We got to experience a miracle this week. As many of you know, we were waiting and calling the Passport Agency to get Nickolas' passport. After much prayer, persistence, and patience we were able to pick up Nick's passport at the Fed Ex office in Mankato at 11 a.m. on Saturday. all 5 of us got to the Minneapolis airport and breezed through the security and were leaving on a plane at 1:40 p.m. Here we are. We made it over here without any big problems. Our flight connections were all made on time, and we even had a little time in Chicago to play on the floor while we waited for the plane to load. Now that we are here in Majunga, everyone is adjusting to living here. It is much different than living in the states. We got here yesterday morning. Jasmine caught a baby gecko yesterday- it was only about 2 inches long. She found another big green one, about 7 or 8 inches long, but it was a little big to pick up.
We went into town last night for Malagasy pizza. It was great. Very similar to thin crust at home. We went with Rich, Crystal and Stephanie. Rich is the missionary we are working with, and Crystal and Stephanie are volunteers. It was great to be able to sit down and talk about stuff in person. We talked about the importance of spiritual growth in life, and the need to not get stuck in traditions and "religion" without a relationship with Christ.
It is about 9:15 a.m., and the kids just woke up. I am glad they were able to get in about 11 hours of sleep last night. It is 9 hours later here than in Minnesota, but I think they will adjust to the time difference pretty quickly.
We will be sitting in on some of the English classes at the BAO school this week, because Crystal and Stephanie will be leaving next week- so we will be teaching for the last 2 weeks of their school year. Jasmine and I helped Stephanie dry a whole bunch of bananas for her trip home.
This Saturday we will be going to some caves, about a 4 hour drive away. It should be fun.
Wednesday
Today was great. We are living at Rich and Bonnie's house with Stephanie and Crystal, the other volunteers. Brad taught his first computer class at 3. This morning, we sat in on Crystal's English classes that we will be "creatively" teaching when she has to leave next Thursday. Yesterday, Brad and Rich fixed the shower that hadn't worked for the last couple weeks. We are just doing whatever we can to help out with everything. I am just writing out random thoughts as they come to me. We finally got onto the internet today, so I figured I should at least let everyone know we are here. There is much more to write, but since Nick was up from 1-3 last night, I am tired and will write more tomorrow. Please keep praying for us, as we have already begun developing relationships with the young people that come to the school. Pray that their hearts are open to the truth of the message and transforming power of God.
Missin' you all and full of joy-
The Baergs
3 comments:
Hi from the Witte's!
So glad you are there and adjusting well. Good job on the catch Jasmine. All is good here, we got a lot of rain today, which we needed.
Praying for you and trusting God will work in your lives.
Sending our love,
The Witte's
HI Kim and Brad glad you all made it. You are in my prayers. God is a God of miracles. WOW! What a start to your journey.
Have a great time!
Laura
God is so good and it's so neat to hear how He is in control of all those details including passports and time deadlines. Gary said not to worry that you may have left the iron on, the front door unlocked or that your job, Brad, was posted the day after you left....Ha. We are praying for you. As the Lord brought you to mind this morning to pray for you, I added 7 hours-...didn't know it was 9 hours difference, and then thought I'm prayin for your day and it's already your night! NOW it's 11:30 p.m so we will pray for your new DAY!!
As you are anticipating how God will use you it will be exciting to read your ministry opportunites and updates. We can kind of relate to Jessica-I remember meeting my first Gieko--on the bathroom wall in the middle of the night in S Africa. Amazing how fast you can get the job done when pressured. I was reassured they are great to have around b/c of all the bugs they eat but I didn't like sharing living quarters. Keep up the blog-people may not be commenting but they will sure be checking it!! Have a blast and take in as much as you can of the culture. We are so excited for you and how God will use this in your life.
Gary and Candy
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