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We’ve known from the beginning that this adventure would be wonderful and exciting at times, and frustrating and challenging at other times. Our first week was filled with some exciting new experiences, including meeting a lot of people, making new … Continue reading →

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 →