Caterpillars

Friday night was our first Game Night with a meal.  The Senior class had tacos for sale while all of the volleyball teams played.  Garth is coaching boys volleyball again and is really enjoying it.  The kids have improved quite a bit since last year.

Saturday we got up bright and early and drove 1 ½ hours to Kali Biru (Blue River).  Wyatt, Emma, Cale and I were all car sick on the way there.  In fact we had to stop once for Cale.  He said he either had to puke or poop: either way I didn’t want it happening in the van.  We pulled over on the side of the road for him, and then an Indonesian man came over and motioned for us to follow him.  He wanted us to come into his home and use his kamar kecil (bathroom).  That was very kind of him.  A gesture like that helps you to feel accepted into a new culture, and we were very grateful.

The entire day was a wonderful time of bonding with the dorm.  The girls and I hiked up the river to a place where you can

dig clay out of the riverbed, then we floated our way back down.  The boys had fun trying to outdo each other with flips and climbing the cliffs.  The last picture is of this really cool caterpillar that we saw while we were there.

We feel so blessed right now to be in a place that is so naturally preserved in places that you can see the fingerprints of God all over it.  To see types of trees that I didn’t even know existed, to hear calls from birds that are unlike anything you ever heard before, and to see creepy crawly caterpillars that look like they could be part troll…amazing!  I am glad that I can share all this with you.  Then, in a way you can experience it too.

Love you-

Rachel