Hey guys. I'm doing great. Two weeks left in Indonesia and though I'm ready to get back to NZ to be reunited with the rest of the DTS and get out of the heat I also look forward to the last days of our stay here. We will be doing our normal ministry this next week and the following week will be involved in a water project and teaching computer classes.
A highlight from the last couple of weeks was visiting a group of families who were extremely poor. It was awesome to be able to chat with them, sing and share with them and just generally encourage each other. Though we brought them clothes and will also bring them a meal next week, in some ways I feel much more blessed by visiting them then we probably are blessing them. Their joy, especially as we both talked about our faiths, was contagious and I, as I often have been in the past, was amazed at how those who have so little have so much more joy than many who have so much. When the families' kids returned from school I was also really touched when one of the little boys came straight up to me and gave me the biggest hug!
Also, just to say, not only are the streets filled with animals and critters, but so is the YWAM base we live in. Yesterday I opened the door and watched 5, yes 5 rats run past the steps that lead down to the kitchen. I couldn't quite believe my eyes! It seems that the kitchen is the favorite hang out of hordes of both rats and mice! Funnily enough our balinese friends who we live with don't seem at all bothered!
Thank you for your prayers. So many have been answered and God has been so good. Lately have been encouraged by the verse:
'love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.'
Good stuff. Love to you all.
