On our way to Papau New Guinea!

 Our last mother daughter photo, all cozy and warm before we left for PNG!

 We left Halifax, Nova Scotia in the very early morning and it looked like this!! We weren't sure if the plane was going to leave! But it did! Just a 1/2 hour delay!

 Our last glimpse of snow for 2-3 years!

 Naomi seemed to enjoy the plane rides, but not the freezing cold snow!

 We had a variety of activities on the planes... we ate...

 We slept

Jonathan always seems to be able to sleep comfortably!

And Naomi did too!

 And then we arrived in Fargo, North Dakota... but we were missing Jonathan's coat... hence the very large sweatshirt... thankfully it was 50 degrees F in Fargo for the few days we were there! And he didn't need a coat anymore after

 We went to visit Marcie who has done so much for us in PNG! Whenever we need something from Walmart, or Jacob needs a part for something in the workshop, we email Marcie and she sends it our way, very quickly!

 Bob and Marcie and their daughter Laurie.. we had a great visit!

 Naomi helped pack up our suitcase after our trip to Fargo!

 Then we headed to Tennessee to see my good friend Sarah! She and I were single missionaries together in Papua New Guinea, first meeting at Interface in 1996! She was translating the Bible on an island in New Ireland and I was at Interface. She would come visit me and sometimes help out at the Interface Kitchen! And here we are a few years later...both married, with two children of our own...

 We just had our babies 3 weeks apart! Eli and Naomi :) Future friends :)

 And our other sons, Sarah's James and my Jonathan. 

 They loved playing together!

And then back to the airport... the airline gave Jonathan this cool little wooden plane that he played with until we got on the next flight!