Keep Calm…..the Work is going to Carry On.

 

 

Last weekend we helped to welcome both the Robert family and the Straub family.  They arrived to Sentani, Papua together.  Gary Roberts will be the chief pilot here at Adventist Aviation.  Kerry will be a pilot for the AMA organization. What do they have in common and why did they arrive together?  Both are Adventist families.  Increasing our expatriate  Adventist community to FOUR families!!!!  Whoo hooo!!!!

The Straubs have a 2 y.o. boy and a 10 month old girl.  Both were pinched on and loved on at the potluck that took place in the hanger.  The Roberts have an 8 year old daughter.  The campus children are having a wonderful time all playing together with her each afternoon.

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We are looking forward to getting to know both of these families better.  Gary’s wife, Wendy, and Kerry’s wife, Kari, and I went to the market together a week ago Sunday.  Wendy has spent all of her married life living overseas and so this market was no surprise to her.  Kari, however, was bombarded with all the different strange ( and some unidentifiable)food items for sale, the colors, the language, the money, the grocery carts (I mean wheel barrows), the lack of cleanliness, etc.  She took it all in stride and did a great job, shopping and choosing the veggies and fruits that she wanted.  I was so taken back to when we first arrived.  I remember wondering why Jan walked so fast when we first went to the market together.  It was my indebtedness to Jan and her teaching me how to navigate the market that motivated me to “teach” these ladies also.  I still feel so new here, but on Sunday I felt quite grown up.

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Please pray for Gary that he will have an extra portion of wisdom as he gets this flight program back into full swing.  Also pray for his brother, Eric, who will be checking him off on all the airstrips and also getting Kerry checked off.  After such tragedy in April, we are all anxious to have things moving forward again.  It is a beautiful thing to watch these Robert brothers work.  Determined.  Called.  Committed.  Bob would be so proud.   The work is going to carry on.

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