A little more Info.....

So I'm here and it has been two crazy weeks. Indonesia is an incredible place. The people are very sweet and fascinated by westerners. I am quite popular because of my supposed "long nose," which they seem to love. The children are gorgeous and there are very many babies. When we arrive we were quite culture shocked. The city is so huge! 12-13 million people on just one part of an island! SO you can imagine that there is a lot of pollution unfortunately. On the first night off the plane, we came outside into 100% humidity and it looked like it was raining. I thought it was mist but we quickly found out that it was just that the pollution is that thick. It's not just a haze, its a full on fog basically. The smells and sites during our hour long bus ride at 2 a.m. was a wake up call to, "wow, we're not in a western nation anymore, are we?" Twenty of us live at the back of a mechanics garage in two duplexes. We have one regular shower and one "bucket shower." If you're wondering what a bucket shower is, its exactly what it sounds like. Luckily we have a western toilet but in many places our only option is a squatty potty. (Also exactly what it sounds like.) The first time using one of those, we lets just say, was interesting. haha Our first week here we finished up the rest of our lecture phase and did a full bible read through. We drove to the place were we will be doing most of our minis.try and took shifts reading in a small church one of our translators was kind enough to put us up in. The drive over there (our first taxi experience) was an eye opener! They do not obey traffic lights or white lines....they use their horn. And i think everyone owns a motorcycle or moped. Its wild!! Death is close every time haha They actually amaze me how close they get to accidents approximately every 20 seconds without actually getting into one. It is sort of like being in Grand Theft Auto or on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride. Always an adventure. After we were finsihed with lectures and bible reading, we prepared for GYO which stands for Global Youth Outreach. It's a conference that my base was putting on for the Indonesian Youth to mobilize them into their nation and other nations for God. It was INCREDIBLE!! I'll write about it in my next blog down........------>>>> KEEP READING :0)