Weddings Asian style.....

The wedding shower.... Two of our friends are getting married this month and we thought we'd celebrate by throwing them a shower/party...

Showers are definitely not an Indonesian tradition so it was more of a party and showering of prayers, blessings, and love... along with a little spa basket gift.

I'll make sure to post some photos of the traditional Javanese weddings.

Teaching the kids at Kenjaran

These little ones are precious. We study math and reading each week as well as sing some songs with them. Their favorite is one in which the chorus translates "Turn to the left, turn to the right, turn all around, find another friend"

Happy Candy Harvest Day

So, the frosties were kosong (empty) but we drank some ice lemon teas and cokes and played mow for an hour or so while the Wendy's staff set up for what seemed to be a thrilling Halloween party. I'm still not sure what the "Blinkz" is supposed to mean. Josh also got to take a turn with pin the mouth on the pumpkin at our Pumpkin Party. No, there was no candy corn around or trunk or treating, but we still had fun!

Open Mic Night

EEC hosted an Open Mic night where one of our teachers performed a lot of original music and we opened up the mic for anyone else to sing. Lindsey and I sang a rocking Taylor Swift's "Our Song," much to the crowds pleasure, and after some coaxing, several female students sang a few songs in English. "More than Words"and "Leaving on a Jet Plane" were among favorites. We probably had 70 people come and I tell you, it was HOTT in there! We went through probably 36 cups of coffee, 4 plates of brownies, 1 cake, and 2 giant bowls of popcorn very quickly! It was a lot of fun. We wish you could have been there :(

Fantasy Futsal

Josh plays futsal (like indoor soccer) here every Tuesday morning. He's scored 2 goals last game.... the mvp on his team, I'm sure! hehe

Uniquely Indonesia!

Almost every day we come across something that we just don't remem

ber seeing in the States. We'd like to share some of these things with you from time to time.

Indonesia's KFC Colonel and Dollar General. Don't tell me you wouldn't eat this guys' chicken on a stick!

This bowl of popcorn was served as an appetizer. They called it "welcome corn"

And the truck.... well, it speaks for itself.