Someone brought to my attention that the wording of my last post was ambiguous, so and after having a good laugh, I edited it!

Garry's in the air again today, heading south with some passengers and bringing other passengers back to town. In fact, the people he is bringing back are two tribal people who need surgery and their companions. One of the doctors here in town is generous with his time and talents and will be taking care of these patients!

We are so blessed to be able to communicate by HF radio! Garry's airplane radio has had some problems over the past months, but recently he was able to fix it. I am so thankful for days when I can hear him clearly!

This weekend was a badminton weekend for us. The boys are enrolled in a 10-week tournament, and when we went last week they were the only players that showed up. Our friend Kuya Jonel told us that the organizers would text us when they were really ready to start, so we went to our neighborhood court to have a little play time on Friday, thinking the tournament would have to wait another week.

We were shocked when the girls behind the desk came to our court and told us we had a phone call! Kuya Jonel was calling to let us know that the boys were supposed to be on the court across town for their first game in the tournament-- he'd made a huge effort to find us. Thankfully it didn't take long to get there and the boys had a great first experience in a real tournament!

Saturday evening there was a "fun games" scheduled, so all four of us took part in that. While we enjoy the game, badminton is really about being together as a family and making friends. We realized this weekend that we are making friends and being treated as "one of the group" at the court. What a blessing!

We trust you had a great weekend and are experiencing a good beginning to your week!