conference 08

Hello, we are currently in Hong Kong waiting to board our flight to L.A. I don't have much time but here is some video from the night meetings at the MAF family conference. See (most of you) soon.

Let me explain... no there is too much. Let me sum up.

Well…. We are back to civilization. I will try to post a few videos over the next few days as we travel home. The trip was amazing. We are all tired but doing well. A few of us caught a bit of a cold but nothing too extreme. Thanks for all of your prayers we really did feel them.

Here is a quick video from our time spent interior. We flew into a village called Ok Bop where we spent three days. The second day we walked about an hour to Maksum… here is some video of what went down...

BEACH DAY!!!!

Hello everyone,

So tomorrow (friday for us, thursday for you) we head to Maksum, a village in the interior of Papua, in the mean time we were able to visit a local beach. The weather was perfect (it has actually been pretty pleasant here... it is usually unbearably humid.) The water was clear and warm. Just down the beach there was a fresh water lake that was flowing into the ocean. All in all a very nice place to spend the afternoon.

This evening we ate dinner with a few of the MAF families here in Sentani. A good chance for the team to connect with people before conference and taste some indonesian cuisine. Thanks for all your prayers. We really are having a smooth trip so far. Please continue to pray that God will keep us all healthy during our village stay so that we can effectively serve at conference.

Oh, by the way, I realized today that I forgot the cable to change the battery to my digital camera. I can't check the comments here (long story.) So I will see who won the little contest later.

Well, we will be in the middle of nowhere for a while so it could be a bit before I post again. So until then...

stay classy vancouver

Jakarta

So we made it to Jakarta (the capital of Indonesia). It is 7:30pm on Tuesday our time.... so that makes it about 5:25am on Tuesday for you guys. From here we begin to make our way over to the MAF base in Sentani. Thank you for all your prayers things are going very smoothly.

sitting and waiting

It is 5:54 pm on Sunday. We are in LAX. We will be here until 1:00am..... i need a good book to pass the time.... so any suggestions? In the mean time we wait.

goodbye for now...

Well, we have departed. Here is a little video to start our trip...

..... 5 more days

As you can see I have begun to pack. I know... I too am shocked... If you know me at all this is really quite out of the ordinary. You see, my usual pattern is to begin throwing things in a bag about two hours before I need to leave. I believe my overly prepared, list checking wife is beginning to rub off on me (after 13 years it was bound to happen).

So here is the deal.... I am going to forget something. There really is no point in pretending. It will happen. So I propose a contest. State your guess as to the specific item I will forget in the comment section and if you guess correctly you will be rewarded.

I know what you are thinking.... but Chad, won't the guesses remind you of the item that you may have forgotten... well yes, they might but you severely overestimate my ability to retain information. Just ask my very lovely and patient wife.

So go ahead and leave your comment and your guess.