Flying out today

Later on today we will be flying out to Darwin, Australia. We leave Denver at 5:35 pm with a stop in LA and Sydney before arriving to Darwin on Monday 1:35 pm their time (Sunday night USA time).

We have had a wonderful time here in Colorado with our children and grandchildren! It's been good spending quality time with them. There is a rush of emotions as we leave today. We will miss our family but we are excited about our new work in Australia.

We have learned that we won't be flying out to the island for about 8 days after our arrival to Darwin. We are thankful we will have time to acclimate to the very hot weather and the drastic time change. One of those days we will go to a NTSCA school in an area called Woolaning in the outback to tour and chat with staff there. We are excited about that being it will help us to understand their program before we begin our work at Tiwi College. Tiwi College is a new facility just opening with much more construction to be completed.

We continue to hear that the monsoonal rains have been exceptionally heavy. Construction has temporarily halted. The children's classes are being held under a roof with no walls with mud everywhere. Good thing the dry season is just around the corner! The children are having trouble settling in to a educational enviornment and structure with a lot of disciplinary issues. We have also heard stories of water Buffalo and wild horses around the landing strip area with the pilots needing to be exceptionally careful as they maneuver in to land. Definitely sounds like we are in for quite an adventure! As crazy as it sounds... we are looking forward to digging in!

Thanks for all your prayers as we go!!