Saturday was a chance to get out from the city and see some more of Indonesia.

The group agreed to do have an ecotourism experience at Sental City, a former equip client.  Errol and Joel planted rice with locals, and we all meandered through a cassava field and a rural village, ultimately trekking up and up to a pine forest with hot springs. 

I’ll now admit that it was a bit too much for me after “falling” knee high in the river and then into the rice paddy a couple of minutes later.  I didn’t really eat much for breakfast and the heat and humidity was a little more than I’m used to on a daily basis.  The final straw was that my ankle (an old injury) was starting to act up.   After Bob’s wise counsel, we agreed that I should back to the village with one of the guides to wait for a vehicle to drive me to the spings for lunch.

As the guide and i waited under an open air hut, soft breezes would come up.  One of the fellows in the hut starting singing a sweet melodious tune.  Children were playing outside as one woman was cooking and another was hanging clothes to dry.  I realized that I couldn’t pay for this experience and that I was witnessing how people there go about their lives.  Sitting there, I felt some of the love that God has for his children in Indonesia.  When we drove out, I prayed for the villagers that they might also know the God that loves them enough to send his son Jesus to pay for their sins.

It was a long day!!  We capped it off looking for things to bring back from Indonesia for our friends, family and supporters and had a wonderful time of fellowship over dinner at Sate Khas Senayan.   i had durian juice for the first time, and find that I really like the taste.  Why not experience a taste a bit of God’s glory?