This lovely family is the Archers from Australia. They are friends of our from Tanzania, where they are still currently residing. They recently spent some time back in their home country on what their mission organization calls home assignment. (Some call this period "furlough" or "secondment return period.") I'm pretty sure if you're reading my blog, you have some idea of what home assignment is - lots of traveling around speaking at various churches and events, catching up with friends, family, and ministry partners, eating food you don't get to enjoy for another few years, and going to see doctors, dentists, and hair dressers so you look and feel decent for a little while, at least.
But just in case there are any readers out there who think home assignment equals lots of R&R, let me tell you what my friends the Archers recently tallied up: When they arrived back home in Tanzania, they had been away from their beds there for 221 nights. During those 221 nights, they had slept in 49 different beds! That's an average of 4.5 nights in one bed before changing to another for 7.5 months!
I'm not saying they didn't have a lot of fun and good times during those 222 days, but I know they were excited to get back home to their own beds in Tanzania, mosquito nets and all!
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