It feels closer

I know that a week and a half ago or so when my flight from DFW to Cairns was finalized that felt close, but i just got off the phone with a lady IN australia, and that made my trip to PNG feel so close I actually had butterflies in my stomach, like i was 10 and my parents just told me that when i went to bad last night they actually put me in the car and drove all night to disney land and here we are(that never happened, but you can imagine).
Did I mention I've been trying to get to PNG for quite some time now, the anticipation is building - like a great date might. I'm pretty sure, that I have all my flights booked (dfw-lax-brisbane-cairns-port moresby-wewak, and then back ultimately, but before I go back I do have some other small puddle jumpers to catch and conoes to oar (or at least the guy i'll hire will oar).
I mentioned the other night that I'm very excited about the adventure aspect of this ( wanna be david livingstone) as well as meeting people and developing relationships.

hopefully i'll post a few more times a few more less boring details before i'm off, btw I'm reading "the mission of God:...." by christopher wright, and am loving it, its about life and the whole of scripture being about mission, for all people in all places.
Stephan

When and Where and Why

I haven't really taken the opportunity to give you much of the specifics, so...

I leave from DFW on May 1, I will wind up in Northern Australia a couple of days later, and then I'll keep flying to Papua New Guinea, ending up at Wewak, this should be my final destination by flight, the rest will be by canoe or something... I'm not really sure.
While I'm there I will be (in the words of Lawrence of Arabia I will be "appreciating the situation" or gathering intel for future ministry among the Alamblak concerning discipleship and community development.

I should start heading back (to the states) around May 22, unless of course I take a tile job in New Zealand http://twitter.com/stephanPsardone/status/11902276563 which might last a couple of weeks.

Actually, a lot of the trip will be discovered as it unfolds... so i'll let you know how it went when i get back.
Stephan

Diet Routine for May

I'm excited about the diet I will probably be on in May, most diets take a lot of discipline, i have a feeling this one will be working with for me:
1. Run, from the Natives
2. Canoe, everywhere
3. Hike, everywhere else
4. Eat, local delicacies
5. Puke
6. Repeat
:)

I'm GOIN!!!! (as long as i don't get hospitalized again:)

OK, it's been a crazy 11-ish months, but here is the run down
* I was suppossed to go to PNG, but went to the hospital instead, cause I was laying on the sofa for 2 weeks urinating orange gatorade looking stuff, and then my whole body got a rash, and... well thats enough,
* Doc lady said I had HIV, Cancer, and everything else under the sun (it was just like an episode of house, except no one was as clever or limpy) - as it turns out I had epstein bar virus - which is like a case of mono that lies dormant in the body
* I'm healthy, it only cost me $500 to get my ticket to the tip of Australia re-issued, and now I am currently booking my tickets to PNG, and then the various places within the jungle/island.
* I am now officially starting my campaign fund to raise support for my trip
* There is a pay pal account <---- over there you can click on. or you can call me and ask how you can help 972.786.5849
* Things to pray for: that i get all my flights and overnight stays booked (it's kinda nuts - there is a place called Tree Tops, that I'm staying in...), that the trip is safe and disease (malaria) free, and that i get to know some of the people in the tribe, while attempting to understand how I can better serve in the future among the Alamblak Tribe.

Thank you very much,

Stephan