All packed up and no place to go . . . yet!
It's 7:15am Saturday morning. I just woke up, after the first full night sleep I've had in a long time, and called Med Air to check on the status of Kim's plane (they kindly offered not to call throughout the night!!).
I don't know what happened, but somewhere along the line, the air ambulance company that we had yesterday got the boot. -- Do you think someone else saw the same pattern we did? Ya need to have planes that actually can fly. I am relieved, though, that they are looking for a new one.
We've got two dilemmas now, and they are biggies. If Med Air cannot find a reasonably priced flight to Perth, our insurance company may send Kim to Singapore - I'm still checking on this, and haven't received a firm answer (Singapore is where they would normally go in this type of situation. However, when we made the decision to get Kim out of the country, we made plans ourselves to fly commercially to Perth. We chose Perth because we immediately had housing and transport available to us, as well as a doctor, and a host of contacts. Our only problem was, after all those plans, the airline refused to allow Kim on the flight. And so did any other airlines. So we were left at the hands of our insurance company to decide which country to medevac Kim to. It was looking like Singapore for a number of hours, but then they miraculously chose Perth). So we hope that she can still go to Perth, because . . .
The kids and I already have tickets to fly to Perth tonight. As I mentioned earlier, we leave Malang at 1:00pm for a 7:15pm flight. We have to leave so early because there's been a major disaster between here and Surabaya for the past two years -- we call it the mud flood -- which at times completely cuts main roads off. So what once was a two hour drive to the aiport, can be at times a five hour drive. You never know, so you have to leave early. Our concern last night was that maybe Kim would be leaving after us. Now an additional concern is that she may be going to a completely different country.
So, now that you know our dilemmas . . . please pray. We have no idea how this is all going to work out. This has been a week, though, of watching God do impossible things. So we know that whatever He works out will be the best for Kim, the baby, and the rest of us.
OK, now I'm off to eat oatmeal pancakes. I'll let you know more as soon as I hear from Med Air.
I don't know what happened, but somewhere along the line, the air ambulance company that we had yesterday got the boot. -- Do you think someone else saw the same pattern we did? Ya need to have planes that actually can fly. I am relieved, though, that they are looking for a new one.
We've got two dilemmas now, and they are biggies. If Med Air cannot find a reasonably priced flight to Perth, our insurance company may send Kim to Singapore - I'm still checking on this, and haven't received a firm answer (Singapore is where they would normally go in this type of situation. However, when we made the decision to get Kim out of the country, we made plans ourselves to fly commercially to Perth. We chose Perth because we immediately had housing and transport available to us, as well as a doctor, and a host of contacts. Our only problem was, after all those plans, the airline refused to allow Kim on the flight. And so did any other airlines. So we were left at the hands of our insurance company to decide which country to medevac Kim to. It was looking like Singapore for a number of hours, but then they miraculously chose Perth). So we hope that she can still go to Perth, because . . .
The kids and I already have tickets to fly to Perth tonight. As I mentioned earlier, we leave Malang at 1:00pm for a 7:15pm flight. We have to leave so early because there's been a major disaster between here and Surabaya for the past two years -- we call it the mud flood -- which at times completely cuts main roads off. So what once was a two hour drive to the aiport, can be at times a five hour drive. You never know, so you have to leave early. Our concern last night was that maybe Kim would be leaving after us. Now an additional concern is that she may be going to a completely different country.
So, now that you know our dilemmas . . . please pray. We have no idea how this is all going to work out. This has been a week, though, of watching God do impossible things. So we know that whatever He works out will be the best for Kim, the baby, and the rest of us.
OK, now I'm off to eat oatmeal pancakes. I'll let you know more as soon as I hear from Med Air.
