{"id":469,"date":"2012-09-21T14:57:11","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T04:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/?p=469"},"modified":"2012-09-21T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T04:59:59","slug":"home-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/aaron-luse\/2012\/09\/21\/home-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A baby.\u00a0 A missionary.\u00a0 Five weeks in NICU and now safe at home.\u00a0 Fifteen hours lost at sea and now safe at home.\u00a0 Here\u2019s how it happened:<\/p>\n

Briella has been home for over a week and is doing great.\u00a0 We are a family again!\u00a0 She was relesed from the NICU in the hospital at 5 weeks old 3 lbs. 12 oz.\u00a0 Since then she has added about another half pound and is starting to add some roundness to her petite figure.\u00a0 She is still pretty small though.\u00a0 In fact after loosing her twice in the play pen we decided to find another bedding option.\u00a0 We were able to negotiate with the baby dolls and acquire the cradle which had been made as a toy by Briella\u2019s great, great grandfather.<\/p>\n

Though she has not reached her due date yet, she seems to be getting life here on earth figured out.\u00a0 She is eating well and has her mother on call every couple of hours.\u00a0 Though normally a pretty content and happy baby if she start to cry and fuss it seems at least one of her older sisters are ready to hold her, give her a pacifier, or sing her a song. \u00a0Thank you so much for your prayers for her.\u00a0 You can see more little pics on our website.<\/p>\n

Another amazing story happened yesterday near the village where we live in PNG.\u00a0 Our coworker Madonna is in the village working on translation at the moment along with the Webb family who are visiting and could potentially be a much bigger part of the Patpatar work.\u00a0 As many of you know, we often take a dingy boat from our island across 30+ miles of ocean, which can get rough, to another island to get our supplies.\u00a0 Yesterday, another missionary Chad Earl, along with 4 men, 3 woman and a baby from the village were heading back across the channel when a storm came up and swamped the boat sinking it in the sea leaving the passengers in the waves.\u00a0 Rough seas and encroaching darkness limited rescue attempts and they were left to drift in the dark, open water through the night.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Webbs, Madonna, and others in NTM on shore and on the mainland did all they could to arrange more rescue efforts for targeted areas in the morning.\u00a0 At day break and after a few hours of searching all were able to be rescued and brought safely to shore.\u00a0 The boat driver, a friend of ours in the village, is in the small town hospital being treated.\u00a0 Chad, having possible shock, is back on the mainland being cared for.\u00a0 We are still waiting details for the others, but all are alive.\u00a0 The incredible story called, He shouldn\u2019t be Alive, along with pictures is told by another missionary in more detail at http:\/\/tribalwife.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/he-shouldnt-be-alive.html<\/a><\/p>\n

Though not traveling by boat right now across dangerous seas, our family has done a bit of traveling.\u00a0 Two weeks ago we were at the missionary emphasis weekend in Oakland, Nebraska and had a chance to reacquaint ourselves with several people.\u00a0 This last weekend we were blessed to be a part of the mission\u2019s conference in Lemars, Iowa.\u00a0 This weekend we will be in Kansas City an at the end of the month, I will be leaving for Africa to help lead a workshop that will be attending by missionaries from at least 3 other countries.\u00a0 We thank God He has allowed us to always end up safely home\u2026our temporary home that is.<\/p>\n

Aaron<\/p>\n

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Briella in the doll cradle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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