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Daily Challenges,
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October has been a very challenging month! With the sale of our home, the move to a temporary location, placing some of our belongings in storage, etc., all of this has kept us very busy. The major time consumer has been managing all of the administrative details. We “assumed” that we would have the month of October to spend with family and friends. But it has turned out to be a very busy month, managing numerous last minute administrative tasks.

Dr. Chester & Phyllis Swearingen
**Obtaining permission to live long term in Indonesia (Visa).
**Setting up international banking (this took 2 1/2 months–if you are going this route, ask for our advice!).
**Preparing to manage the filing of taxes while out of the country.
**Setting up people to manage our legal affairs while gone (power of attorney).
**Selling vehicles.
**Saying good-by to family and friends.
**Setting up adminstrative systems for recieving project support from donors.
**We could go on and on….
We don’t begrudge the journey. It has been very educational and “character developing”! Though we did have advice along the way (for which we are very grateful), there are many unique experiences and situations that every individual will have to encounter all on their own. So if you are up for a similar journey, just know that you have to be a self-starter, and that you can’t wait for somebody to give you all the answers to every situation, because for many situations, there are no answers!
Selamat Jalan–[hope you have a blessed journey!]