Hey guys, this will probably be our last post before the trip to SE Asia this summer, since we're leaving early tomorrow morning for 10 days of training. I just wanted to let you know where you can read our updates and keep up with how things are going every now and then throughout the summer.
Go to this page for updates!
Sorry to those of you I wanted to contact before we left but didn't get the chance. We're thinking about you, we're just a little overwhelmed with everything going on. We love you!
Have a great summer. We'll miss you!
Later guys,
Matt
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
One Year Anniversary
It's crazy to think that it's been a year already, but it has. Heather and I were married one year ago today. The day is basically over now, and guess what fun things we did on our one year anniversary!
We woke up at 5 AM, flew from St. Louis to Ft. Myers, stepped in the door and started packing, took a short nap, packed again, watched part of our wedding video, drank some tea from our wedding, and packed some more.
We're not quite finished, but we think it's time to sleep after a day like this.
It was great to see so many of you this past weekend! Congrats to John and Erin! We love you both!
Later guys,
Matt
We woke up at 5 AM, flew from St. Louis to Ft. Myers, stepped in the door and started packing, took a short nap, packed again, watched part of our wedding video, drank some tea from our wedding, and packed some more.
We're not quite finished, but we think it's time to sleep after a day like this.
It was great to see so many of you this past weekend! Congrats to John and Erin! We love you both!
Later guys,
Matt
Friday, May 18, 2007
So our friends John and Erin are getting married tomorrow! We're pretty excited for them, and we're very excited that we get to fly up to catch the wedding! God has provided us with such good friends!
We're currently in the airport waiting for our flight to St. Louis. It's been delayed by about 45 minutes so we've got about an hour to sit here and wait. Seems like flights are always being delayed nowadays. What is it about this kind of travel that makes it so difficult?
Well, I guess you do have the huge expense of planes and fuel and airports, and the limited amount of crew to man the planes and airports, and the security risks that are so easily exploited, and the major numbers of people going through airports with way too much stuff that is supposed to be handled by way too few people. It just seems like a very flawed and slow system, but what else can you do? There's not a lot of hope of it getting any easier to travel any time soon.
I have to admit though, I love to fly. I've always looked forward to getting to fly. 2 years ago I had never flown in my life. I was 20 and I hadn't ever been on a plane. A lot of people looked at me like I was crazy. But I never had a reason to fly. Everywhere I was going was in driving distance, and driving was cheap.
By the end of this summer, I will have taken off and landed in an airplane 40 different times. It doesn't look like it will be slowing down anytime soon. At least I enjoy it everytime.
Heather and I are so blessed to get to work in the job we have. We've had a wonderful time staying down here at the Center for Global Outreach of NMSI in Ft. Myers. I can't believe that time is coming to a close. We've been feverishly trying to pack all of our things and getting them into storage for the summer. We love our house down here and we love our jobs and our friends, and now we're gonna be leaving all of those things again, this time to go somewhere else where we know almost no one. Seems like we've already done this before. Seems like this is all we do so far.
So this weekend is another one of those times that we get to go back and visit the friends we've had to leave. We love these days, but we hate that they are so short.
OK, we're gonna go look for some food. Thanks for letting me think.
Later guys, Matt
We're currently in the airport waiting for our flight to St. Louis. It's been delayed by about 45 minutes so we've got about an hour to sit here and wait. Seems like flights are always being delayed nowadays. What is it about this kind of travel that makes it so difficult?
Well, I guess you do have the huge expense of planes and fuel and airports, and the limited amount of crew to man the planes and airports, and the security risks that are so easily exploited, and the major numbers of people going through airports with way too much stuff that is supposed to be handled by way too few people. It just seems like a very flawed and slow system, but what else can you do? There's not a lot of hope of it getting any easier to travel any time soon.
I have to admit though, I love to fly. I've always looked forward to getting to fly. 2 years ago I had never flown in my life. I was 20 and I hadn't ever been on a plane. A lot of people looked at me like I was crazy. But I never had a reason to fly. Everywhere I was going was in driving distance, and driving was cheap.
By the end of this summer, I will have taken off and landed in an airplane 40 different times. It doesn't look like it will be slowing down anytime soon. At least I enjoy it everytime.
Heather and I are so blessed to get to work in the job we have. We've had a wonderful time staying down here at the Center for Global Outreach of NMSI in Ft. Myers. I can't believe that time is coming to a close. We've been feverishly trying to pack all of our things and getting them into storage for the summer. We love our house down here and we love our jobs and our friends, and now we're gonna be leaving all of those things again, this time to go somewhere else where we know almost no one. Seems like we've already done this before. Seems like this is all we do so far.
So this weekend is another one of those times that we get to go back and visit the friends we've had to leave. We love these days, but we hate that they are so short.
OK, we're gonna go look for some food. Thanks for letting me think.
Later guys, Matt
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Thursday, May 10, 2007
The new star of Lost...
Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the new star of prime time television, alongside great characters such as Jack, Kate, John Locke, Sawyer, Hurley, Charlie and the mysterious Ben ....
Uncle Rico!
What?!
Uncle Rico is the mysterious, lying and evil Ben's father? Who knew?!
I must say, I completely expected him to try to throw a football over them fences at the hostiles.
Later guys,
Matt
Uncle Rico!
What?!
Uncle Rico is the mysterious, lying and evil Ben's father? Who knew?!
I must say, I completely expected him to try to throw a football over them fences at the hostiles.
Later guys,
Matt
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
May newsletter
Hey guys, our May newsletter is now available on the sidebar on the left. As always, you can access any of our old newsletters on the sidebar also. Thanks for your prayers!
Later guys,
Matt
Later guys,
Matt
Flight times.
Well, Heather and I are two weeks from meeting our team at Pre-field Orientation here in Florida. That means we're 21 days from our flight to MM. I gotta tell you, I feel like that is the longest time ever to wait. Let me tell you about our flight itinerary. It's crazy.
Our total travel time from when we leave Orlando International Airport and land in Yangon, MM is 43 hours 55 minutes. We will leave Orlando at 7:20 AM EST on Thursday and land in MM at 2:15 AM EST Saturday. And all of that doesn't include the hours of travel before leaving Orlando and after landing in Yangon. I think we might be worn out. I'm so excited!
We fly about 5 hours to LA from Orlando. Then we wait 5 hours for a 14 hour flight to Taipai, Taiwan. We wait for 2 hours for our 4 hour flight to Bangkok, Thailand. Finally, we wait 12 hours for our 1 hour 15 minute flight to Yangon. I think that last leg may be the toughest part of the whole trip.
In the middle of the summer we will leave Yangon and fly through Bangkok to Chaing Mai, Thailand. This travel time is 4 hours and 5 minutes.
The flight back from Chaing Mai, Thailand is a little bit better. It's only 43 hours and 2 minutes. And we add a stop in Denver between LA and Orlando.
Total travel time between all of our destinations in the summer will then be 91 hours 2 minutes. 3 days and 19 hours. Waiting in airports and flying on planes. Woo hoo! What a great time of bonding with our teammates! My iPod only holds about 2 days worth of music, so that leaves plenty of time to converse.
We're taking a few games. Settlers (anyone have an expansion pack I can borrow for the summer?), Euchre, Cribbage, Sorry, Mexican Train Dominoes. A few books and a couple magazines. An iPod full of music. A few good conversations. This should be great!
Pray for us!
Later guys,
Matt
Our total travel time from when we leave Orlando International Airport and land in Yangon, MM is 43 hours 55 minutes. We will leave Orlando at 7:20 AM EST on Thursday and land in MM at 2:15 AM EST Saturday. And all of that doesn't include the hours of travel before leaving Orlando and after landing in Yangon. I think we might be worn out. I'm so excited!
We fly about 5 hours to LA from Orlando. Then we wait 5 hours for a 14 hour flight to Taipai, Taiwan. We wait for 2 hours for our 4 hour flight to Bangkok, Thailand. Finally, we wait 12 hours for our 1 hour 15 minute flight to Yangon. I think that last leg may be the toughest part of the whole trip.
In the middle of the summer we will leave Yangon and fly through Bangkok to Chaing Mai, Thailand. This travel time is 4 hours and 5 minutes.
The flight back from Chaing Mai, Thailand is a little bit better. It's only 43 hours and 2 minutes. And we add a stop in Denver between LA and Orlando.
Total travel time between all of our destinations in the summer will then be 91 hours 2 minutes. 3 days and 19 hours. Waiting in airports and flying on planes. Woo hoo! What a great time of bonding with our teammates! My iPod only holds about 2 days worth of music, so that leaves plenty of time to converse.
We're taking a few games. Settlers (anyone have an expansion pack I can borrow for the summer?), Euchre, Cribbage, Sorry, Mexican Train Dominoes. A few books and a couple magazines. An iPod full of music. A few good conversations. This should be great!
Pray for us!
Later guys,
Matt
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