We are alive and healthy. We've been learning so much about the culture of Indonesia during these last few weeks. We've had the opportunity to visit the largest Mosque in SE Asia. It was beautiful! It was designed by a Christian. On Friday afternoons, 10,000 people will pray. The days following Rhamadan 200,000 people will go to pray at that Mosque.
We had the opportunity to visit the Indonesian Bible Society. This is an incredible place that prints almost all the Bibles that are in Indonesia! They use two machines that are 30 years old to print the black and white pages. When we arrived we saw copies of the Gideon Bible being completed.
This past weekend we stayed with an Indonesian family. The youth of Indonesia spend their time at the malls, so we enjoyed a day at two malls searching for tickets to see the new Batman movie. We saw our first movie here on Saturday night. Sunday, after going to church at 6 AM (yes, I really was up at 6 AM), we went to a party to celebrate the anniversary of the church's men's vocal group. There was a time of singing, eating, singing, visiting, and dancing. They had karaoke... with a live band. The owner of the home requested that we sing two songs. Us, sing? I know. We jammed to the Beatles- Yesterday and Hey Jude. Everyone sang along to Hey Jude. Who would have thought that the Beatles could unite people that don't speak the same language?
Today is our last day in Jakarta. Tomorrow we'll be moving to Bandung, a city about 2 hours from Jakarta. We're going house hunting. The weather is cooler there because it's at a higher elevation. The change in scenery will be nice, and hopefully the macet (Indonesian for "traffic" pronounced ma-chet) will be lighter. After settling down into our own place, we'll begin to learn Bahasa Indonesia (the language of Indonesia). During this time, we hope that we make close friends.
We're excited about the adventures that lie ahead. I'm so thankful that we have ways of keeping in touch with you. It doesn't seem that we're really on the other side of the world! Keep in touch with us, because we miss you all and need your encouragement.
4 comments:
Sounds like you guys are having a great time!! Ashley says hi. Meg misses you guys. We had VBS last week. It was good. The pics are great!! You both look happy. Keep the updates coming. We love reading all about it.
Miss you both and your in our prayers.
Shelly
I really enjoy all the pics you post. Keep it up! Love you guys!!!!!
KK
Its so good to be able to keep up with everything you are doing over there! We sponsor a little girl in Indonesia, but Im not sure where she is at. We are praying for you guys!
Liz and Steve
it's so good to see your faces. can't wait to see pics of your new place!
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