Kolonia, Pohnpei
Friday, September 7, 2012
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Arrival in Pohnpei
Well the girls
and I finally made it to Pohnpei after waiting in Guam for two and a
half weeks for their passports to be renewed. We had an amazing time
with our new friends and family in Guam, but it has been so nice to be
reunited with family at home in Pohnpei. That's what it feels
like here, too...that we are finally HOME.
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Getting Settled In
We are renting a
two bedroom apartment from Bernard's, which funny enough is the same
people we rented our first apartment from when we arrived here in the
late '90's. It is a modest apartment, but is inexpensive, which is what
we need right now. It has a working stove and refridgerator. For the
time being we are all sleeping on the floor using our sleeping mats. We
purchased our first pieces of furniture the other day: one platic table
and five plastic chairs. We are definitely returning to Pohnpei "low and
slow." The view from our apartment is nice. We use fans to try and cool
us down during the day and while we sleep at night. The temperature in
Pohnpei is around 80 degrees and between 80% and 90% humidity. We will
try to write more about the culture and climate in future blog posts.
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We live close
enough to the center of town so that we can pretty much walk everywhere
that we need to go. We do need a family car, though. We have been
praying into it and yesterday, we checked out a used Toyota minivan that
some friends were selling for the same price that we sold our Honda
Civic for back in the U.S. Jonas has been attending school at Calvary
Christian Academy, which is one of two private schools on the island.
Jordan and Justine just went to CCA to take their placement tests
yesterday. More pics to come of the kids in their school uniforms. :)
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Reconnecting with our Pohnpeian Family
It is amazing
how the love of God for one another transcends both time and distance.
We have been reconnecting with our Pohnpeian friends and family. It has
been so wonderful to see Johnny, Ruth, Cynthia, Jane, Ingrid, Senelyn
and Penry. Even after twelve years, our friends are so young and
beautiful. We've been offered different pieces of land to both build our
house as well as the new Iris base on. I am in the process of getting
"Iris Micronesia" registered as a non-profit here. God is giving us
incredible favor in Micronesia.
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Jonas has been taking various pics. We love this journey that
the Lord has us on and are so thankful to Him that you get to share in
this beautiful journey with us.
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Christian Young
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