Leaving...on a Jet Plane

Well our visas have finally arrived - just in time for Jim's birthday today! We will depart for Port Moresby on Monday the 29th, taking a small layover in Australia to catch up on some sleep. We will arrive on Saturday in PNG. Thank you all for your prayers and support during these difficult days of waiting and living out of a suitcase. This past month has brought new meaning to the verse "they that wait upon the Lord...." Look for our next post via down under!
Marcia

Countdown Begins

We have just received word that our work permits and visas will be ready this week, so we anticipate flying out on Sunday or Monday of this week. This will mean that we will travel to Philadelphia on Saturday to say farewell to our children once again and then pack up the last suitcases. We will spend 30 hours in an airplane and a lot more hours in airports. Thank heaven for lunesta! It's a five lap journey to PNG with a two night layover in Melbourne to visit some friends and to pick up our white uniforms. Our friend Armida is leaving the following week for Kenya, so we are packing, cleaning, and weeping together! Please keep Marcia's sister-in-law Naomi in prayer - her mother has been quite ill during the holidays and her mom is anticipating some major life-style changes which will require relocation to a new state. Will post some more as soon as we arrive!