​Since the beginning of this winter trip, we have seen God’s approval. The road just in front of our mission post in HCBN Indonesia had been paved since early January. The construction work was slow and none of our cars was able to pass until the completion date, the end of February 2023. We had to park our cars about a mile down from where we lived. The only way to get around with a car was to walk on the sides of the pavements and continue driving. Returning home is reversing the order with more effort going uphill and carrying all sorts of things with backpacks. A slightly better way is with a motorcycle through a longer route up the valley, to the next village and back down through muddy roads. When our flights from Jakarta to the US were booked for February 6, days prior to the departure we made strategic plans of hauling clothing, shoes, winter coats, laptop, books, backpacks, and eventually large suitcases to the car and drive to the airport. We were overwhelmed with the thought of going through the process, and in the meantime that week we were inundated with studio work, having to catch up with deadlines and all sorts of meetings. On Friday, February 3, we were told that paving work miraculously stopped for two days. And for ten days prior they were only laying rocks and gravel but not pouring wet concrete, which meant the previous pouring had dried up and was hard enough for us to pass with our car. Two days we were allowed to pass and we were able to bring luggages with the car directly from home. The day we were taken to the airport was the last time the road opened, and it was closed again for paving work until mid-March, about the same time we return home!