Back to Work

Well after a wonderful family vacation, we have returned refreshed and ready to get back to daily living here in Merauke.

For the first time anyone could remember, this past week MAF Indonesia stopped all operations across the country.  To gather all the technicians (pilots, mechanics & IT), for 4 days full of meetings and reports.  I'm not much of a meeting kind of guy so that part, well let's just leave it at that regarding how the meetings went.  My highlight for the week was the grand reunion with guys I had met at candidacy going back to 2010, others I had gone through A&P, pre-field training with and language studies.  I was starting to get into bit of a low as far why were we here, what makes us different, etc.  Departing this morning to come home I'm thankful for the renewed vision and excitement for why were are here and what make us different.  As we head into December which will be a very busy month of flying I'm looking forward to the privilege and opportunities that my Maker in Heaven will put before me to serve, reflect His Light and show His Love to those I interact with in days to come.

Blessings
Greg

Zoo

On the last day of our time in Bali Greg and Jaclynn headed for the Bail Zoo.

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As you can tell by the pictures that our little animal lover had a great time.

                                   

She had a wonderful time feeding, holding, and playing with a wide range of local animals from the different Islands of Indonesia. It was a great day for hanging out with her dad and just exploring and learning as much as she could about the different kinds of animals. She really loved playing with the elephants and greatly enjoyed going for an elephant ride with her dad. Not many girls her age can say that they have rode an elephant with their dad.

Surfing

For this family vacation we wanted to try something new as a family. And believe it or not it was both Julie and Jaclynn who thought about trying surfing before we even headed to Bali,  Well as you can tell from the pictures below we all enjoyed learning something new but it was Franklin who fell in love with the sport of surfing in a huge way.  The whole family did a two and a half hour lesson but Franklin went back for more lesson over the next couple of days after that.  I think we found his recreation/hobby of choice.  Isaac and Jaclynn were the first to make it to a standing position but it was Franklin who really enjoyed it the most.  And all the Indonesia people in the background are the instructors who are teaching and helping us in the water.

 This was me most of the time, falling, however I did mange once to stay up for a short run.  It was worth the pulled muscles, stubbed toes, and sunburn to see the kids succeed especially Franklin as this was what he wanted to do the rest of vacation.  Franklin continued to improve over the next couple days as he continued to practice.  Unfortunately here in Merauke we don't have good surfing waves.  Franklin is already made his request that we schedule more days at the beach next time so he can continue master the finer points of surfing.