Well, It's Jason so back to Plane Talk. On Monday I started doing supply flights in anticipation of a 13 person team from the UK coming into one of the villages we work in. The first order of business was to take in the refrigerator to store the food (it's for the missionary's house after the team leaves). Believe it or not it did fit!
The team is coming to help build a house. Tim was a single missionary for several years before leaving the tribe for a while to get married. They now have two kids so he's having the "bachelor pad" torn down and will build a bigger place for his family.
This will be my first flying for a team. It will involve quite a few flights as half will be in for about a week and then switch with the other half. I also have several more supply flights before they arrive. Being Typhoon season the weather is not looking great. It's been raining almost since I got back from my Monday flight and doesn't look to be letting up today. Pray that the coming days will be clear!
On my return flight Monday I stopped at another village to bring out 3 Filippinos to have eye surguries done for two of them. One lady had never been farther from the village than the road that they hike down to occasionally. The weather was getting rough from the oncoming storm and the flight was not exactly enjoyable for any of us, especially them. The lady ended up being sick almost the whole flight. Pray that the eye procedures will go well and we'll have a better trip when I take them back next Tuesday.
We thought Jen might have become a "real" missionary yesterday. She had a high fever on Saturday, but was ok until Tuesday when the fever suddenly came back. After consulting our handy Medical Encyclopedia it sounded like malaria (the "joke" is that "real" missionaries have all had malaria). Malaria runs in 2-3 day cycles and starts off with a fever and chills and then is followed by headaches, body aches, stomach troubles, and nausea. We took her in and thankfully the test was negative for malaria, but showed she did have something, so they put her on an antibiotic and she's doing better. We're waiting for Friday to roll around (the 3rd day since her last fever) to see if it has cleared up. If not then we'll have to go down to the hospital for more comprehensive blood work. Pray that she'll be back to 100% soon.
Thanks for your involvement in our ministry here, we are so grateful for all of you!
5 comments:
Great picture!!! LOL!
That is a great shot--want Jen to be a "real" missionary but not have to get malaria to have the title--praying that she is doing better. Love, Mom and Dad S.
Did you happen to put ANYTHING ELSE inside that refridgerator before you loaded it on the plane?
Hope Jen feels better soon.
Miss you guys!
Aimee & Amber
Of course I put stuff inside the fridge! I was trained by the best box packers around! Thanks Aimee and Amber!
Hey, I just realized I can post as anonymous!!! I've had trouble the past couple times posting cuz I couldn't remember by blogger name & password!!! I'm glad I can let you know I'm getting and appreciating them! LOVE the pic with the fridge. Love the comments from the "Packer Queen"!! (Hi Amiee & Amber!) Hope Jen is feeling better. Very exciting to hear about your travels. You too Jason are "official"!! Hug the kids for me! Love to you all. Jo :O)
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