Saturday-I am up far earlier than planned so I thought I would make good use of the time. Emma has a friend sleeping over and they decided to get up with the sun (5:30)-they are laying in bed whispering, which is nice and quiet, but my body didn’t seem to be able to fall back to sleep. Especially now because the power is off. Today will be such fun-we are going back to the beach with some friends. The kids are so excited and can’t wait.
I need to get you caught up by putting all the things I wanted to tell you that are in my head on paper. Yesterday on our bike ride we noticed many Indonesians dressed up with Bibles in their hands. We found out later that today was a holiday-50 years for the church-so many Christians don’t work and spend the day in church. We saw one taxi bus so full of people going to church that one guy that couldn’t fit inside was holding on to the outside, standing on the running board and holding on to the roof rack, just so he could get to church. Here, you can drive like that right past a policeman without getting stopped. We also saw kids having a water fight by filling up old syringes with water and squirting them at each other. Later, Garth and Emma went out for a bike ride and happened upon an Indonesian soccer game with at least 2,000 people. They could barely get the bike through because there were so many people standing in the street. Emma had to stand on the bike to see the game. They both thought it was pretty cool.
We had two birthday parties in the dorm this week. Becca turned 18 and Kelsea turned 14. It is always fun to celebrate life-especially when cake is involved J! Oh, and Happy Birthday, Jean E.-you’re 18 too, right? HA!
I was talking to a missionary lady here who works in the library and I was telling her where we were from and where we used to live in WI and she said she wondered if I knew her brother. Turns out that I knew her brother and his wife when we lived in Waukesha, WI and went to Elmbrook-in fact, I used to babysit for their little boy Steven. It is always so much fun to find connections like that.
We went to the beach with our friends the Olver’s and their 3 kids, the Williamson’s with 2 of their boys and a man named Tim. The day was crystal clear, bright and sunny. The water amazingly comfortable and warm, so refreshing. Right by the ocean is a fresh water pond that Garth loves. He is not too fond of the sand in your pants feeling so he enjoys being able to wash off. The kids love it because there is a tree you can climb and jump off of. Wyatt was diving off of it. Tim found a piece of bamboo –that must have been about 30 feet long. The kids and Tim made up many games to play with that. Trying to stand on it the longest, and floating on it…great fun. Cale actually took a nice long nap there under his palm tree, and of course, we all climbed and played on the palm tree that leans over the water and took turns swinging on it. Time goes a lot faster at the beach, so before we knew it, it was time to go.
Today, Sunday, we are celebrating Thanksgiving with all of the other missionaries that are here with MAF, so there will be 68 of us. Four of the dorm kids will be with us since their parents work with MAF also. It will be interesting celebrating it in October. We each had to make a centerpiece that would show what we are thankful for. Of course mine is all about my family. I need to go get ready for that.
Love to all,Rachel
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