Traveling

We left Papua New Guinea on Friday, March 31st, PNG time. We flew out of Goroka to Port Moresby. After a three-hour layover in Port Moresby, we made our connection to Sydney. We arrived in the Sydney airport, claimed our bags, and got a taxi to our hotel. We spent the night in Sydney, then grabbed some breakfast in the morning before heading to the airport again. We got on a really big plane and settled in for about 12 hours of flying. We arrived in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 1st, U.S. time. Once we arrived in L.A. we caught a shuttle to our hotel. We stayed in L.A. two nights and got a chance to see my brother and also some good friends of ours. Then it was back onto an airplane again to get to Chicago. This time ended up being a bit more stressful as we missed our first flight, and then a couple of connecting flights as well. At the end of the day, we made it safe and sound to my parent's house in the Chicago area! We spent two nights at my family's house, and it was really great to be reunited with them. On Wednesday, April 5th we finally made it to our new temporary home in Baraboo.

We had asked many people to be praying about our travel, especially that we would make our connections and that the kids would do well. Praise God that He answered those prayers! Even though traveling with two small kids was still challenging, the kids did really well overall. Thank you to all of you who prayed for us.