Return to 'ordinary' life.....!

After a lot of miles travelled and weeks of being apart as a family, we have returned to ‘ordinary’ life here in Ballina. It is so good to be back together! We still have a lot to share with you about our trip to the Philippines which we’ll do soon, but just wanted to give you a family update quickly today. 

 Jubab is busy as he is into Term 3 of this school year and is also preparing to go on his Teen Missions trip to Hungary which he is really looking forward to.  He plays basketball once a week with a local team and is also taking violin lessons.

A few days ago, Jubab had his first experience in hospital. He was admitted for day surgery to extract four impacted wisdom teeth. (Mum and Dad were a little anxious as he had never had a general anesthetic before.) We waited a bit nervously for over an hour to be called to the recovery room when he was done. After what felt like an age, a nurse came and got us and took us in to see him. We were both there at his side, looking at him and talking gently to him, assuring him that we were right there.....and I was looking carefully at his face and saw the blood stains on his lips and his mouth full of gauze packs to stop the bleeding etc. Next thing I knew, everything started to go grey and it felt like the room was spinning….

….and to my embarrassment, I ended up in a bed next to Jubab. In fact, Jubab got taken back to the day ward and I had to stay in recovery for another 10 or 15 min. Jubab said that it felt so surreal because he woke up from the anaesthetic to see his Mum in a bed beside him and he thought he must be dreaming. Paul ended up with two patients but he enjoyed it in his characteristic great sense of humour, and he did a great job of looking after us both.

Jubab is back at school today and Paul and I are back at work in the office and catching up on quite a back-log.

Tomorrow we have a Bible study with Oliver again and will see how he is going in the Lord. We’ve already seen him a couple of times since we’ve been back.

Breaking News:

Our co-workers in Lapoc have just let us know that three outreaches have been started in the villages of Bisigan, Kibanug and soon will start in Disisiti. These are all villages that are in the Man-ay area that we surveyed last year. Please pray for Ratunil, Rodney and Danoy who are leading these outreaches!!! Pray for their travel each week as they go to these remote villages and for the people that they are teaching that the Holy Spirit will work in their hearts and lead them into the LIGHT!