We have our plane tickets!

This morning we got our plane tickets through, so on Sunday 12th July, almost 8 weeks later than we had originally planned, we will be leaving Canada and starting the long journey back to our home in Telefomin, Papua New Guinea.

Our journey back to PNG will be as follows:

• Calgary, Canada - depart 12-Jul @ 09:20 Fight WS0212

• Montreal, Canada - depart 12-Jul @ 21:15 Flight QR0764

• Doha, Qatar - depart 13-Jul @ 23:55 Flight QR0912

• Brisbane, Australia - depart 15-Jul @ 10:30 Flight PX0004

• Port Moresby, PNG - arrive 15-Jul @ 13:40

We will be traveling for approximately 60 hours and flying for just over 33 of those hours, a lot longer than usual! But we are so relieved to finally have our tickets in our hands (electronically speaking). But sadly, we probably won’t get back to our home in Telefomin until August.

Before we can get on the plane, as well as packing our bags, we need to do the following:

• Get a COVID-19 test with a print-out of our results.

• Get an approved Transit Visa for Australia.

• Self-isolate for 7 days before we leave Canada.

• Book a room in a hotel to quarantine in for 7-14 days in Port Moresby.

After we arrive in Port Moresby we will then be escorted to our hotel room where we will be confined until our quarantine period is completed. On day 5 of our quarantine we hope we will be given a COVID-19 test and if that is negative we should then be allowed to leave quarantine on day 7 (Which will be our 3rd Anniversary, 22nd July). Then we will take a domestic flight from Port Moresby to Mt Hagen where MAF has our HQ. We’ll probably have to stay there for a couple of weeks whilst Ryan does some training and his flight tests (standard procedure after Home Assignment), and we shop for our 3 months’ worth of groceries to take back to Telefomin.

So we still have some work to do and lots of paperwork to print out before we are ready to go.
There are so many new procedures and regulations as a result of COVID-19 so we would REALLY appreciate LOTS of prayer over the next 2 weeks. Thanks so much!!!