The flight from Provo, Utah to Jakarta, Indonesia was over 30 hours long, excluding travel times to and from the airports. Needless to say, we were quite worn out when we arrived at the mission home. President and Sister Groberg warmly welcomed us and fed us a great dinner. We tried to stay awake and go to bed at a "normal time" to help us adjust to the 14 hour time change (jet lag--majorly). We made it till about 8 p.m. and then we just couldn't go any further! We literally dropped into bed with the injunction to sleep the best we could and then be ready for a meeting with the mission president at 10 in the morning. Well... we slept
deeply, like a drugged person! I woke up to use the
bathroom and looked at my watch. Oh, no!!! We had slept round the clock and it was now 9:30! How could we have slept so long and still be so bone weary? I woke up Steve and we hurriedly showered and dressed for our meeting. We left our room and saw that the main floor of the mission home was dark. Oh, we're late for our meeting and they've already gone upstairs and turned out the lights on the main floor! We hurried across the living area and had to unlock the front door to access the stairs going up to the mission office. That's when we saw the first window looking outside...What's going on???? It's still dark outside! Okay, we get it now... it's 10:10 at night, not the morning! We laughed pretty hard as we relocked the door and made our way back to bed. At least we didn't have to shower in the morning!
bathroom and looked at my watch. Oh, no!!! We had slept round the clock and it was now 9:30! How could we have slept so long and still be so bone weary? I woke up Steve and we hurriedly showered and dressed for our meeting. We left our room and saw that the main floor of the mission home was dark. Oh, we're late for our meeting and they've already gone upstairs and turned out the lights on the main floor! We hurried across the living area and had to unlock the front door to access the stairs going up to the mission office. That's when we saw the first window looking outside...What's going on???? It's still dark outside! Okay, we get it now... it's 10:10 at night, not the morning! We laughed pretty hard as we relocked the door and made our way back to bed. At least we didn't have to shower in the morning!
We spent a week in the mission home, along with Ron and Melanie Greenway, another couple who arrived with us. We had to get our government registration completed, our "Kitas," before we could permanently move to our mission assignment. The time was a blurr with trying to turn our clocks around, but we did exchange money, ride in a becak, buy a language translator and maps of Indonesia, get some training, and we made a quick trip to Surabaya looking for an apartment. One of our highlights of our stay was the zone leaders' conference, which we were able to help prepare the food for. The picture above is of the mission's zone leaders. What a great bunch!
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