alive and really really well
ive almost survived my first week. it's been a little busier. scott left a few days ago to return to the states for a wedding, so we've been left in charge... wahahaha. just kidding.. its been running great, minus the pink eye/conjunctivitus outbreak in the house. danielle caught it the same night as her motorcycle crash.. poor girl. it's been spreading around... several kids and staff leaders have it right now. so far, ive been spared. *knock on wood* no one new has contracted it in 2 days though, so hopefully it's contained and almost over with.
yesterday we had the first of two australian YWAM teams show up... they're all staying at the 2nd house. the 2nd team is coming in a couple days.. so we'll have two very full houses then. for now, there's only 11 of them & they're all really sweet. all the little geckos that run around and cover our walls will finally have some new company. :)
i completely forgot to mention the insane exchange rate here... 1 US $ is equivalent to nearly 10,000 Rupias (sp?) .... so when i exchanged $200, i was handed back almost 2 million Rp. I felt so rich!! seriously, im living like a king on $2-$3 a day here. man, am i gonna hate myself when i go home to starbucks! ... im a slave to it. (michelle knows this is true -it's pretty pitiful.) when we go out to eat here i make sure i have about 10,000 -20,000 Rp in my pocket and i'm golden. that's $1-$2... it's brilliant.
so, i almost got attacked by a wild dog today... wild dogs run rampant here - but they always mind their own business, so it's never really anything to worry about. but this morning, the black dog jumped out at me from behind a wall, already barking as it approached me. it scared me to death.. i was not expecting it and could just envision the rabies on the tip of it's snout waiting to infect me... i grabbed danielle and we lunged into moving traffic as we darted across the street. good lord... it was a close call.
speaking of dogs, ive been a hardcore vegetarian for the first solid week of my life. im already sketchy when it comes to meat back home, by no means a vegetarian though. but when i finalized my plans for bali, i made the decision to go without it here for fear of eating dog or cat disguised as "chicken." so, let's review... no diet coke. no meat. no starbucks. wow. seriously, would someone plese send me a medal. ha.. it's surprisingly not as hard as i thought it'd be. ive eaten more rice and vegetables in the last week than probably my whole life combined. but they're really good. oh yeah, and pineapple juice too. lots of pineapple juice. yum.
the kids keep pouring into the house.... yesterday we did face painting with them. all the boys wanted spiders on their faces and spider webs on their tummies. the girls either wanted hearts or cat whiskers. afterwards, we took them to the galael (aka supermarket) to buy them ice cream. ive never seen children be so excited over ice cream... it makes me want to feed it to them 10x a day. they get SO excited and are so appreciative - it's precious. at night, we've been having devotions with the kids.... we sing songs in indo and a few in english that the kids know. hendri sings louder than everyone. and for as loud as he sings, he's also extremely off-key. i love it. after worship, one of the other staff girls leads a lesson... then the children tell stories and answer questions. we always end in asian style prayer.... which is everyone praying out loud at once. there's three different languages at the house... indonesian, balinese, and english. it's so beautiful to listen to the prayers simultaneously offered to jesus in all the different languages.
if you cant already tell - im falling in love here. with everything. the children, the culture, their hearts, their strength... its inspiring. jesus is so very real. the faith of a child is truly profound. they know Him and love in a such a deep and real way.
Luke 18:16-17 - "But Jesus called them to Him and said, 'Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. 17Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.'"
my love to you all,
melody
yesterday we had the first of two australian YWAM teams show up... they're all staying at the 2nd house. the 2nd team is coming in a couple days.. so we'll have two very full houses then. for now, there's only 11 of them & they're all really sweet. all the little geckos that run around and cover our walls will finally have some new company. :)
i completely forgot to mention the insane exchange rate here... 1 US $ is equivalent to nearly 10,000 Rupias (sp?) .... so when i exchanged $200, i was handed back almost 2 million Rp. I felt so rich!! seriously, im living like a king on $2-$3 a day here. man, am i gonna hate myself when i go home to starbucks! ... im a slave to it. (michelle knows this is true -it's pretty pitiful.) when we go out to eat here i make sure i have about 10,000 -20,000 Rp in my pocket and i'm golden. that's $1-$2... it's brilliant.
so, i almost got attacked by a wild dog today... wild dogs run rampant here - but they always mind their own business, so it's never really anything to worry about. but this morning, the black dog jumped out at me from behind a wall, already barking as it approached me. it scared me to death.. i was not expecting it and could just envision the rabies on the tip of it's snout waiting to infect me... i grabbed danielle and we lunged into moving traffic as we darted across the street. good lord... it was a close call.
speaking of dogs, ive been a hardcore vegetarian for the first solid week of my life. im already sketchy when it comes to meat back home, by no means a vegetarian though. but when i finalized my plans for bali, i made the decision to go without it here for fear of eating dog or cat disguised as "chicken." so, let's review... no diet coke. no meat. no starbucks. wow. seriously, would someone plese send me a medal. ha.. it's surprisingly not as hard as i thought it'd be. ive eaten more rice and vegetables in the last week than probably my whole life combined. but they're really good. oh yeah, and pineapple juice too. lots of pineapple juice. yum.
the kids keep pouring into the house.... yesterday we did face painting with them. all the boys wanted spiders on their faces and spider webs on their tummies. the girls either wanted hearts or cat whiskers. afterwards, we took them to the galael (aka supermarket) to buy them ice cream. ive never seen children be so excited over ice cream... it makes me want to feed it to them 10x a day. they get SO excited and are so appreciative - it's precious. at night, we've been having devotions with the kids.... we sing songs in indo and a few in english that the kids know. hendri sings louder than everyone. and for as loud as he sings, he's also extremely off-key. i love it. after worship, one of the other staff girls leads a lesson... then the children tell stories and answer questions. we always end in asian style prayer.... which is everyone praying out loud at once. there's three different languages at the house... indonesian, balinese, and english. it's so beautiful to listen to the prayers simultaneously offered to jesus in all the different languages.
if you cant already tell - im falling in love here. with everything. the children, the culture, their hearts, their strength... its inspiring. jesus is so very real. the faith of a child is truly profound. they know Him and love in a such a deep and real way.
Luke 18:16-17 - "But Jesus called them to Him and said, 'Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. 17Assuredly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a little child will by no means enter it.'"
my love to you all,
melody
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