For those of you who follow our lives via our blogs, you've noticed that my posts have become fewer and fewer. The main reason is that I LOST my camera several months ago. I don't like making a blog post without a picture. I know that most people visit my blog for the pictures, not the awesome literary content.
The second reason that I haven't blogged much is due to the fact that I haven't flown much in the past 5 months. Since July 2015, we have been unable to fly due to either a lack of government permission, or heavy, seasonal smoke from forest clearing. Thankfully, the smoke is gone, but we still lack government permission to fly. This has been a tough few months in the flight department; and most importantly for our users at remote and interior locations.
However, I do have some good news, although it means some big changes for us. Several months ago, when everything was still "normal," (before I lost my camera and we were still flying) and after over a year of prayer and discussion with our MAF leadership, we made a decision to return to the USA in December of 2015. In February 2016 I will start work at a new job. I will be working for Spokane Turbine Center, located in Spokane, WA. We are very excited to make this move and transition, although leaving Indonesia, a place that we have invested in heavily and grown to love, is hard.
I'd ask that you pray for us as we make this change. Making international moves is hard.
I'd also ask that you pray for MAF-Indonesia. As of right now, two of our three programs are without permission to fly, without much clarity as to when flights will be able to resume.
In the future, I hope to replace my camera gear, and maybe I'll begin blogging again at that time. But for now, we are busy enough in the transitions of life that blogging will be taking a temporary backseat. Thanks for reading everyone!
