The first week of school is finished, and tomorrow I begin the next. I told you all that I think this is going to be fun, and that still goes. It mostly feels like I am adding pieces to a puzzle and hope to eventually get a whole picture. The first week left me pretty tired though, and I will have to figure out how everything will go with the students here at Penuai, but I think that will work itself out given time.
Right now it is the end of the dry season, so there are flies all over the place, and during the day it gets really hot...this is good for drying clothes, but it makes walking, or really doing almost anything in the middle of the day difficult.
I just watched the King and I with my roommate Yuli, which was an interesting experience. I feel a little bit like I can relate to the movie, being from America and coming to Asia to teach English...although these children are not the children of a temperamental king... I can still sing "Getting to Know You" and there are still things that happen that I don't really know what to do with. It was really fun watching it with someone from an Asian culture, also someone who had never seen it before.
There are so many things in my head right now that I wish I could put down here for you, they are all about what I am doing here, and what I feel that God is doing. It is about my own personal feelings and dealings, and about the whole of Indonesia. I don't want to just tell you about my day and what I do all the time, but I don't really know how to tell you the rest. I mentioned about the King and I because I just so enjoyed the beauty of the movie, the story the culture, and the knowledge that I am here in Indonesia teaching English. I feel more like a woman than I ever have before. That is a really personal statement for me to say, but I want to let you all who are praying for me to know what is really going on. I feel that I am doing not just Gods will, but I am doing things that I was always meant to do.
This afternoon I spent time with two of my friends, one of them is nine months pregnant, and we are always around her to help her as there is not a man in the picture at the moment. After we spent time with her we walked around and got coffee, ran a few errands, and then came back to Penuai. It was a simple day, nothing out of the ordinary, but I felt that everything that I did was worth something. I enjoyed the entire day. I am not sure of exactly how this is all going to pan out, what I will do after I finish learning Indonesian, or anything like that, but now I am content to just be here. I just want to say thank you all for your prayers and support. I am so grateful to you for what you do. It is what keeps me here, both practically, and emotionally. So, just a few thoughts to finish off the week and begin a new one. Love you all.
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