{"id":416,"date":"2010-04-20T09:23:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-20T13:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/?p=416"},"modified":"2010-04-20T09:23:33","modified_gmt":"2010-04-20T13:23:33","slug":"pack-and-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/2010\/04\/20\/pack-and-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Pack and Go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Packing for a missionary is more than just throwing some stuff in boxes and leaving it in a closet.\u00a0 Let us give you a glimpse of what our last month in the village looked like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, we began by sorting.\u00a0 We needed to figure out what we needed to pack away, what we could give away, and what was truly not worth keeping.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Next, we began packing.\u00a0 All of our belongings that we were leaving behind needed to fit into Stephen\u2019s office, which is about six feet square.\u00a0 As much as possible, we tried to pack everything into boxes that would not be invaded by insects or rodents.\u00a0 We then made a list of everything we had, and which box it was in (we discovered last Home Assignment that we didn\u2019t remember as much as we thought we would).<\/li>\n<li>We sorted all of the give-away things into categories, and began giving them away.\u00a0 There were many toys that we gave away to individual families, so this involved several days of visiting our Agutaynen\u00a0neighbors (which was a nice time).\u00a0 There were also many clothes, both that our children had outgrown, and that had been donated by Atlanta Free Church in Iowa.\u00a0 We set aside a day for that, posted signs, and spent the morning distributing about 800 bags of individual clothing items to all who came.<\/li>\n<li>Lastly, we packed our suitcases with everything we will be taking with us to the States.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-417\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-417\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2010\/04\/DSC09679-Copy-300x192.jpg\" alt=\"At the Palawan airport with Stephen's parents and some of our luggage.\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2010\/04\/DSC09679-Copy-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2010\/04\/DSC09679-Copy-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/stephen-jordan\/files\/2010\/04\/DSC09679-Copy.JPG 1705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-417\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">At the Palawan airport with Stephen&#39;s parents and some of our luggage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Now, all of this took us about three weeks to accomplish.\u00a0 But we thought you might be interested in some of the other things that were going on in our lives at the same time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jonathan has been potty training.\u00a0 People have always told us it would be easier if we started later.\u00a0 We have found this to be true, and Jonathan has been doing a great job.\u00a0 However, accidents still happen, which aren\u2019t always convenient when everything is packed.<\/li>\n<li>Our oven broke.\u00a0 Ginger learned how to cook creatively on the stovetop.<\/li>\n<li>Our refrigerator stopped working.\u00a0 Thankfully the freezer part was still mostly working, so we were able to keep our meat and cheese from spoiling.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>God is so good, and we are thankful for the many ways He provided for us.\u00a0 Yes, our last month in the village was busy and tiring, but each item that we packed was another reminder of God\u2019s provision and care for us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Packing for a missionary is more than just throwing some stuff in boxes and leaving it in a closet.\u00a0 Let us give you a glimpse of what 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