{"id":351,"date":"2023-07-24T19:36:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T00:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/?p=351"},"modified":"2023-07-24T20:11:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T01:11:32","slug":"day-1-catching-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/2023\/07\/24\/day-1-catching-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 1: Catching Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

This post was originally published on July 20, 2021 at https:\/\/thekresges.com\/2021\/07\/20\/day-1-catching-up\/<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

At the top of every newsletter we send out, there\u2019s a little subline that says:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

\u201cRead more at\u00a0http:\/\/www.thekresges.com&#8221<\/a>;<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With shame, I admit that for over a year there hasn\u2019t been any \u201cmore\u201d to read here. The problem wasn\u2019t that life got boring. It just kept happening and kept happening and kept happening, and eventually there was so much to write about that I gave up in despair. In an effort to remedy this problem, I\u2019m launching \u201c7 Days of Blogging.\u201d Barring any unpredictable hindrances, you\u2019ll find a new post here every day for the next week. I\u2019ll try to keep each one down to a digestible tidbit and give some variety to the topics. Who knows where we could go from there!?<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

But first things first. We have some catching up to do. Our last news (April 2020) was no news at all. We were stuck stateside and just trying to fit in and help where needed at Ethnos360 Aviation home office. It was a strange state of uneasy relaxation as we waited for visa news and waffled continually between settling in and packing up.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Enjoying the backyard trampoline in Arizona; the boys have been happy and content wherever we are.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In June last year, we found out we were expecting another baby. (It\u2019s times like these when it\u2019s especially evident that God is directing our path.) We wondered what country we would be in when it was time to give birth and tried to plan out the murky future.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

In September we heard that new visas would not be issued until at least February 2021. We allowed ourselves to settle down, found a great midwife, and even moved next door to a better house on the Arizona aviation center.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Three weeks later we heard that we could get a visa and leave in early November. It\u2019s what we wanted all along, but we battled disappointment as our plans were upset once again. It was time for simple obedience: Go.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

When visas are involved, things never happen early or on time. Needless to say, we didn\u2019t leave in November. Finally, in mid-December we said goodbye to all our dear friends in Arizona and began the journey to our new home in Asia-Pacific. I was 32 weeks pregnant\u2013a couple more days and I wouldn\u2019t be allowed to fly the local airlines.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Upon arrival, we spent over a month working full-time on our house before we could move in.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The mess of moving<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Building a wall<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Drilling a well<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Painting walls<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Eventually we remembered that we should probably find a doctor to deliver this baby (poor, neglected fourth boy!), and through a series of mistakes and frustrations, God led us to just the right one. Two weeks after choosing a hospital, we welcomed baby Matthias (he\u2019s wonderful, by the way).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Waiting for an appointment<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Proud big brother<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Where\u2019s the airplane in all of this? Perhaps in the midst of these other details you\u2019ve lost sight of why we came to Asia-Pacific. We are here to help advance the Gospel through flight service. There are missionaries in remote villages who depend on supply drops and transportation provided by our aircraft. There are national students who rely on the Kodiak to transport them to and from our local Bible School\/Missionary Training Center. Occasionally there are medical emergencies that the aircraft can help mitigate. There are indigenous churches in hard-to-reach locations that are strengthened and encouraged by visits from missionaries and consultants. All of this we came to be a part of in the role of pilot and mechanic\u2026and whatever else is needed.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Jared began flying right-seat one week after Matthias was born. Due to current travel restrictions, we\u2019re still waiting on our chief pilot in Arizona to come over and do Jared\u2019s training and check-outs on the interior airstrips. In the meantime, however, he has gained some great experience from the right seat, helped out at the hangar, passed his medical examination, and passed the two tests required to validate his American pilot\u2019s licenses. Praise God with us!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Headed out the door for his first flight in the right seat<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Brain scan during flight medical exam<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Testing<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

With a whole lot left unsaid between the lines, this basically brings us up to date. I promise the next six days won\u2019t just be a diary of chronological events. I\u2019m looking forward to sharing a couple of stories in greater detail, introducing you to our neighborhood\u2026perhaps even sharing a local recipe or two. It\u2019s our privilege to give you a glimpse into the work God has put before us at this time.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post was originally published on July 20, 2021 at https:\/\/thekresges.com\/2021\/07\/20\/day-1-catching-up\/. At the top of every newsletter we send out, there\u2019s a little subline that says: \u201cRead more at\u00a0http:\/\/www.thekresges.com&#8221; With shame, I admit that for over a year there hasn\u2019t been any \u201cmore\u201d to read here. The problem wasn\u2019t that life got boring. It just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1082,"featured_media":360,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-351","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1082"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/jared-kresge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}