The healing power of board games

Just because we’re on this side of the ocean again does not mean the Sorry games end!! We play almost daily and even occasionally have a “ghost” player. During this particular game, Willa played the green for Popling with the promise that we would let him know the outcome. He did not win, but it […]

Sweat, storms, and stability

Yay!! We’re home!!!! It’s hot. I mean… really, really hot. We’ve had those sleep shattering storms at night interrupting our attempts to get full nights of deep rest. But. BUT!!! We’re home. And this is home. Heat, storms, loud chickens everywhere, dogs crying through the nights, and we’re happy. We’re grateful to our team for […]

Fare thee well

We have tickets!! We have approval from the PNG government!! Tomorrow we take our COVID tests and then the way is fully clear. Theoretically. Others still have trouble with this or that gate agent wanting this or that random thing, but we’ve done everything we can to cover our bases. Now we say final goodbyes […]

The in-between time

Theoretically, two weeks from Tuesday will be plane day. We’re firmly entering our “in-between” stage. We’re here in the present, but beginning to mentally focus more and more on The Transition. That being said, we’re doing a pretty good job of not being too consumed with to-do lists and school, and instead trying to fully […]

And so it resumes

This week we started up school again! I brought back five weeks of curriculum with us just in case we were delayed… and also to fill our quarantine time when we head back. Even though some aspects of our school never stopped, it’s important that we get back into more of the particulars. Since we’re […]