News and Fun

Hello from the land of volcanoes, earthquakes, and rain!  

I have been busy at work planning the last few weeks of the year.  In my senior class, we have read the book, Cry, the Beloved Country, and it has been fun to get the students to think about social justice and how they are going to live their lives outside of high school.  It's such a blessing to be able to share the Gospel as the opportunity arises at work!  Erin's still doing the cooking classes, and building friendships and relationships through that venue.  The boys are involved in school- Kadin just had his Spring Concert - and it is hard to believe Jace will be five years old next week!  We have gone to the kampung where we installed the hand washing station a few times in the last few weeks, and we met some of our Indonesian staff that live there and work at BAIS.  Pray for us to be given opportunities to share, boldness to do it, and relationships to form which will allow growth.  Thanks for all your prayers and support- it is so encouraging to know you are praying for God's work, and our role in it.  

We have been busy lately, but we wanted to at least put up a few pictures of our latest adventures-

(Hopefully we can post some spring break pictures soon, and share the story of that adventure!)

Last weekend I took the boys to the kampung to play soccer- these are the kids we met at the school when we did the hand washing station.  We played soccer, and the kids also took us down to where they fish behind Jingga (our housing area).

Here's another shot down at the kampung river- can you find Kadin?

Today, we went to Bandung Treetop Adventure.  It was a blast.  The kids did one course, and Erin and I did the higher levels.... here's some various shots of the place and the kids-

It's a little blurry, but shows Jace having so much fun.  He tried to climb to the more challenging course, but the safety instructor caught him as he was climbing the ladder!

Safety first!  The kids (and all of us) had two carabiners- you always were attached to something- or were supposed to be! 

Here's a shot of me on the "red" course.  It was challenging, but not as high as the "black" course I did earlier-

Here's the family right after we harnessed up!

 

Two weeks ago, the special forces from the local airbase practice rappelling from their helicopter, and the boys and I went to watch it up close.  They were taking off and landing in the neighborhood behind our house.  It was fun to talk with the security and the soldiers!