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Crazy Days<\/h1>\n

So much for our plans\u2026 We ended up bringing the whole family back! Kiera had been seeing the doctor in PNG about her wrist, and after many appointments over the last 6 months, he recommended an orthopedist. So, kinda last minute, we booked tickets for Stacy and the girls to join Kobe and I!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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It\u2019s been HECTIC! By the numbers:<\/p>\n

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  • Hurried packing and preparation for 5 travelers<\/li>\n
  • Tickets bumped 3 times<\/li>\n
  • 3 covid tests to leave the country, eventually down to 1<\/li>\n
  • 125 hours of total travel time (with 72 hours in the capital city)<\/li>\n
  • 32 hours of actual flight time<\/li>\n
  • Testing negative with 10 minutes to spare<\/li>\n
  • In Singapore, led in 1 single-file line like in kindergarten<\/li>\n
  • Our last 45-minute flight took a 5-hour detour<\/li>\n
  • Arriving finally at 3am<\/li>\n
  • Vaccine shot number 1<\/li>\n
  • 14 1\/2 hour day getting Kiera to the doctor and MRI<\/li>\n
  • Trip to Ohio to get our donated car – a 2004 Honda Pilot<\/li>\n
  • Church visit #1 – Patterson Park Church in Beavercreek, Ohio<\/li>\n
  • Family vaca for 6 days up north in Michigan<\/li>\n
  • Church visit #2 – Trinity Fellowship in Big Rapids, Michigan<\/li>\n
  • 2-day trip out to Maine – surprising Stacy\u2019s family!<\/li>\n
  • Vaccine shot number 2<\/li>\n
  • Church visit #3 – Eliot Baptist Church in Eliot, Maine<\/li>\n
  • 3 trips to the campground with grandparents<\/li>\n
  • Supply buying for another 2 years in PNG<\/li>\n
  • Buying 3 tickets back to PNG for Stacy and the girls (Aaron to stay for another 45 days to get Kobe settled at Bible School)<\/li>\n
  • Visiting with family in Maine for 15 days<\/li>\n
  • 3 more covid tests<\/li>\n
  • Last-minute packing and weighing 6 checked bags<\/li>\n
  • Hassled at the airport – no transit through Singapore? Answered prayer to get on the first 12 1\/2 hour flight<\/li>\n
  • Church visit #4 – First Baptist Church in North Berwick, Maine<\/li>\n
  • Keeping up with the Business Office in PNG – 1,044 emails read or responded to, with 39 to go (with lots of help from my team in PNG!)<\/li>\n
  • Buying 1 ticket for Aaron to return to PNG late August<\/li>\n
  • 1 great visit in Kittery Point, Maine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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And more to come\u2026<\/h1>\n