What a surreal feeling. Especially when I look at a globe and really think about just HOW FAR away Papua New Guinea really is...
But anyway, it's here! Tomorrow we will fly out of Chicago around 3 pm. We will have a layover in LA, and then onto Fiji (flying 10.5 hours through the night). In Fiji, we will only have a 2 hour layover, and it is a tight connection because we have to reclaim our baggage and then recheck it...pray that we make that connection! From Fiji, we fly another 8.5 hours to Port Moresby, the PNG capital. And from there, we fly to Madang, which will be our home for 4 months! That's a lot of info, huh? Thank you for praying! And for those of you on Instagram, feel free to follow me! I hope to blog in PNG, but I will Instagram far more, because it is just quicker! You can look me up: rachebethm.
But right now, we are in Chicago. We decided to come to Chicago two days early with my parents and Nathan's parents. We are SO GLAD we did. It has been the best weekend! I don't know why we never really hang out with both sets of parents--it has been so fun. When we were back in Indiana, everything was so crazy with packing and all these last minute details...and now we have had a couple of days to relax and regroup with our parents. We are thankful.
On the way to Chicago--we are REALLY doing this!!!
Pretty much the best hotel swimming every--four kids, four grandparents. So fun! They are in heaven :)
We went to a fun restaurant/arcade last night...
The dads helped Nathan prepare our luggage even more. We have been a bit nervous that these tubs might crack during all of the flights, getting thrown by airport workers, sub-zero temperatures which makes them brittle, etc...so Nathan went and bought shrink wrap to wrap them. Hopefully it works!
Good times :)
Nathan's parents are still here. They will take us to the airport tomorrow and we will say goodbye then :( So hard. Good, but hard. Both of our parents are so wonderful, which is such a blessing. It just makes it harder to be away from them!
Me and my mama ;)
After we said goodbye to my parents, Dave and Terri took us to LegoLand, which was so much fun for the kids. Thanks, dad and mom!
Silly kids!
So. Tomorrow we are leaving! Can you tell I still can't believe it? Haha...soon it will become reality, and it will become a new normal. And for that, I am so thankful! I have to keep reminding myself of this...
Praise God. He is worthy!
7 comments:
He is worthy but I know it still hurts. Prayers for all and that your kiddos fall into deep, uninterrupted sleep on the plane!
Much Love and Prayers,
Jon and Amy
love & tears. praying for your travels!
Just added you on Instagram. I am praying. Much love and grace to your family
It was a really good weekend in Chicago, except for maybe the last 30 minutes or so. But even that was good if we keep the right perspectives in mind. You are doing something we are all commissioned to do - spread the Gospel, and, like you mentioned, we need the keep our eternal perspective in mind. Praying for safe travel and that all of your luggage gets there in one piece.
Grandpa Jim
Your family is on our hearts and in our prayers! So thankful to be able to keep up with you through your blog and Instagram! Continued prayers for you all!
Oh Rache, this post is so hard and so good! Love you so much!!
So thankful you made it to PNG!
Miss you guys already!
Sarah
Thinking about you guys all the time!!
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