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.
5 comments:
crazy, crazy, crazy, you must be so overwhelmed at this point. We will be praying that the flights go well, the kids sleep LOTS, and that you get settled in relatively quickly! God is good and He will take care and provide for you. blessings
Jessica for all
Wow, I can not believe it is so soon. I feel like I am having to say goodbye and who knows when I will see you again. I am also incredibly excited to see God use you guys, we are praying for you and will be especially mindful to pray on the 19th.
Love you!!!!
LeeAnn
Your family is amazing!! I would love to send you a Christmas card this year! Do you have an address in Bangledesh that I can mail you one?
20 hours of air traveling with your youngsters! I'll be praying for you.
Love,
Janine
Wow- this is happening quickly! We will be praying, especially on the 19th to 20th as you travel. I got the picture you sent-I was rolling in laughter. Great fun! Hopefully your plane to Tokyo will have the TV monitors where you can choose what you watch. Saul liked watching cartoons on the plane. :) Lots of love,
Jessica, Brad, and Saul
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