Helping The Children

A friend of mine, Danella, and I raise money to help buy things for underprivileged Papuan children. A few weeks ago, we saw some of the hard work pay off by purchasing 300 school uniforms for children at the Banti school. (Banti is a village just "down the road" from Tembagapura.). They must have a uniform to attend school. So Danella and I took the opportunity to help hand out the uniforms to the children. These children were definitely appreciative of their new treasures. 

Making the world a better place, little by little. :). What a fulfilling day!

Happy 12th Birthday Yummy!

Sept. 24...

Can you believe it?!?! Yummy has lived half her life in Indonesia!! Crazy!!

Gabs birthday at the Lupe. She took her classmates out for Hot Stone. 

Then we had a good cake at the house. 

Gabby had been waiting half her life for this day!!  You can't go underground until you are 12. So that Saturday she got to take her first tour with her dad underground. She was so excited, she could hardly sleep!

Here's Gabs getting all the safety gear. 

Proud dad and Gab at the conveyor. 

Big hoist drum. 

Massive crusher. 

Yes, this is all underground!  It's so amazing when you see it up close and personal!  It will be a day that Gabby will never forget!

Happy Birthday Yummy!! xoxo

Fascinated...

This little sweetie, on the bus, was fascinated by my hair. She would touch it and then run away, then touch it and run away...  I finally convinced her to take a photo of with me all the while she had her hand on my hair. :). It's probably not that often that she see someone with that color of hair. Hope I made her day! :)

Happy Birthday Marz!

Our beautiful 17 year old!

Her party at the dorm. 

If you keep doing those faces, your face will be stuck like that. ;)

It's never easy being away from your child when it's their birthday...  Thank goodness for Skype and FaceTime!  And thankful for knowing God is in control of the master plan!

Happy Birthday Marz!  Love you, love you, love you!!!

Happy Hair Cut!

It didn't even take much suggestion... Gav wanted his hair cut! :D

Yes, he has some hair left! ;)

Ta dah....  I think it makes him look much younger. :)

Independence Day 2015: Indonesia

Independence Day is a highly celebrated day in Indonesia.  Chris and I were expected at all the events. Most of the events are below, however, the UG ceremony will get its own post. 

The Independence Day celebration was kicked off with a dinner Saturday night. These are some of my besties. :) We sure do clean up nicely when we are out of our workout clothes. ;)

Aug. 17th "The cutting of the rice". 

Not a great picture, but across the field all the departments line up for the ceremony. 

The marching band entertained us. 

Not the greatest picture, but this was one of probably 5 outfits we had to change in to for the weekend. The top was suppose to be a Kebaya. However, it was freezing that morning and we had to sit outside. So I improvised. ;)

After the UG ceremony, we were back at the soccer field for the flag lowering ceremony. The clouds were moving in... But still no rain!

To end the day, we had a formal dinner at the Lupe. An Indonesian rock band, Stryker, was to play the next night so they joined us for dinner and I got my picture taken with them. I am sooooo cool! ;P

First Day of School 2015