitchenwares stored for over a year in tropical climes
10.getting car running (still, not), bike tires pumped up (2 out of 5 so far), motorcycle (running)…and getting Judah and Tirzah’s tickets ordered for Christmas visit!!

So, we’re getting back in our stride. Beth’s busily making our house on the MAF base into a home and it’s gorgeous and comfortable. The link above is our houses’ lat/long on google.com/maps if you want to see where we’ve gone to. It’s nice and we’ve really enjoyed the welcome from our MAF team here in Wamena as well as the larger Wamena community (Swiss, Dani, Yali, our street food lady, Dutch friends, MAF employees, etc). Enjoying the multicultural fellowship and being blended back into God’s Grand Design to serve Wamena and Papua through our giftings. All for now, we’ll post again soon (I see I never did finish the story of Beth and I, lol)

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