We're in Singapore!

Hey everyone! We have arrived safely in Singapore! It is so nice to see my brother and sister again. Little Mikaela is so big! She walks and says baby things and smiles and laughs all the time! It took her less than a minute to warm up to us. She is a sweetheart.

Today we played with her all morning, then walked to the Takashimaya mega mall, which is exactly what the Bishop would call 'ze worlled' (his way of saying 'the world', which he calls all the wordly pleasures). It's the first time since we left Canada that we've seen a mall, so we were a little overwhelmed, especially since Singapore is an expensive place, where stores like Hugo Boss abound. The Bishop always makes fun of us by saying that 'we love ze world'......and man is he right!!! We both wanted to buy all these sweet new clothes, even though we would be unable to wear them until we got back to Canada. We had to slam on the brakes and agree to not buy anything on day one, and just to have a looky, and we gave each other a budget so as to not go crazy. Sadly, the iphone is more than that budget. I did see, however, on the Emirates flight to Dubai, something called Power2Go by Philips, which is a little device that stores up to 60 hours of charge for a laptop or any other mobile device. This would be sweet for mission work, as we do not always have electricity, and I need to charge my iPod :)

Oh yeah, Christine is apparently getting wiser, not through any fault of her own. Yes, this came as a shock to me too :) She's been having a bit of tooth pain, so we went to go see the dentist at the mission, and, you guessed it......widsom teeth! Thankfully, God has kept the pain to a minimum and there is space for them to grow out, so no removal of teeth is necessary.

God really took care of us on the flight to Singapore. We didn't book though a travel agent or website because we managed to save a lot of money by booking individual flights directly from the airline's websites. So the first flight was from Nairobi to Mumbai on Emirates airlines - that was sweet. The next flight was from Mumbai to Singapore on Singapore airlines, but the problem was that we had to get our bags in Mumbai and re-check them in onto Singapore airlines. In order to get our bags, we had to go through immigration and get a visa, but India does not issue visas at the airport, but rather expects you to have a visa already. So, we told a man at the help counter our situation, and he said to have a seat and someone will come and help you. We sat for a minute and doubted the man. Then we said a prayer and told God that we trusted in His Holy Name and asked Him to take care of His two children. Just then, a young man approached us and asked us to follow him. He asked us have a seat in this other room, while he went to get our bags from the airplane and check them in for us on the Singapore flight! And if that wasn't enough, he then took our passports and got our boarding passes for us! We sat patiently for an hour and a half, and when he returned, everything was done and we walked to the gate and that was that. We didn't do anything. God did everything. We were really thankful for His help, especially because we were so tired by then and had no idea what to do. What a loving God we have. God, we love you so much and we will stand up for you, defend you, and be witnesses for you where ever we go, just as you do the same for us. Thank you for caring.

JC