What a time I have had! I am finally sitting down to write you after 5 days of traveling. I flew to LA, then to Taipei, then Jakarta, then after a few days in Jakarta we flew to Salateiga, and now, I am finally here. I have already had many wonderful experiences, and I thought that it would take me some time to figure out what to write about, but there was one experience that I think takes precedence.
On Sunday, I had the opportunity to go to an Indonesian Church, and listen to a sermon in Indonesian. This was my first experience where English was not around the entire time, and I had no idea what Pastor Sam was preaching about. As I was standing in the worship service, listening to an Indonesian song, they began to sing "Hallelujah"and I remembered my Dad telling me all the time growing up "hallelujah is the same word in every culture." Well, on Sunday, that was proven true, and not just that, I realized that when we praise and worship the Lord, it doesn't matter what language you do or don't speak, because it is not important. Praise and Worship are the same in every culture. He is the same in every culture. We as Christians can connect with each other because we know Him, not because of cultural similarity, in fact, that is the way that we should be connecting.
As for my trip, I will tell you that I have been having a wonderful time. The apartment that we stayed in in Jakarta was on the 43rd floor on top of a 4 story mall, so we had a wonderful view, and there were a lot of restaurants and stores to visit while we were there. The City is amazing, I think 8 million people. Everywhere you go there are slums next to big beautiful houses, and we now have a running joke that no matter where you are or what time of the day it is, you will end up in a traffic jam.
Well, it is time for me to get a look at the compound, you are all in my prayers, and I will write again soon.
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