It’s been a crazy week getting ready to depart, culminating in the final packing blitz Thursday (yesterday) which didn’t end until about 1:30am Friday morning. I got about 2.5 hours sleep before getting up to shower and arrange the final transportation details for us to the airport. We successfully checked in and checked our luggage… Continue reading A Good Start…Sort Of!
Category: Change
We’re Leaving!
Our Covid tests came back negative for all of us this morning. We’ll be leaving for Indonesia this coming Friday morning at 9:00 am, Arizona time. Thank you for your prayers – past, present, and future! All along we’ve had a peace about this final step, trusting that whatever the results were, God was in… Continue reading We’re Leaving!
Leavin’ On a Jet Plane…
At least that’s what we’re praying for – that this time next week we’ll be preparing to board a plane in San Francisco that will take us briefly to Tokyo before the final leg on to Jakarta. We had the option to ship all of our worldly goods (or at least most of ’em) to… Continue reading Leavin’ On a Jet Plane…
Life in the Fast Lane
Actually we were in the slow lane. Headed back on the freeway from our small storage unit with a few boxes we need to go through before we leave. Last minute parsings of paperwork and miscellaneous documents for anything that could conceivably be of help down the road on the other side of the world.… Continue reading Life in the Fast Lane
Romans 8:22 For a Dude
I make this disclosure up front – I am not a woman. I’m a man. I don’t take this lightly or for granted and I sincerely doubt I could fake otherwise even were I so inclined, which I am not. So allusions and metaphors and similes that involve strictly female things such as childbirth are… Continue reading Romans 8:22 For a Dude
IDP!
Did you know you can get a permit recognized by many countries around the world allowing you to drive in their country? I didn’t either until a few months ago. This permit is issued by only two entities in the United States, one of which is AAA, which is where I went today. Twenty minutes… Continue reading IDP!
Tickets Booked!!!!
After over a week of wrangling with our bank’s travel portal, today I obtained the number for their travel service department, and a very capable woman spent over an hour with me on the phone locking in our tickets to depart (and return) from Indonesia. We’re so excited! Our plan is to depart Friday, February… Continue reading Tickets Booked!!!!
A Lot to Learn
As we prepare to exit 2021 and enter 2022, I reflect on how much I have to learn. I have to learn how to deal with the bank and get our tickets ordered I have to learn a new language I have to learn how to adjust to a new culture I need to learn… Continue reading A Lot to Learn
Watching & Waiting
The bank still hasn’t cleaned up our credit card purchase of our airline tickets. So, to date, still no tickets, and still four separate, identical charges for one set of tickets! Hopefully this gets sorted out soon! In the meantime we continue to watch and wait. Mostly I’m scanning the news for Indonesia trying to… Continue reading Watching & Waiting
Who Gets the Last Laugh?
So I’m sitting here waiting for our bank and the airline we’re hoping to fly on to Jakarta to sort out the purchase I tried to make. Granted, five international tickets is much larger than our typical credit card transaction, but I have to admit it was more than a bit anticlimactic after multiple error… Continue reading Who Gets the Last Laugh?
The Nelson Family Indonesia 