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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Long Over Due Update

Wow, it's so crazy how life can totally distract from updating this thing! So much has happened these last few months. I'll try to recap it without boring you.

December:
The month flew by with language school. Our friends celebrated a holiday called "Idul Adha". This holiday has lots of different meanings, but here's the gist: an animal is sacraficed and the meat is passed out to the poor. The night before the "big day", the kids were hanging out in front of the mosque. They were so friendly, which is different than normal!

We were super busy, because there was a new group that came. Three new families moved to Bandung. They spent the month in orientation. We spent the month juggling language school, helping with orientation, helping them get set up in homes, and life in general. The highlight of the month was our Christmas day trip to the beach! It was soooo beautiful. It was only about 130 miles but in Indonesian time that means 6 hours on winding roads. We were there for almost a week. A couple of our friends came too. We also checked out a place called "Green Canyon". A beautiful cave tucked away on the island of Java. When we got home, we had a visit from a great great friend!














January:
We had a great New Years experience. We've celebrated 3 different times! The Islamic Calendar ends 11 days before January 1. We celebrated our normal new years. This past Monday we celebrated the Chinese New Year. Now we are almost finished with unit 5. We will only study through unit 6. So right now we're looking for plane tickets to leave the country for our visas!! Can you believe it?! We'll be moving to Papua in a couple of months. Wow. I can't believe it. This month has been a sad month too, because we just recently found out that my grandma has cancer. This was a surprise, because we weren't expecting news like this. God has been so faithful to us, and we know we are where we need to be. That knowledge doesn't make it any easier being on the other side of the world.





What an interesting time this has been. I believe we've grown alot. Hopefully when we meet again you can see even more clearly the light of Christ reflecting off our faces. We've met with Him, but we're not veiling our faces :)




P.S. we still have the cat. his is still naughty! Hope you're doing great. We love you and miss you all!
 
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