The Big Move

Last week Tuesday I moved into a different house. I thought that I would share some pictures with you of what the new house looks like. I am sharing the house with Brittany an English teacher at SPH.
This is the front of the house and the entry way. It is a pretty green color.


This is our pathway to get into the living room and dining room. Then you see what the living room looks like.


The kitchen. Enough said.

The bathroom is upstairs with the bedrooms.

My Bedroom. It is kind of hard to see what is in there, but it is a wardrobe and a bed. That is about all that fits.


Thanks for looking at my house. I am a lot happier at this new house. It is a blessing to be able to move. Brittany is great for letting me move in with her.

Laxing in Lombak

I went on my first big trip while in Indonesia. We had 12 days of of school, I took full advantage of those days off and traveled with 6 other girls to Lombak. Lombak is an island of Indonesia. If you look on the map it is towards the bottom of the page.

We started our trip by riding on the airplane. We were all so excited about the trip we got a little picture happy. Mataram is the capital of Lombak. That is where the airport is located.


We then packed 7 women with all of our luggage and a driver into a very small car. We headed for the Homestay where we were going to sleep for the night.

We climbed to a waterfall and got to spend some time in God's creation. On the way to the waterfall we went to Monkey forest and fed the monkeys. At the waterfall the water was cold for the Indonesians but I am used to Lake Michigan so it was perfect. We got to go swimming, and we climbed through a tunnel that had water rushing through it to get back to the start of the hike.


I drove a motorbike to Senggigi to go to the beach. At the beach we got lunch and I got a milkshake that was served in a bag (how random). The beach had black sand, but the water was warm. We drove all over Senggigi on the motorbike it was so much fun, it is an easier mode of transport in Indonesia because there are a lot of people here.

After Senggigi we went to Kuta to spend some time at the beach. While we were there we took a day trip to a different beach called Mawun. We took a tour of a traditional Sasak village. Sasak people are the people of Lombak. The roofs of the house came up to my nose if you can imagine that. People are shorter here then I am. I am kind of a giant.


We finished off our trip at Gili Nanngu an island that has one hotel and one restaurant on it. I could walk around the whole island in 30 minutes. It was fairly deserted which was exactly what we wanted. I went snorkeling everyday and saw some awesome fish. At night I slept in a traditional Sasak house on stilts. Every morning I would look out my window and I could see the ocean. We would go have breakfast, sit on the beach all day then go and have dinner later. It was great. I am glad that I had the opportunity to spend some time in a different part of Indonesia. God is so good. I am truly blessed.

Pigeons and Sheep

Yesterday and today my students learned about Jesus when he was in the temple and he overturned the tables. It is found in John 2:12-24 if you want to look it up. Yesterday, we read the story from a Children's Bible and from the NIV version to get the real facts. Today as an extension activity I split the students into groups and had them act out the story. All of my students wanted to be pigeons and sheep, and that was it. That is what they got from the story I guess. I had 3 girls running around the classroom flapping their arms like pigeons, and then all of the sudden they would drop onto the floor and start baaing, and they would be sheep. Another group of students was arguing because no one wanted to be Jesus. I solved the problem in the most reasonable way possible. We played Rock, Paper, Scissors to figure out who was going to be Jesus in the little reenactment. It was quite the day.