After our time in Jakarta, we headed out to the provinces of Indonesia, to visit a village. We stayed in the village for ten days, living with someone who has been working with there for eight years. The work there consists primarily of community development with an emphasis on literacy. There is an upcoming workshop of soil fertility in the region, so we assisted in the preparations for that. In addition, we made some odds and ends repairs around the house we stayed in. There is much more to say about the work here, however this isn’t the most conducive place to do so. We also spent a lot of time building relationships with the people in the village, who are very friendly and hospitable. Until school started, we spent a lot of time with the children of the village as well. We had a great many experiences in those ten days, and learned many things about the people there. I’ll do my best to relate a few of the most memorable of these in the next few days before I return home. Most of our debriefing work is completed, and our focus for the next couple of days is a little relaxation and a lot of reflection over the past eight weeks and all that we have experienced here; as well as preparation for the trip back to the U.S. Thanks you all again for all your support and prayers during this summer.
Village Update #1
