B & G in PNG

  IT FINALLY HAPPENED! Gayle’s visa approval came through!   We are now sending our passports to the PNG Embassy in Washington DC to get stamped.   As soon as they arrive back to us, we can purchase airline tickets and get this mission trip started. We, along with our friends and family, have been praying and waiting for this for seven months since our paperwork first arrived in Papua New Guinea.   There have been emotional highs and lows as each month has passed.   We questioned when and why many times.   We may never know those answers, but we know God was in control and working his plan throughout the whole process.   As long as it brings glory to HIS name it is good as far as we are concerned. Our friends in Kudjip might be more excited than we are and hopefully they stay excited once they have met us. We have received many emails today of excitement, more information, and our next steps.   We certainly appreciate their care and concern as it makes us feel connected.   Contin

  Happy Spring! Does anyone remember the children’s books on “Where’s Waldo?” and attempting to find him on the pages filled with characters and objects?   All we need to do is interchange the name and ask where’s Bob & Gayle?   However, we are not hard to locate.   We are right here at home, in Michigan, which is not where we anticipated we would be at this time.   Bob is just wrapping up the syrup-making season which has been great this year. We have been able to be part of some things that we never anticipated that we would be home for.   Like seeing - our daughter-in-law being able to walk again after breaking both of her feet, some games of our grandson’s initial season of playing men’s volleyball for his college team, our granddaughter playing in a volleyball tournament, another granddaughter playing “Alice” in the community play of “Alice in Wonderland”, along with sharing a family meal together with all of our children and grandchildren present. The only news we have