Thursday, December 18, 2008
We're off!
Flights were rearranged and the trip is a good bit longer now, but we should be to the hospital around noon on Monday (or midnight-ish CST). Please keep us in your prayers. We'll be excited to arrive and report in.
Monday, December 08, 2008
The Best Laid Plans
Just when everything seemed to have come together without a hitch...
The unrest in Thailand which led to the airport closure has subsequently led to Thai Airways canceling a whole bunch of flights. Including ours into Chittagong. What exactly that means we're trying to figure out. But most likely it will mean flying first to Dhaka and then to Chittagong and probably on a different airline all together (though Thai Air kept some flights into Dhaka). And probably a significant increase in the amount of time we spend en route to the hospital.
We're trusting God has His divine purposes in all this and also asking that you would keep us and our travel plans in your prayers.
The unrest in Thailand which led to the airport closure has subsequently led to Thai Airways canceling a whole bunch of flights. Including ours into Chittagong. What exactly that means we're trying to figure out. But most likely it will mean flying first to Dhaka and then to Chittagong and probably on a different airline all together (though Thai Air kept some flights into Dhaka). And probably a significant increase in the amount of time we spend en route to the hospital.
We're trusting God has His divine purposes in all this and also asking that you would keep us and our travel plans in your prayers.
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Two Weeks and Counting
We're official. Esther received her passport at 12 days of age (and took her first road trip to Seattle and back for the occasion). Then all the passports went FedEx to D.C. to acquire visas from the Bangladesh Embassy. Mission accomplished.
Our tickets are purchased. We're leaving on December 19th from Portland. Portland to Tokyo. Tokyo to Bangkok. Bangkok to Chittagong. Over 20 hours in the friendly skies, so now we just have to make sure we have plenty for the kids to do.
We've been talking a lot with Nathan these days about moving to Bangladesh. Today the subject of cars came up.
Nathan asked, "Will we have a car in Bangladesh?"
"No Buddy. We'll just borrow one."
"Oh."
"But we will probably have a motorcycle."
"OOHH! TWO motorcycles?!?"
"No Fella, just one motorcycle."
"I want to have a motorcycle."
"Right, but you don't know how to ride a motorcycle. They just have two wheels."
"Well my motorcycle can have training wheels on the front wheel and training wheels on the back wheel and then I can ride a motorcycle."
All I could do was smile. There are sure to be lots of new challenges moving to a new country, but one of the many things we can count on is having a lot of laughs as we discover them. Thank you for your prayers in this busy time.
Two weeks and counting.
Our tickets are purchased. We're leaving on December 19th from Portland. Portland to Tokyo. Tokyo to Bangkok. Bangkok to Chittagong. Over 20 hours in the friendly skies, so now we just have to make sure we have plenty for the kids to do.
We've been talking a lot with Nathan these days about moving to Bangladesh. Today the subject of cars came up.
Nathan asked, "Will we have a car in Bangladesh?"
"No Buddy. We'll just borrow one."
"Oh."
"But we will probably have a motorcycle."
"OOHH! TWO motorcycles?!?"
"No Fella, just one motorcycle."
"I want to have a motorcycle."
"Right, but you don't know how to ride a motorcycle. They just have two wheels."
"Well my motorcycle can have training wheels on the front wheel and training wheels on the back wheel and then I can ride a motorcycle."
All I could do was smile. There are sure to be lots of new challenges moving to a new country, but one of the many things we can count on is having a lot of laughs as we discover them. Thank you for your prayers in this busy time.
Two weeks and counting.
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