Short Update: It took all day, but we have confirmed reservations to leave San Francisco Tuesday about 12:30pm to change planes in Tokyo and then arrive in Jakarta, Indonesia about midnight Wednesday. Longer, Mostly Unnecessary Excurses and Anecdotal Observations: First off, it’s interesting some of the unexpected freedoms that come with cutting loose your ties… Continue reading Moving Forward
Category: Travel
A Good Start…Sort Of!
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!
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…
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!
Book Review – The Lost Temple of Java
The Lost Temple of Java by Phil Grabsky For a while, I was trying to make my way through a series of books on sociology and anthropology and missiology. All good stuff to be sure, but the cumulative nature of these books was a bit overwhelming and pretty detached from the logistical challenges of planning… Continue reading Book Review – The Lost Temple of Java
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!!!!
Frustrating
The messed up credit card charges from earlier have finally cleared up. Despite the bank portal giving me error messages as though the purchases hadn’t gone through, they actually *all* went through. Fortunately within 36 hours, as per the bank’s representative’s suggestion, all of the transactions were cancelled. So I figured it was safe to… Continue reading Frustrating
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
The Nelson Family Indonesia 