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Since graduating from the missionary training at the end of May, our summer has been filled with family and friends. To read about our adventures (pre-Indonesia), click here: http://ntm.org/jason-bechtel/9465

Pre-Indonesia?
Can you believe that our trip to Indonesia is already here? We leave Tuesday!
While we are leaving Tuesday, we won’t arrive at our host family’s home till Friday. That’s how far it is! And that is with only one night in a guest house. The rest of it we are steadily moving east around this planet we live on.

Please be praying for us.

• Pray that we get the rest we need over the 3 days of travel, as Delena is riding on our lap. She is still young enough to fly without her own seat, but at almost 18 months, she isn’t little either.
• Please pray for our patience with Delena. She is at that stage where her few favourite words are used over and over and over again. One of them is “Mommy”. Broken records are annoying, even to parents.
• Please pray for safety and an un-eventful trip. The fewest surprises the better. Neither Angie or I are seasoned flyers. Please pray for wisdom and calmness as we travel through airports where English is not the only (or main) language.

Praise God with us

• Praise God that none of us had any reactions to the extra immunizations we got.
• Praise God for this chance to go and see what He is doing in Indonesia. We are really looking forward to hearing from the missionaries about God’s faithfulness.
• Praise God for the money that has come in to help with the expense of our trip.
• Praise God for the chance to visit with my brother and Angie’s aunt and their families in Germany and Switzerland for a couple of days on the way home.

I have often said that I am excited about going to Indonesia, but just as excited about coming home again. I am really looking forward to starting into my new full time ministry in Durham, helping missionaries around the world from the Canadian head office. We get back from our trip the last week of September, and will be back in Durham right away. God has provided us with a great place to live. I will have to tell you about it some time.

We count it a privilege to serve alongside of you,
—Jason for the Bechtels

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