Ojek-ing in Jakarta

This is Jakarta traffic on a normal day.

Brittany and I were in Jakarta to meet some friends.  We wanted to get somewhere fast so we took Ojeks.  You cannot tell from the picture but there is always a lot of traffic in Jakarta.  An Ojek is when you hop on the back of a random man's motorbike and he takes you down random side streets to get to your destination.  Then you pay him.  It is like taking a taxi but much faster.  As we were taking pictures in the middle of the road a man in a truck also wanted his picture taken.  I ran along side him to get the perfect shot. 

Pool Time

I went to the school pool yesterday to work on my tan and to swim a little bit.  I wanted to take my lounge car with me.  I strapped it to the back of my bike with bungie cords and away I went.  I almost lost is a couple times so I had to stop on the side of the road and strap it back on.

I am now tan and ready to hit the sun and lake in Michigan.  

I'm Moving

The time has come.  My bags are beginning to get packed.  My house is being cleared out.  Things are being sold and given away.  I have accepted a position in the city below.

I will be teaching 1st Grade at Denver Christian.  It has been a long road of expectantly waiting on God to provide the perfect job for me.  He has provided many different options but it took trust and faith to pick the best one.  I know that this is where God wants me in the new season of my life in America.  I'll be coming round the mountain August 12.     

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Enough Said.

Failed Experiment with the help of a Plant Fairy

We are learning about what plants need to grow.  Water, sunlight, good soil, a seed, and some air- basic ideas.  We did an experiment with 4 different pots.  We gave them certain things to see what would happen to them.

The fourth pot was not given water or sunlight and it grew the most.  The first pot was given water and sunlight and it did not grow at all.  We are speculating that a magical plant fairy came and watered the last pot so that the pepper plants could grow.  My wonderful experiment foiled, silly plant fairy.