Author Archives: Kriste Rose

To all of our family, friends, and neighbors, thank-you for the very thoughtful gifts, meals, sweet treats, well-wishes, and hugs that we received this week! We are incredibly lucky to have so many special people in our lives. Until we … Continue reading →

We are exactly one week away from leaving on our adventure, and we all feel like we’re living in a Dr. Seuss book. We have piles all over the house. Big piles. Little piles. Big piles and little piles. Sea … Continue reading →

On Thursday morning we received an email from Freeport’s travel department confirming and detailing our upcoming move. It’s going to be a whirlwind of flights and extended layovers to get to Tembagapura, Indonesia, from Phoenix, Arizona. Departing November 1st, and … Continue reading →

I’ve had several people call, email and/or text me with questions about our Indonesian address, which was described in the previous post. Looking back at it, it is a confusing post. The address, HV-1021A, is not a mailing address, it … Continue reading →

The sequence of letters and numbers in HV-1021A looks like it could be a specification for a power line, a part listing for a vacuum cleaner, or a catalog number for a book. It even looks like it could be … Continue reading →

Chris’s work visa (albeit, temporary) was approved last week. We’ve been waiting all summer long for his visa approval and to schedule a deployment date. The visa was approved on Monday morning and our deployment date was determined Thursday evening … Continue reading →