{"id":923,"date":"2024-03-28T19:16:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/?p=923"},"modified":"2024-03-28T19:16:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T23:16:36","slug":"calm-in-the-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/paul-wilson\/2024\/03\/28\/calm-in-the-chaos\/","title":{"rendered":"Calm in the Chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"We can hardly believe we have been back in Papua New Guinea for over 2 months.\u00a0 It was a rocky road but we are thankful to see God\u2019s faithfulness.\u00a0 We are also thankful for your prayers, support and encouragement.\u00a0 Here is a brief (brief you say?) summary of the last few months:<\/p>\n
December 2023 <\/i><\/b>\u2014 Our planned departure from Ethnos360 Aviation’s training center in Arizona (where we have lived for the last 18 months) had to be moved up a few days as we got the news that Paul\u2019s mom had fallen and broken her hip.\u00a0 Good-byes were cut short, co-workers jumped in to help with cleaning, and a few days later we were on the road to Kansas.<\/p>\n
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January 2024 <\/i><\/b>\u2014 Most of this month was spent helping Paul\u2019s parents adjust to life in the nursing home.\u00a0 His mother was doing daily PT as she recovered from her hip surgery.\u00a0 While in Kansas we enjoyed spending time at two of our supporting churches and appreciated their prayer-filled send off.\u00a0 We sure needed it as our travels back to PNG were not the smoothest.\u00a0 Phoebe was fighting a head cold, Josh hurt his foot at an indoor playground in LAX and Andrea was nursing a sore knee.\u00a0 Thankfully we had an extend layover in Hong Kong that allowed us some rest before the final 2 flights to PNG.\u00a0 Thankfully all our flights happened, wheelchairs were available and all our bags eventually made it to our PNG home.\u00a0 (The kids were secretly hoping that their homeschool material would be lost).<\/p>\n
February 2024 <\/i><\/b>\u2014 Our first 2 weeks in PNG were spent getting our house set up and being reunited with friends and co-workers.\u00a0 In the middle of this Josh\u2019s foot got better, Andrea\u2019s knee was (is) slowly getting stronger, but Paul had a run in while playing roller hockey (his favorite form of exercise) and broke a knuckle on his right<\/i><\/b> hand despite wearing gloves and pads.\u00a0 Since PNG is very short on doctors, it was looking like Paul was going to have to go to Australia to get it either set or have surgery.\u00a0 Thankfully our wonderful medical clinic was able to line it up for Paul to go to a Nazarene hospital (in PNG) for the setting & casting.\u00a0 (It worked out amazingly that he was flown there by a co-worker in one of our helicopters\u2026 which was a lot easier & safer than the 2+ hour car ride).\u00a0 After this, Paul returned to work where he has been learning to use his non-dominate hand for everything<\/i>. Andrea and the kids are back to homeschooling.<\/p>\n
March 2024 <\/i><\/b>\u2014 While we don\u2019t feel settled we are getting closer every day.\u00a0 The kids still miss their friends in the States but have been enjoying reconnecting with old friends… and making new ones.\u00a0 Phoebe\u2019s hip still limits her activity some days but we are thankful that she is moving around more and getting stronger.\u00a0 Work in the hangar has been keeping Paul busy.\u00a0 You may have heard that PNG is currently going through a fuel shortage.\u00a0 Jet fuel is used by our helicopters and Kodiak planes to deliver supplies, provide medical evacuations and get our missionaries in and out of isolated villages.\u00a0 And diesel fuel is not only used by most vehicles but is also used by our generators to supply power.\u00a0 With a limited amount of reserve, our mission has been planning for the “what ifs”.\u00a0 Recently we are starting to see some positive signs of improvement but please pray for a solid resolution to this situation and for the people of PNG who are affected by it.<\/p>\n
Praise<\/b> & <\/b>Prayer<\/b> Requests<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n\n- Praise: <\/b><\/span>We made it safely back to PNG and with all our luggage!!<\/li>\n
- Praise:<\/span> <\/b><\/b>Thank you for praying for all the \u201csee-you-laters.\u201d\u00a0 They were not easy.<\/li>\n
- Praise:<\/span> <\/b>For Paul\u2019s knuckle.\u00a0 We are thankful that he didn\u2019t have to go to Australia for surgery.\u00a0 It is still healing but he is out of the cast and doing PT.\u00a0 Please pray for healing and patience.<\/li>\n
- Prayer: <\/b><\/span><\/b>For Paul\u2019s mom as she continues to recover from her hip surgery and for their adjustment to life in the nursing home.<\/li>\n
- Prayer:<\/span> <\/b>For the fuel crisis in PNG.<\/li>\n
- Prayer:<\/span> <\/b>For us all as we continue to adjust to life in PNG and the lack of laborers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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