It's been a few weeks since I last blogged, and if the reader has any comprehension of the mammoth moving mission that has been undertaken, you will not question my failure to report in to blogspot. We have left Cairns now, and it wasn't without tears. Quite a few. I bawled when Pastor Vaughn invited our friends from church to the front to pray a blessing for us- the reality of leaving behind our church family hit me suddenly, and as I watched those wonderful people and dear friends gather around me, the sense of loss, gratitude and blessing was so very heavy.
Five of the most blessed of these angels then answered my desperate plea for assistance, and came to our place when available over the next three days to help with cleaning and packing. A superhuman effort all-round resulted in our departure as planned in the evening of Wednesday 4th July. True to our usual form, we left many loose ends flapping wildly, and tomorrow The Inventor is flying back for a quick few days to complete some jobs, while I stay here and blog to my heart's content. In the meantime, we have enjoyed days at our annual medieval festival, visiting family and friends, and today, our daughter's birthday. Today I also completed the series of four TKT exams to gain an internationally-recognised ESL teaching qualification. I'm happy with the marks I have recieved so far and today's exams went well. Teaching English in Malaysia is still an option I'm considering, but not the only option.
We continue to sit in Brisbane waiting for Price Waterhouse. The setup of the joint venture company has been somewhat delayed, and while we wait for PWC input, we do not move. So we sit and wait. There is nothing patient about this waiting- we are ready, we have said our goodbyes and we have moved, and now we are frustrated that the next stage of our life and plans approaches with the unhurried imminence of an approaching dawn. I hope that, like the approaching dawn, the waited-for moment will be sudden and complete. No airfares have been booked yet, and family and friends marvel at the apparent calmness with which we accept the wait, but we have no choice but to accept the delay, and continue to work as best we can in this hiatus. The contrast in urgency of the last two weeks has been both a shock and a relief.
The Inventor has been able to make some more contacts with his networking while in Brisbane, though he is frustrated at his lack of laboratory facilities, and is looking forward to having the lab and newly-ordered equipment on our arrival in Kuala Dipang. Time moves on.
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