Sometimes I hear God. Its not my thoughts and its not my conscience, its just sometimes I know its God. When Marie and Charals came to visit us, God asked me if I wanted to go to Indonesia to see whats its like. I was so happy when my Dad said I could go and my parents bought my tickets.
Now, Im back home, and i can say that I am very happy that I got to go!!! It was so fun for all of you who gave me comments. I was very inspired by them!!!!!
My favorite thing to do in Indonesia was to walk to Jimmys Mart with my Dad. On the way there we would stop and visit a tiny monkey. Jimmys mart had food but no clothes. It wasnt very far. I also liked to go to the Jungle pool. It had a swing into the pool, and over there I saw a spider as big as my head!
I also was glad to meet new friends. The two friends I met were Marrisa and Eli. Their parents were missionaries from America. They have been there 2 1/2 and 5 years. One of their Dads works in an English school teaching Muslims English.
Marie and Charals were spending most of their time getting the coffee shop ready to open, They hope to make money to support the orphanage. Alot of people live on the streets because they are so poor, they just sleep on mats. No pillows no blankets. Soemtimes they put a tarp over their heads when they sleep.
There are also other americans who are starting business to help the indonesian people make money and to make contacts with the Muslim people and witness to them about Jesus.
My favorite place was Japata. It is a place where there are no waves at the beach, the water is so clear, so clear, its beautiful.
The things I didnt like in Indonesia were the coakroaches. They are not afraid of people, they will charge at you. They fly. One night my Dad got up and a cockroach flew at him. He doesnt like the coack roaches either! The other thing I didnt like was drivng on long trips on the windy roads because I get car sick! YUCK!
Well, Im glad Im back home with my family now, my little sisters missed me alot, so I have to go play with them now. They are so happy im home!
thank you so much for all your paryers and comments.
Well, see ya!
P.S. (GO where God tells you to GO!)
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Monday, July 30, 2007
Its me Sabrina
We went to the Orphanage and we had lots of fun with the kids.
We met many different type of kids, some were sick, and some were in good condition.
The ages ranged from young to older teens, and were in their own shred bunk bed type rooms.
I thought the orphanage was shocking to me cause I've never been to an indonesian orphanage before. In fact I have never been to an orphanage before. Its a place without mom's and dad's.
thats the shocking thing that thre are lots of kids and no moms and dads to take care of them.
Some of the kids try to run away to go home, but they find out that their moms and dads cant give them food and they catch them and bring them back.
They had a little snack bar there too where I could get some gum.
We sat in their church for a couple of hours.. that was a short church service. a normal one goes for about 4-5 hours.
I tried to go sleep during the service but my dad kept on waking me up. I wanted to go to sleep in the car but dad told me it would be very rude.
Everyone shook our hand before we left and said goodbye.
We met many different type of kids, some were sick, and some were in good condition.
The ages ranged from young to older teens, and were in their own shred bunk bed type rooms.
I thought the orphanage was shocking to me cause I've never been to an indonesian orphanage before. In fact I have never been to an orphanage before. Its a place without mom's and dad's.
thats the shocking thing that thre are lots of kids and no moms and dads to take care of them.
Some of the kids try to run away to go home, but they find out that their moms and dads cant give them food and they catch them and bring them back.
They had a little snack bar there too where I could get some gum.
We sat in their church for a couple of hours.. that was a short church service. a normal one goes for about 4-5 hours.
I tried to go sleep during the service but my dad kept on waking me up. I wanted to go to sleep in the car but dad told me it would be very rude.
Everyone shook our hand before we left and said goodbye.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Visit to the Orphanage
Hi all,
We went to the orphanage and there are photos on the flickr group. Ill put a few up here also just to give you a flavor of what it was like.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10383469@N06/
It turns out this is the BEST orphanage in Indonesia. It is self funded and operating with actually very clean facilities except for a temporary water/sewage problem running overground right now.
This is pretty good even compared to some Ive seen in Mexico. The children have clean sleeping areas, there are pator interns and college interns attending to the children and there are helpers giving the needed attention to those special needs children as well.
We went to the orphanage and there are photos on the flickr group. Ill put a few up here also just to give you a flavor of what it was like.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/10383469@N06/
It turns out this is the BEST orphanage in Indonesia. It is self funded and operating with actually very clean facilities except for a temporary water/sewage problem running overground right now.
This is pretty good even compared to some Ive seen in Mexico. The children have clean sleeping areas, there are pator interns and college interns attending to the children and there are helpers giving the needed attention to those special needs children as well.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Today we go to the Orphanage
Hi,
I hope to have some pictures of the orphanage to place either here on the blog or on flickr.
Please pray as we go and as I continue to work with marie and Charles on discussion on how to biblically deal with people here that are in need and with love.
Dad
I hope to have some pictures of the orphanage to place either here on the blog or on flickr.
Please pray as we go and as I continue to work with marie and Charles on discussion on how to biblically deal with people here that are in need and with love.
Dad
Coffee Shop Hotspot
Hi everyone,
Here is a picture of the coffee shop and its 'hot spot' is all its glory! :-P
You will see that we had to run a seperate electrical circuit into the upp 'attic' portion of the coffee shop and run the circuit into a electrical regulator/conditioner and then to the linsys wireless device.
Since there are many tropical storms here there needs to be equal importance on protecting the electrical equipment as is the design and imlementaton of the technology itself.
The CAT5 cabling decends from the Sattelite equipment on the roof.
Dad
Here is a picture of the coffee shop and its 'hot spot' is all its glory! :-P
You will see that we had to run a seperate electrical circuit into the upp 'attic' portion of the coffee shop and run the circuit into a electrical regulator/conditioner and then to the linsys wireless device.
Since there are many tropical storms here there needs to be equal importance on protecting the electrical equipment as is the design and imlementaton of the technology itself.
The CAT5 cabling decends from the Sattelite equipment on the roof.
Dad
Indonesia Ministry Needs
Hi folks,
Just letting everyone know of some of the needs here with the current immediate Ministry. Trying to get off the ground.
This afternoon I go to the orphanage. With the following things its not really the purchasing of the things thats the challenge. it is the getting them here without getting stolen in the post or fedEx!! They really need to be carried here personally!
Needs:
a) HP Pavilion ZD8000 replacement battery: current one is fried:
--> example site: http://www.batterystandard.com/product/18422.html
or
--> http://www.batteryrefill.com/laptops/compaq/pavilion_ZV5000.phtml
b) Water Distiller:
--> example site: http://cgi.ebay.com/KENMORE-COUNTERTOP-WATER-DISTILLER-42-3444_W0QQitemZ250145145348QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250145145348
even better is a more indistrial version frm polar bear
---> http://cgi.ebay.com/POLAR-BEAR-WATER-DISTILLER-STEAM-DISTILLATION-PBD-26-M_W0QQitemZ330150085240QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330150085240
c) Desktop computer: P4/512MB/30GB/XP/CD-RW
Monitor and keyboard they can get here pretty cheap.
d) Brita Water filter with pitcher
--> http://cgi.ebay.com/Brita-Grand-10-cup-Water-Filter-Pitcher-w-filter-in-box_W0QQitemZ150145038379QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150145038379
Dad
Just letting everyone know of some of the needs here with the current immediate Ministry. Trying to get off the ground.
This afternoon I go to the orphanage. With the following things its not really the purchasing of the things thats the challenge. it is the getting them here without getting stolen in the post or fedEx!! They really need to be carried here personally!
Needs:
a) HP Pavilion ZD8000 replacement battery: current one is fried:
--> example site: http://www.batterystandard.com/product/18422.html
or
--> http://www.batteryrefill.com/laptops/compaq/pavilion_ZV5000.phtml
b) Water Distiller:
--> example site: http://cgi.ebay.com/KENMORE-COUNTERTOP-WATER-DISTILLER-42-3444_W0QQitemZ250145145348QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250145145348
even better is a more indistrial version frm polar bear
---> http://cgi.ebay.com/POLAR-BEAR-WATER-DISTILLER-STEAM-DISTILLATION-PBD-26-M_W0QQitemZ330150085240QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item330150085240
c) Desktop computer: P4/512MB/30GB/XP/CD-RW
Monitor and keyboard they can get here pretty cheap.
d) Brita Water filter with pitcher
--> http://cgi.ebay.com/Brita-Grand-10-cup-Water-Filter-Pitcher-w-filter-in-box_W0QQitemZ150145038379QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150145038379
Dad
Hi Everyone,
We went to Japara, it took us 3 days to move our way across the wild wild weavy roads of Indonesia to Japara from Salatiga. Below ais a link to some photos we've posted to give you an idea.
Marie and Charles spent time looking for furniture. Ill post of the the furniture on the site as well as examples of what you get in Japara. very unique quality. Furniture shopping took a total of 2 full days. going from one vendor to another and haggling over quality, price and delivery method. In the end they did not get all the furniture delivered that they bought. You really need to be careful here!!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/415653@N20/
Also I purchased our tickets for the return trip from Semarang to Jakarta on the Aug 1st and in that 1 transaction my credit card was distributed to several illegal users in Saudi Arabia. Pray I can get that straightened out. This is why they use mainly cash here. So much fraud going on here.
Dad
We went to Japara, it took us 3 days to move our way across the wild wild weavy roads of Indonesia to Japara from Salatiga. Below ais a link to some photos we've posted to give you an idea.
Marie and Charles spent time looking for furniture. Ill post of the the furniture on the site as well as examples of what you get in Japara. very unique quality. Furniture shopping took a total of 2 full days. going from one vendor to another and haggling over quality, price and delivery method. In the end they did not get all the furniture delivered that they bought. You really need to be careful here!!
http://www.flickr.com/groups/415653@N20/
Also I purchased our tickets for the return trip from Semarang to Jakarta on the Aug 1st and in that 1 transaction my credit card was distributed to several illegal users in Saudi Arabia. Pray I can get that straightened out. This is why they use mainly cash here. So much fraud going on here.
Dad
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