Welcome to our family travel blog! Once again, "three in pink" are on the move ~ this time to someplace warm, sunny and tropical! Join us as we travel across the ocean, and settle into our home away from home for the next year. Laugh with us as we find our place in a foreign country. And pray for us during our time away from friends and family. We are excited (and a little nervous) to begin this adventure, but know the experience will strengthen our family and create lifelong memories. We are faithful that God will take care of us as we journey to another part of the world! We can't wait to see all that He has planned for our family as we begin the next chapter of our lives...

You can read about our first adventure living abroad HERE.
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Our First Round of Good-Byes...

Hannah, Maggie and I went to Indonesia this weekend to serve our friends at the orphanage, and also to say the first many good-byes to come over the next several weeks.  It was a very emotional day for us all, but I can't help but wonder if our paths will cross again someday with the children living there.  God is pretty amazing that way.



Gathering all of our gear as we head out the door.  I usually teach English, but requested the craft station today since I would have both girls with me.


A few last minute details at the Ferry Terminal:







Heading into the village:






Elwin is one of Maggie's favorite friends at the orphanage.  We were both disappointed at first when we didn't see her with the other kids.  I wondered where she was and if we would get to see her one last time today.  It must have been her day to cook for the other kids because we found her outside in the kitchen cooking a huge pot of soup.





Remember this talented little boy who blew us all away with his beautiful version of Amazing Grace earlier this year?  I definitely knew we needed to buy a guitar for him (and for all of the kids to share) before we moved back to the States.  Since I was having a hard time finding one that was a little smaller (and not over $1000) Hannah decided to donate hers.  We are so proud of her tender heart and willingness to sacrifice for others.  Her gift was well-recieved by the kids and we were once again blessed by the sweetest songs I've ever heard.







Here is Hannah handling herself so well considering she somehow ended up teaching her craft to a group of mostly teenage boys - who didn't speak English.  So proud of her.

















5 minutes into our bus ride back to the ferry...