Hello again! Another week has zipped by us and we are now in November already. This week Hugo made a bracket in preparation for installing a storm scope. He also installed the antenna for the scope. Hugo also had to do some rewiring on one of the aircraft that is getting a cargo pod put on. He also started making wiring diagrams for each aircraft to assist in trouble shooting as not all aircraft are wired the same and new installations have not been updated. The breakout box has been completed and is ready to be used. Hugo also did some trouble shooting on a couple of aircraft that had HF and ELT problems. This week was a regular week complete with the usual happenings such as power outages. We neglected to mention last week that we had had an earthquake that measured 5.6 on the richter scale. The epicenter was in a town 40 minutes from Sentani. Everything swayed back and forth but we heard no reports of damage. This week our pembantu's son had a swollen spot on his back and his arm. She took him to the hospital in Waena where they did an x-ray (not sure why) and some other tests and they told her that he has a blood problem. They gave him three different medications to take. Often times doctors will not tell you exactly what is wrong and exactly what the medication you are to take is. In their minds, if they do that, they are giving the people knowledge which would bring them closer to the doctor in status. There is much turf protection here so many people are often in the dark with regards to their health. However, on Friday our Ibu said that her son was feeling much better and eating again. On Friday Mikah's school put on a Fun Fair for a couple hours in the afternoon. There were various games and activities to participate in and receive candy for. They even had a dunk tank. While we were watching Aidan cried each time the person got dunked. We guess he just felt really sorry for the dunkee. There was also the water Mafia. You could pay to have someone soaked with water. Following the fun fair there was the regular Friday night volleyball games and meal-burrito's. A fun time to socialize with the other expats in Sentani. On Saturday we rattled and white knuckled our way to the beach for one last time before the baby comes. (The drive to the beach has many labour inducing qualities, especially when driving in the 1977 VW Combi). As there are only five weeks until the due date we decided to go now and book a boat for the whole day. Surprisingly this costs very little more than when they drop you off and come back to get you at the end of the day. Normally that would cost between $100,000-125,000 and we paid $150,000 (25.00 CAD) for the drivers to stay the whole day just in case something were to happen. We also bought lunch for the two guys. We went together with another family whose command of the language is much better than ours. It was a beautiful day at the beach (check out the photos on our website next week). While we were sitting on the pondok (a covered sitting area) a group of Indonesians came by. They appeared a little embarrassed at the sight of a pregnant white woman in a bathing suit. However, our children were the main attraction. They were especially intrigued by Aidan and found it interesting that two people who are not so big should have such a large child. They even took eachothers photograph with Aidan. Quite funny. Aidan took it all in stride, we think he is getting rather used to all the attention that he gets from Indonesians. This group of people were scouting out the area to see if there was potential for more tourism-VIP beach and hotel etc... It seems that only westerners actually use the beaches in this area. We told them that we preferred things the way they are and didn't think that development was such a good idea. We'll see what happens. That was our week down here in Sentani. How was yours? Selamat Hari Minggu! (Happy Sunday as they say here in Papua) In His Service, Hugo and Erica Feunekes