{"id":424,"date":"2010-03-30T23:18:30","date_gmt":"2010-03-31T04:18:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/?p=424"},"modified":"2010-03-30T23:18:30","modified_gmt":"2010-03-31T04:18:30","slug":"what-a-jigsaw-puzzle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand\/2010\/03\/what-a-jigsaw-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"What a jigsaw puzzle!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, indeed.\u00a0 What a jigsaw puzzle this sorting and packing to get stuff on the plane is.\u00a0 We will fly to Gemena, DRC in a Cessna 206.\u00a0 This is a 6 passenger plane with a small luggage pod under the main frame.\u00a0 Starting last week Pete has been working with the JAARS (SIL) pilots to determine how much weight we will be allowed on our 4 hour flight to Gemena.\u00a0 Yes, we are the only people on the plane and can fill the rest of it up with freight, but it is still not a simple answer.\u00a0 The answer is complicated by where they can get additional fuel to come home.\u00a0 Ah yes, that is needed.\u00a0 The worst case scenario would have us stopping at a mission halfway to Gemena where they have some fuel stored.\u00a0 In this case we would only get 315 kilograms leaving Yaounde.\u00a0 We and the baggage we brought from the US weigh 310 kgs.\u00a0 Bad news.\u00a0 But yesterday we learned that they can buy fuel in Bangui, Central African Republic.\u00a0 So now we can have 420 kgs leaving Yaounde.\u00a0 Hallelujah!<\/p>\n<p>In addition we will send some freight on a flight taking a couple to Bangui on Monday.\u00a0 We will get up to 240 kgs on that plane.\u00a0 Now the issue becomes, how bulky is our stuff?\u00a0 Some kitchen stuff is not very dense, so we are concerned that we will run out of space before we hit the weight limits.\u00a0 Pete has been out to the plane to carefully measure and try to determine what pieces can fit where.\u00a0 Therein is the jigsaw puzzle!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div id=\"attachment_425\" style=\"width: 415px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/03\/unpacking-sorting.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-425\" class=\"size-full wp-image-425  \" title=\"unpacking &amp; sorting\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/03\/unpacking-sorting.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"302\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-425\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">the chaos of sorting and deciding what goes and what does not<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<div id=\"attachment_426\" style=\"width: 417px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/03\/sorting-the-kitchen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-426\" class=\"size-full wp-image-426  \" title=\"sorting the kitchen\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/03\/sorting-the-kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"407\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-426\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">how much tupperware does one need? <\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-report-this\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/ekstrand?moderation_action=report_form&object_type=post&object_id=424&width=250&height=300\" class=\"thickbox\" title=\"Report This Post\">Report This Post<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, indeed.\u00a0 What a jigsaw puzzle this sorting and packing to get stuff on the plane is.\u00a0 We will fly to Gemena, DRC in a Cessna 206.\u00a0 This is a 6 passenger plane with a small luggage pod under the main frame.\u00a0 Starting last week Pete has been working with the JAARS (SIL) pilots to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What a jigsaw puzzle! 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