 With pastor Brian and Sarah Stolarczyk and family, Lutheran Church of the Cross, Port Charlotte, FL. It has been a LONG TIME since our last newsletter! From April through mid-July, we have been on furlough. A furlough is
a time for missionaries to step away from their work on the mission field, reconnect with family and friends, renew relationships with mission partners and supporting congregations, and share what God is doing in their mission corner! It is certainly not a vacation, although sometimes we can squeeze in a little of that, too! Our mission partners and family members are scattered across the USA, which makes it a challenge to visit everyone.
From Freedom to Freezing!
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We’re back in Chile! After enjoying life in the USA which is relatively free of covid restrictions, and after enjoying some summer weather, we returned to Chile – it’s dead winter here, and covid restrictions are still nearly in full force. Here is how our “re-entry” has gone:
 Another line at the airport, this one to board the government-provided bus to insure that we arrive at our designated quarantine hotel. About 20 hours after leaving Miami – 8 of them spent on a plane – we finally got situated in our “Quarantine Hotel”. What happened in between? Well, there were delays, documents and Covid protocol lines. Our flight was the last of several to arrive at the Santiago airport early in the morning on Friday July 16. We zigzagged through a roped off area for 3 hours before presenting our recent negative covid results from the USA, and then proceeded to take the PCR test one more time. Immigration, baggage and customs went smoothly, only took about an hour or so. Then we had another 3 hour wait for the government-sponsored bus that took us to the certified quarantine hotel.
After that journey, we were thankful for the 5 days of hotel quarantine, isolation and rest. On July 21, we were released to continue mandatory quarantine for 5 more days in our own home. We were finally able to leave our house on July 27! It’s time to get back into ministry!
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