What a blessing it was - I was never so happy to have it, knowing it was washing the immediate area of the volcano, the crops and cleansing the air too! Then again yesterday (Monday) we had a very BIG dump of rain...
Oh thank you Lord once again! It made such a difference in the air...you could feel it on your clothes, skin, furniture...it was everywhere! But then last night, Monday night - it rained most of the night...oh wonderful!
With all this going on - we were without internet for 3 days...and had to go to a local restaurant to be able to read our email. Thankfully today it has been repaired. Nick went down to the office and he heard that many other people had come in to say they were disconnected - so it was a larger area of town that had lost connection.
Most likely the rain did it! But we are back on and now able again to update you!Today is my father's sister Birthday in Holland! Tante Evie is 93 yrs old today!
Happy Birthday Tante Evie! Sending you our love and Birthday wishes here from Indonesia - which is your birth place as well!
Next week is Mom's (27th) she will be 92 yrs and Jim too will be celebrating his the day after Mom! Happy Birthday Mom!!!! Happy Birthday Jim!
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| The girls were busy getting our bus tickets in order! |
We are preparing to go to Bali this coming Saturday! Finally booked a flight out of Yogjakarta that is 2 hrs from here! There is a direct flight into Bali (Denpasar). The chuckle is that on Saturday we need to catch a bus ride to Yogjakarta that leaves Salatiga at 5 am...would you believe it? So we will be early risers that morning...we hope to find a reliable taxi that will remember to pick us up that morning here at the house at 4:30 am or else we will have to walk it! Hmmmm maybe we will with out backpacks!
On Sunday we were invited to dinner at David & Swanny and their daughter Joke for dinner! They are the people/company Istana Motors we bought the motorbikes from! David & Swanny have lived with their daughter Joke in Holland for about 13 yrs and returned back to Indonesia 10 yrs ago. We speak Dutch with them and they can speak it really well even after all these years!
Both David & Swanny were very hospitable and we enjoyed a really nice visit with them!
She worked to prepare a bountiful meal for us!
Joke is handicapped, so living in Holland those years, they explained was very helpful!
But the family is from Indonesia and the roots do pull! We are pleased to have met them and so thankful to have been able to buy the bikes from them!
Thank you for a wonderful Evening David & Swanny!
We headed into town to run some errands and who do we see in a pretty red dress on a red bike???
Intan! Pak Jono & Kasum's daughter! Intan stands for "Diamond" and yes she is a very pretty girl! She is studying at the Christian university to become a elementary school teacher!
I can't find anymore updates on the Kelud volcano - so hopefully things are settling down now after the 5th day! We sure hope so and that the people can go back to their homes soon! Of course the debris there is much more serious...lots of rocks and thick ash. And I did hear there were 3 deaths! So sad for the families left behind! Let's continue to pray for Indonesia and that help will come to this immediate area!
Flights are coming into Java again...so that is good! We have some friends here whose parents had flown to Singapore from the States and were stuck there for a few days.....but I hear they too have safely arrived here in town on Monday! Yeah! Good to hear!
Well this is latest! Hugs to all! Thanks for the emails and updates ~ always wonderful to hear from you all!
Colorful right?
Wild!
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