Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God which passes all understanding shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Philippians 4:6-7
Isn’t it terrific that our God is ONE who cares about the details? Just wanted to touch base and thank you so much for your prayers for our travel! It’s funny, as I look back over the different places, airports, gateways, jetways that we’ve been on in the last couple of days, it’s somewhat a blur. But I do know the Lord has been SO gracious! Here are some very specific answers to prayer:
- We worried- are our bags too heavy? Are they too many? The Lord took care of every detail- each bag was just barely under the weight limit, no overweight charges, and they didn’t even bat an eye at the number we checked in for international travel! Not only that, but every piece of luggage made it all the way to Australia, and aside from a few new rips and broken clasps, all our carefully packed junk,-oops, I mean important material possessions, made it safely!
- Would the kids do alright? Again- a much appreciated answer to prayer! Alayna slept for MOST of the big flight from LA to New Zealand, and fared very well over the whole trip. The boys even slept well and were a huge help in getting bags from plane to plane!
- The Lord even blessed us with running into friends at the LA airport who were also traveling back to PNG! Small world!
We are currently in Australia getting over jetlag, finishing up some supply buying, and enjoying time with the family. We will fly to PNG on Wednesday morning and spend a couple of days at the support center before flying into Dinangat on Friday morning. Thank you so much for standing with us! We are very excited about getting back to the work, being reunited with our wonderful coworkers and the precious Dinangat church. We will be in touch again soon once we are ‘in’! Again, thank you for praying, thank you for your sacrificial support that allows us to serve over here, and thank you for being a part of such a special year of home assignment!