Updates

Seeing as I have missed blogging the last few updates which we had posted on Facebook, I am adding them here in one go:

March 1 2016:
Prayers for quick healing please! Nikolas jumped off a swing today at the park, landed on some uneven ground which caused him to fall on his elbow and fracturing the bone just above it. A visit to the doc and then to emergency results in him having to wear a sling for the next 2+ weeks.

March 29 2016:
Update on Nikolas - after having to wear the sling full time for the last 4 weeks, Nikolas is now allowed to start taking the sling off for quiet indoor activities. Also allowed to start using his arm for light carrying. In 2 weeks we have another appointment and xray to check how the healing is going.


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Like an expectant mother approaching her due date, we frequently hear the questions, "What are you still doing here?", and "Still walking around?".

Like an expectant mother, wanting only to meet her child, we feel the ever so slow passage of time.

So, why are we still here?

Humanly speaking, it is because we do not yet have our passports back, with visas printed in them. So, we wait, while our passports are over in PNG, and pray they'll be sent back to us soon. There is little more we can do.

We also know that our plans will only prosper if they match up with God's plans, and that He will bring us there when it is His good time. In between, we keep our eyes open to any purpose for which He may be keeping us here.

And we learn to wait on the Lord.
Because He is good.


March 31 2016:

Minor News Update:

A few weeks back, we had to send our passports over to Moresby, so that they could print our visa stickers, and send them back to us.

After two and a half weeks, and a couple niggling doubts about whether our passports would be lost in the mail, we heard today that City Mission has received our passports. From here, they need to be processed (I assume) and sent back to us.

The finish line is in sight.

Except that the finish line is only the start line for the next leg of the race.

April 7 2016:
Thanks for your prayers! Nikolas is allowed to get rid of the sling for good!

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The news we have for this week, is that there is not really any news to tell.

We heard from Bob, the General Manager over in Lae, that "our" house is nearing completion, and will be ready for us when we arrive.

But we still wait for visas. Without boring anyone with the minutia, it is safe to say that, by the time we leave, our passports will be far better traveled than we will be, having gone to and from Brisbane, to Moresby and back, and then finally (maybe, hopefully, prayerfully) to Canberra and back again.

Still, we wait.
Still, we need to daily remind ourselves that the Lord's timing is always impeccable.