{"id":501,"date":"2010-09-18T23:41:46","date_gmt":"2010-09-19T03:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/?p=501"},"modified":"2010-09-18T23:41:46","modified_gmt":"2010-09-19T03:41:46","slug":"sorting-schooling-storing-selling-sighing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/2010\/09\/18\/sorting-schooling-storing-selling-sighing\/","title":{"rendered":"Sorting, Schooling, Storing, Selling, Sighing"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"DSC05252\"<\/a>These are just some of the activities that we have been up to this past month.\u00a0After we got our crates shipped off we started to sort through the rest of our belongings.\u00a0We had to figure\u00a0out what was going to be carried with us in our luggage and what was going to need stored here at home.\u00a0 We are nearly finished with this process and what remains is going to be sold in one final garage sale.<\/p>\n

We have made good use of Craig\u2019s-List on the internet and have managed to sell all our major items quickly.\u00a0 One of these items was our sectional couch.\u00a0 Although we were happy to get it sold for the price we were asking, we’ve been using camping chairs in its place ever since.\u00a0 We have our TV on a pair of saw-horses from the garage, and we simply haven’t found a replacement for our recliner.\u00a0 Our house is feeling less and less comfortable\u00a0but serves to remind us that we, truly, aren’t\u00a0HOME yet.<\/p>\n

\"DSC05079\"<\/a>In the midst of all of this Missy has begun homeschooling our children.\u00a0 It has been really wonderful to watch them function together as a little team and see it actually happening.\u00a0 So much time was spent in preparation.\u00a0 Countless hours of research was done by Missy to get us to this place.\u00a0 I know that our kids don’t realize just yet how much of an adventure this is going to be.\u00a0 I am very proud of my wife.\u00a0 She has done an outstanding job with something that seemed so\u00a0overwhelming when we first started thinking about it.<\/p>\n

We have also begun to say some of our goodbyes.\u00a0 Just this week we came home from our last trip out to Grandma and Grandpa’s house in Pennsylvania.\u00a0 It was a tearful farewell to say the least.\u00a0 We will enjoy a final visit with Benjamin’s brother and his family this weekend and then say goodbye to them.\u00a0 There are many more goodbyes to come in the next few weeks.\u00a0 Please be praying that we would not be so distracted with what lies ahead that we would miss out on the last few opportunities to enjoy what we still have right here in front of us.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Between the 4th and the 24th
\nAfter we leave on the 4th of October we are going to be spending some time in Ireland with Benjamin’s relatives.\u00a0 We haven’t had time with Benjamin’s side of the family since 2005.\u00a0 His Grandmothers and Aunts and Uncles have yet to meet Tiernan and Silas, our two youngest children.\u00a0 We will also be spending a few days in Australia getting over jet lag before we actually make the final flight to PNG.\u00a0 October 24th is the day of our official arrival in Papua New Guinea; then it all begins!<\/p>\n

In our next update we want to talk to you about what we are going to be doing in the first couple days, weeks and months of our time in Papua New Guinea.\u00a0 We will also include information about how to best stay in contact with us while we are overseas.\u00a0 As always, we want to express how thankful we are for each of you.\u00a0 God continues to pave the way for us, and He is using you all so clearly in our lives.\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are counting the days until our departure for Papua New Guinea. Our flight departs from Detroit on October 4th leaving us just over two weeks to make our final preparations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":70,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1054],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-the-very-latest-news","7":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/70"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/benjamin-hatton\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}