tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80798064561871513732024-03-18T20:40:26.220-07:00peacefulonesAn expat, exploring faith and life, simplicity and servicehttp://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.comBlogger1807125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-79719860370282698022024-03-18T20:39:00.000-07:002024-03-18T20:39:49.901-07:00Build it well!<p><b>Saturday, March 16, 2024 <a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/03/day-28-lent-2024-quiet-justice.html" target="_blank">(Lent Day 28)</a></b></p><p>How good to wake up in our own bed. I'm still thinking of the pleasant voice on the airplane speaker yesterday: "Dear passengers, we would like to remind you that possession and trafficking of drugs is punishable by death. Thank you." Hm. Good thing we're in no danger of that.</p><p>After a walk, it's fun to run into little Falk and his daddy, watching the construction of a house in the neighborhood.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_g8dGSKj8BaIsmMYnBjqGbwwgLyY423FSVrkQVIykPrz2XwC_X7-PowrxrmGTZUwNIsmyEllAtfvdngk77iHpGDJVIkEyfy0qP5Xnrmxni9p1-hMnOiWFkZiTpDgKKXMg5RyGlIYCk-TAqs9a9OtI6T0bjm5-MWeeAuM3rYVKPebiKq8JI0UKmTmUZ0q/s1208/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%2010.01.04%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="692" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_g8dGSKj8BaIsmMYnBjqGbwwgLyY423FSVrkQVIykPrz2XwC_X7-PowrxrmGTZUwNIsmyEllAtfvdngk77iHpGDJVIkEyfy0qP5Xnrmxni9p1-hMnOiWFkZiTpDgKKXMg5RyGlIYCk-TAqs9a9OtI6T0bjm5-MWeeAuM3rYVKPebiKq8JI0UKmTmUZ0q/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%2010.01.04%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="183" /></a></div><p>The construction workers synchronize their movements. One picks up a brick from a pile on the ground; another stands on a narrow board near the second storey. The one below lofts it to the guy above (see the brick flying upward?), who piles the bricks near a bricklayer building the second-floor wall. Occasionally, man#2 pulls up a bucket of mortar that has been mixed by man#1 on the ground.</p><p>W and I are working together as usual, too. We revise tomorrow's talk for IES Bandung, read it through, and have breakfast. I have an appointment while W meets friends for lunch. </p><p>One of my current favorite cookies is a sesame concoction made here in Bandung. With a cup of tea, they're a good afternoon snack.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4oOwfK1V4K6JaGBN2W4DFF3hAIdR2uasvqi2knTW3vI8gvFVvkXnX1r7Gf8sHYk6G_q63s4fnYi2_QH7zS1Nv_ZMVbSQWIAoUG5M9eKPDCG1b4ncAnTgufXl3HJ570F6PhyphenhyphenbteocNQav5ovBce8mqxTxtXXmwoPBXzPYXusCLu-uVRlkYlP9CYGnpzDN/s1464/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%202.25.42%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="706" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4oOwfK1V4K6JaGBN2W4DFF3hAIdR2uasvqi2knTW3vI8gvFVvkXnX1r7Gf8sHYk6G_q63s4fnYi2_QH7zS1Nv_ZMVbSQWIAoUG5M9eKPDCG1b4ncAnTgufXl3HJ570F6PhyphenhyphenbteocNQav5ovBce8mqxTxtXXmwoPBXzPYXusCLu-uVRlkYlP9CYGnpzDN/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%202.25.42%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="154" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Sunday</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's my favorite day of the week, when we get together with the community of faith. The prayer room fills up. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOwFCj0ipcRki8tT-OfISJb4_-BGciwWEYeii9VT6UrVp0Q-B5ZkJ47vUiRfucEyzfof22Z9yfK3RoWRKgkMBR94c19nVMJvGv4iNELmLpinFs-sNhdxsl5KPbMlBi77RJLvNAGJCGAc4UqRSa1KPFvAvLtR58ibu8CPjO8Fhtx3EkL_-zuNcbIzPAVXM/s1456/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%2012.02.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1002" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOwFCj0ipcRki8tT-OfISJb4_-BGciwWEYeii9VT6UrVp0Q-B5ZkJ47vUiRfucEyzfof22Z9yfK3RoWRKgkMBR94c19nVMJvGv4iNELmLpinFs-sNhdxsl5KPbMlBi77RJLvNAGJCGAc4UqRSa1KPFvAvLtR58ibu8CPjO8Fhtx3EkL_-zuNcbIzPAVXM/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%2012.02.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="220" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Partway through, my throat feels rough. A <a href="https://www.buckleys.ca" target="_blank"><i>Buckleys</i>' cough candy</a> takes care of it. I share a cough drop from my stash with someone on the worship team. He winces, though I tried to prepare him for the menthol taste with their old advertising slogan: "Tastes terrible but it works!" (In the evening, the roughness takes hold. Cough cough to clear it ... and more <i>Buckley</i>s.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qTAFbHrKpdaLLtv43fOPpQWjBIEBa9CgS1GsEZB_4VVM2gTdacalTTsxugGW4JQFT9JCmnMwR2vMAzd3x5J3kG45TALISjFsxSEgr5XF7gwphP7nf8IeNn9z8w9SKplXoJeLZQ2ucsqa1dxAEypNzGlZCnPp6dH8JUbKxWxoF_kusnDdkm9yRyqEE_IG/s1472/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20at%2011.08.27%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="974" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-qTAFbHrKpdaLLtv43fOPpQWjBIEBa9CgS1GsEZB_4VVM2gTdacalTTsxugGW4JQFT9JCmnMwR2vMAzd3x5J3kG45TALISjFsxSEgr5XF7gwphP7nf8IeNn9z8w9SKplXoJeLZQ2ucsqa1dxAEypNzGlZCnPp6dH8JUbKxWxoF_kusnDdkm9yRyqEE_IG/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-18%20at%2011.08.27%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="212" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The response of the IES congregation in worship and "takeways" is heartfelt. How we love when God is at work among us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Titik has outdone herself with the flowers (again!). My first glance as the two bouquets sit on the stage makes my heart overflow with thanks to God. I'm thankful for 2 things: the beauty he puts in the world and the people he gifts to showcase that beauty to life for the rest of us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I bring home the larger arrangement: 5'X3' (160X100cm) - it almost fills the coffee table. See the red clump? 14 full-sized mums; the white one? a dozen full-sized roses. There are white gladiolas, hand-sized white and red anthuriums, and +1' (35cm) garden leaves. Stunning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6tql6-Lu7qZ0-iEuCR9cNDKR2mVZtvip_kcwAMnsVs8LVc5p3idEAmJulgqs2kJ0CgrAcnweqB0_3mozuIP2qo_5nPjQoIVL6t00sLzYHY1eMdF1U-c_n6-wXj2hrznH4Dp_4WzYqoXGNX-rBGGUg7miiksFaiIWeEkGt_uWU_RJmor0I1k9oerkFGVI/s2028/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%2012.03.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2028" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis6tql6-Lu7qZ0-iEuCR9cNDKR2mVZtvip_kcwAMnsVs8LVc5p3idEAmJulgqs2kJ0CgrAcnweqB0_3mozuIP2qo_5nPjQoIVL6t00sLzYHY1eMdF1U-c_n6-wXj2hrznH4Dp_4WzYqoXGNX-rBGGUg7miiksFaiIWeEkGt_uWU_RJmor0I1k9oerkFGVI/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%2012.03.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I write 8 reviews - some good books will be published soon. Today's topics range from gardening to theology to poetry to leadership inspiration. <a href="https://3booksfull.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Check out them and previous reviews here</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fireworks bang into the air at random times, starting at sunset. We hear them until midnight, though a few clusters explode throughout the night.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Monday <a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/03/day-29-lent-2024-single-hearted.html" target="_blank">(Lent Day 29)</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's an early morning, By 2:00, I'm awake. The Ramadan chants begin at 2:40, waking women to cook breakfast for their families. An hour later, calls from the mosque speakers wake people to eat. The sermons and prayer chants are intermittent through 6:00.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Most adults will not eat or drink during daylight (6:00-18:00) and are sleep-deprived. That means they are exhausted and have low energy. It's a low-key month all around, with people coming alive at nightfall to feast as they break their fast.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This year is particularly difficult for locals. The cost of food staples rose sharply before the national election last month. When we ask about the steep increase, we're told that political candidates bought out the rice crops to give away to prospective voters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Rice is not only expensive; sometime we can't find any. Since we've been living here, some food price have doubled. Wages have not. Hopefully, as promised, prices will be lowered as food is restocked from the fields.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Those who keep Ramadan are supposed to note their solidarity with the poor, please God by doing extra religious rituals, and balance personal sins with personal righteousness. The fast itself earns religious credit. An interesting post for expats <a href="https://www.expat.or.id/info/lebaran.html" target="_blank">explains what's going on</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have two early calls before taking a final stab at sorting student grades from last month, as requested by the administrator. I check every submitted assignment.My bookkeeping has remained consistently erratic since college. What makes the research/writing class more complicated is that, instead of one grade per assignment, students may earn 3-4 recorded grades due to revisions. I try to be very mindful when updating. But oh well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Numbers are slippery for me. (Words and colors are concrete.) I can quickly and accurately estimate a long column - within spitting distance. But when I do careful arithmetic, the numbers slide around into different totals. The grade record is sent off with that warning - and my grade book is closed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I take a nap to make up for the short night. Lunch yesterday was pho, but we ordered extra Vietnamese spring rolls today so IbuS doesn't have to cook.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Tuesday <a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/03/day-30-lent-2024-foundation-for-life.html" target="_blank">(Lent Day 30)</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">First thing every morning, I <a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com" target="_blank">post a Lenten blog</a>. We're into the last 10 days of Lent, counting down toward Easter. The day takes off with a meeting online. Then W and I walk to #Narapark for a date morning. We sit near the noodle place (#Pinoterrace) and order our usual. I can't taste the spice in the <i>rica</i> (hot sauce). And my appetite is gone, even with good food in front of me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEtESseymy64wzFo_2mkHCq4X8PN0iKmRFictgGvmLFbhd7sbnaOxA0arxBba6HyBjUbYbDjhNCO45PXkBcVymAyQ_LQzg4i7iD3Oki9QHHnYJ8xoedQo72Rv0k6Yc5YYSAWqIBRUTrO-et6lAD0rAT3mUqG48sYN-5HTMbk_r2VFPXnosAm5YvRKi9u4/s2386/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.17.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="2386" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMEtESseymy64wzFo_2mkHCq4X8PN0iKmRFictgGvmLFbhd7sbnaOxA0arxBba6HyBjUbYbDjhNCO45PXkBcVymAyQ_LQzg4i7iD3Oki9QHHnYJ8xoedQo72Rv0k6Yc5YYSAWqIBRUTrO-et6lAD0rAT3mUqG48sYN-5HTMbk_r2VFPXnosAm5YvRKi9u4/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.17.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The staff has set up games, probably for kids who will come when their parents break their fast.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoummCpK4IhhSvNV2h2akHWkOasqnLg8_kpkImmAeLk94rL_O4avXndElm4jPbfhU9sPx6DG9dbGfWo-ZxyhiSy08lMf0mFn6fSaY9ZiwKFenrgsuvhF_Y6JRyejQyJFaxro93peeOYeIZX4HgjlMD3nMspeGOHSiJOycczv747G-WI0wBg66KJ9Thm2-/s2016/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.17.41%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWoummCpK4IhhSvNV2h2akHWkOasqnLg8_kpkImmAeLk94rL_O4avXndElm4jPbfhU9sPx6DG9dbGfWo-ZxyhiSy08lMf0mFn6fSaY9ZiwKFenrgsuvhF_Y6JRyejQyJFaxro93peeOYeIZX4HgjlMD3nMspeGOHSiJOycczv747G-WI0wBg66KJ9Thm2-/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.17.41%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>This lonely dog looks through the fence of a new parking lot. He looks healthy enough but may be too warm in the sunshine. Smart boy - sitting in the shade.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm752RbCWLlY6eZlSJ5zvRmE4_-T_eri2cbzKgoUe0ibTcoyr7xYDpef4QCTBO4792qbSGEYwiximBEnsUsfOOxfIIcfEMdXXORUsASo5GDySKDhE0qa900UImfZx1wUKvU4-v3fYYBZePJ3vXvYWUYPBbYuZn1PUB31u-8UDHmngJCbcFEBveTUBB4r0b/s1140/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.17.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="996" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm752RbCWLlY6eZlSJ5zvRmE4_-T_eri2cbzKgoUe0ibTcoyr7xYDpef4QCTBO4792qbSGEYwiximBEnsUsfOOxfIIcfEMdXXORUsASo5GDySKDhE0qa900UImfZx1wUKvU4-v3fYYBZePJ3vXvYWUYPBbYuZn1PUB31u-8UDHmngJCbcFEBveTUBB4r0b/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.17.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="280" /></a></div>Another neighbor is rebuilding his crumbling house. The place stood unoccupied for a few years, which means disintegration by onslaughts of insects and the tropical sun, rain, and wind.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYKL0NnvFTfp9KYEY-WSe7Urrdu6MKUlOolXRGUef-tx_bkFqKZBQOQXAW_QgOKm9x_4dhPqL2qXPMaK_fnTlssPZhgU-ALo5u4gitC55z679wpkRju9yEmiFQTpzhE5DKUPdwzEjVltHm5pm8PeT6ezuhVySQMbMzf8nUgUceXevoYRNlshlyEPGEEYQ/s2012/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.18.07%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="2012" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxYKL0NnvFTfp9KYEY-WSe7Urrdu6MKUlOolXRGUef-tx_bkFqKZBQOQXAW_QgOKm9x_4dhPqL2qXPMaK_fnTlssPZhgU-ALo5u4gitC55z679wpkRju9yEmiFQTpzhE5DKUPdwzEjVltHm5pm8PeT6ezuhVySQMbMzf8nUgUceXevoYRNlshlyEPGEEYQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.18.07%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>I'm definitely "under the weather" myself. I walk in the door, happy that IbuS has changed the slipcovers to cream from black. The sofa and 12 dining chairs slipcovers were cut from 2 heavy canvas drop cloths.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I like the modern simplicity of our metal and pleather DR chairs. We got narrow seats to squeeze 12 people at our round table. Mere weeks later, the black ribbing started to peel. There's no refund or exchange in Indonesia. What you bought is what you own. (That's why they check every light bulb and every electrical appliance before you leave the store.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0t6UkC5wp50stN7jBby3I1NnKaIEe6tOCfStU2w34oAKh0qYkRO5RE93A6PCEHCMUZV2q3vmO1wfAsXcWaEPPA2uKdBv4Zpvkzz5pkXCvwM_SkbJKPxRM-0i9jCBGADC-t72ulcnxIvVEqOsWvs1YSmr02OfTi0dyjH7ozFLl2YLukVLTl7iSMsvNxQmh/s1492/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.26.22%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1492" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0t6UkC5wp50stN7jBby3I1NnKaIEe6tOCfStU2w34oAKh0qYkRO5RE93A6PCEHCMUZV2q3vmO1wfAsXcWaEPPA2uKdBv4Zpvkzz5pkXCvwM_SkbJKPxRM-0i9jCBGADC-t72ulcnxIvVEqOsWvs1YSmr02OfTi0dyjH7ozFLl2YLukVLTl7iSMsvNxQmh/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.26.22%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="247" /></a></div>It's a simple 2-part pattern for the chair slipcovers. One length drapes the front, seat, and back. The other pattern piece yields the 2 matching side squares. The painter's canvases we bought at Home Depot (USA) were huge: 12X15' (almost 4X5m). I cut the cloth so that the thick seam bisecting the canvas landed on the front edge of the chairs. They haven't torn in 9 years of use, which is pretty good for $30 and a few hours of measuring, cutting, and sewing.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqEXML82xwPzE_k22j2c-w0oOKCZ2Y5Y1CKDY7cCop9PioULeoE0dc8tiuRnq8HofLC1vWdBU4ft7qeuapv09Sg6RdWiGD3_T_CT6nc3NFVoYWQu5RM27a7WSPXlACmJdbLbFg3Jxi9mNqjEXQTxC5QEftiIdco9HiFigA-lcpdbyYH8BCFwR9-E6HlyP/s1508/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.25.26%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqEXML82xwPzE_k22j2c-w0oOKCZ2Y5Y1CKDY7cCop9PioULeoE0dc8tiuRnq8HofLC1vWdBU4ft7qeuapv09Sg6RdWiGD3_T_CT6nc3NFVoYWQu5RM27a7WSPXlACmJdbLbFg3Jxi9mNqjEXQTxC5QEftiIdco9HiFigA-lcpdbyYH8BCFwR9-E6HlyP/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.25.26%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="265" /></a></div><div>The LR looks fresher and happier. The gorgeous flower arrangement and lighter-colored accessories make it feel like springtime.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQVCP39eZFYadr_Ffzrwff7x68Q_K0qUqJS2s5DLjaJQk9ZgKIrBZu8q1PSGGikkLr78K3y7tecy-Ubumo33Y-mXhEQXmj_ZUw3y44Zma0X2WEfj7L3CSIAracB4aIijPNOzBgcc4BrWGl4TTZ5efldYc2RXqIwS3m0ijf4dd169M7QUZ0RebKlNSBuR3/s2014/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.18.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2014" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOQVCP39eZFYadr_Ffzrwff7x68Q_K0qUqJS2s5DLjaJQk9ZgKIrBZu8q1PSGGikkLr78K3y7tecy-Ubumo33Y-mXhEQXmj_ZUw3y44Zma0X2WEfj7L3CSIAracB4aIijPNOzBgcc4BrWGl4TTZ5efldYc2RXqIwS3m0ijf4dd169M7QUZ0RebKlNSBuR3/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.18.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>Outside, it's summer and the flowers are blooming, just like in June, September, and December. Lucky us.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2QXAr91fR02Hyva61vc7tL8BBEWn2IALhRG1WeLjdhvHmf7mkyOofDPo_RuIkdzI5BnH81w6zHpTDIblEOtEr97axp_lsfsppBkCIeH-V4doFHVcrzPeR9JSpQ845fXaCFcJEwNN-6Y3vpoFxn0G3YjxHqs0EfdSvqBBHw7MQ7wUJdePtyuw0lZr48iz/s2072/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.51.29%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2072" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2QXAr91fR02Hyva61vc7tL8BBEWn2IALhRG1WeLjdhvHmf7mkyOofDPo_RuIkdzI5BnH81w6zHpTDIblEOtEr97axp_lsfsppBkCIeH-V4doFHVcrzPeR9JSpQ845fXaCFcJEwNN-6Y3vpoFxn0G3YjxHqs0EfdSvqBBHw7MQ7wUJdePtyuw0lZr48iz/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%209.51.29%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On another note, our team is learning new skills. Each person is acquiring leadership skills as they take turns of being in charge of the team meeting. Good timing: the cold/flu is moving into my chest and my head hurts. I drink a foul Chinese blend of herb tea for easing a sore throat. Ugh. After years of "never sick," I'm getting a little tired of this.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikQE78Y0fmPsxZtVu5S3TUVzylSRnaRnxv3l1il_alb7IJ5hM71676TnROg5hpERIBTxOaAKp5uSRz03Y_s6S9dnXeheXI-JYTEQvhc95S2FtEAsGmRvD7Z3iVgxJxTs-AGDK1xo1ocN-Ged5cJAGE4GU02tm4tv1U_bf6yEsuwwnwgT20VLJaaJMB9tv/s1770/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%2010.07.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1770" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikQE78Y0fmPsxZtVu5S3TUVzylSRnaRnxv3l1il_alb7IJ5hM71676TnROg5hpERIBTxOaAKp5uSRz03Y_s6S9dnXeheXI-JYTEQvhc95S2FtEAsGmRvD7Z3iVgxJxTs-AGDK1xo1ocN-Ged5cJAGE4GU02tm4tv1U_bf6yEsuwwnwgT20VLJaaJMB9tv/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-19%20at%2010.07.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>*</span>O give thanks to the Lord; call on his name; make known his deeds among the peoples. Psalm 105:1</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">*So faith comes from what is heard, and what is heard comes through the word of Christ. Romans 10:17</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">*I always thank my God for you because of his</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">way—with all kinds of speech and with all</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">knowledge—God thus confirming our testimony about </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Christ among you.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><u></u></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed. He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. 1 Corinthians 1:4-9</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: O priceless Treasure, we consider you a profound blessing in our lives, yet we can be slow to speak your praises to those around us. Make us as bold to proclaim your place in our lives and in the universe as we are quick to endorse a new product or service we have discovered. Your name be praised. Amen.</span></i></p></div></div></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-76964290475316292582024-03-15T11:26:00.000-07:002024-03-15T11:26:27.612-07:00White conch from white sands<p><b>Wednesday, March 13, 2024</b></p><p>We catch a ride to supper and walk on the beach before most of the crew arrives. We rinse a few conch shells, picked up on the beach. They glow pearly white. The extravagance of beauty strewn around takes your breath away. God is utterly generous to his creatures, giving us senses like sight as well as things to see.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEwLt2C42U6KKOcfb1iuZg525joctTXRbXv8REWewtj7ecz76HvOto4cncG-taFaXXBeZiCGI8eBKBPN_rjAwsh3mj6oo0_77pwcfMZrnJdj_XPmnNK8PMVa-Mgzs7yRc_WkbcfsmrtFv4ZiAbiermieqQ85P5VMlmGI-xjDJSjN-2Zd5_XLpcGq2WJc9/s1344/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%208.02.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="1128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEwLt2C42U6KKOcfb1iuZg525joctTXRbXv8REWewtj7ecz76HvOto4cncG-taFaXXBeZiCGI8eBKBPN_rjAwsh3mj6oo0_77pwcfMZrnJdj_XPmnNK8PMVa-Mgzs7yRc_WkbcfsmrtFv4ZiAbiermieqQ85P5VMlmGI-xjDJSjN-2Zd5_XLpcGq2WJc9/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%208.02.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="269" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Small seaweed drifts have been lifted to the white sand by the waves. They look beautiful up close, reminding me of a Christmas wreath arrangement.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherxF65OTPZvHAhxzYSuO8WA0s1C0tajZAI-u-8wQ3wBr7loy0PG_352slRP_xIKSScjRiUud4sW1QtnYhKLmoF_MbnUBQsPm3tYAhoGzNf3Jwi3-I_ekrvKiHn7P7dlB6F8g0X4G5kC9yYiQyDxxb3TsZSO97c0hWF8v526OQWVHK9vql_t1CJebbd-fo/s1408/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.49.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1136" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherxF65OTPZvHAhxzYSuO8WA0s1C0tajZAI-u-8wQ3wBr7loy0PG_352slRP_xIKSScjRiUud4sW1QtnYhKLmoF_MbnUBQsPm3tYAhoGzNf3Jwi3-I_ekrvKiHn7P7dlB6F8g0X4G5kC9yYiQyDxxb3TsZSO97c0hWF8v526OQWVHK9vql_t1CJebbd-fo/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.49.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="258" /></a></div>The little shops will be open on the weekends for tourists and locals alike.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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While some boats moor to its sides, others anchor further out to bob in the waves.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSN5Qm0xAvlqoUhwNPPimMVRKYtCJX8F49p3cWKJTSEefI2hpGb3dtHoj23CPIVQcloABO42By8YnReZF0Vhv_mGDgl0Ma46lOfWKUn_KNQ3OffAzIPA8TSoB6u_MzHd6KQEaOUlEEHR_ay2oJaOu2ACSO_ExqhZhlSAMJ9mrD0ifLj0nlkOivWBvI0rlD/s2020/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.49.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="2020" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSN5Qm0xAvlqoUhwNPPimMVRKYtCJX8F49p3cWKJTSEefI2hpGb3dtHoj23CPIVQcloABO42By8YnReZF0Vhv_mGDgl0Ma46lOfWKUn_KNQ3OffAzIPA8TSoB6u_MzHd6KQEaOUlEEHR_ay2oJaOu2ACSO_ExqhZhlSAMJ9mrD0ifLj0nlkOivWBvI0rlD/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.49.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>It's nice to see families playing together.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-afaxSfVEh7GDps673Ki7DYO4vnF_xjVrAae8nW0Gb8v1t1uGElUlD5ExTVftHdsB0_bsBVYODGrPFU5Tz_tylUPipt4b5u2QCvB4isMrHXrJ3Gb-DclUjRFvXJxcjVv3QcbIL2kj5r5PNRryCBuSvgrHW2GFDzpxQYzxWilisdBajXAwTzqDFFD2jKFY/s2022/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.47.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="2022" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-afaxSfVEh7GDps673Ki7DYO4vnF_xjVrAae8nW0Gb8v1t1uGElUlD5ExTVftHdsB0_bsBVYODGrPFU5Tz_tylUPipt4b5u2QCvB4isMrHXrJ3Gb-DclUjRFvXJxcjVv3QcbIL2kj5r5PNRryCBuSvgrHW2GFDzpxQYzxWilisdBajXAwTzqDFFD2jKFY/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.47.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>The kids love the sand and sea.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQnUXlwJVlpMWgxPS11DVBSC_X3R1sxxfKBieibjj3dhu0c-l7kHZkL-Bd01hpI_EkVkYumG0-PSozGGAumj2VhYAelplaxcJkA8_X2MjrcNFfZfhUXJjnia2NxiOrjVbWhOJxaP_LfYYqL7nJoPwjEDEEf_p_6Hyjse0JtHCHZPGRNW0m3rXIBuafHWe/s2000/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.47.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2000" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyQnUXlwJVlpMWgxPS11DVBSC_X3R1sxxfKBieibjj3dhu0c-l7kHZkL-Bd01hpI_EkVkYumG0-PSozGGAumj2VhYAelplaxcJkA8_X2MjrcNFfZfhUXJjnia2NxiOrjVbWhOJxaP_LfYYqL7nJoPwjEDEEf_p_6Hyjse0JtHCHZPGRNW0m3rXIBuafHWe/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.47.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We take a picture together to prove we came.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCIbk5vrisiFbQCep9US1DnCNnNjoT_Anc_vWZPM_GycJogwqmpLv5FAjGb4SVqADAu-ofJiTpVIY8JfMI0ZN6xEA4eEA8Wn-DMN_MlaPhK-PJjOCmcHJdas794rVSuNn6GvP7_UtFkOZi3ZTw2X386rtmE38VklqpknzpPDHxNshfmOleaxI4xUtybSA/s1894/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.47.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1894" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoCIbk5vrisiFbQCep9US1DnCNnNjoT_Anc_vWZPM_GycJogwqmpLv5FAjGb4SVqADAu-ofJiTpVIY8JfMI0ZN6xEA4eEA8Wn-DMN_MlaPhK-PJjOCmcHJdas794rVSuNn6GvP7_UtFkOZi3ZTw2X386rtmE38VklqpknzpPDHxNshfmOleaxI4xUtybSA/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.47.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Supper with colleagues is seafood on the banks of the ocean.<div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gEVVEcrqoM2dUYqnNN5EoYYoT2irphetm5LSVP62h08Gs3cNJ58g9E-jGesrPB_cSpPGTtD724gxIPqOf-oY07HQ8tN3ExdX2Y3FZL_LQLat7f9qezzjyc2iOb6kv5-ctfOF52Kd19Al2monpLjNTRy8mnfxwnMeETU73slcNou-gnWa6rS5x94KxGcF/s1986/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.49.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1426" data-original-width="1986" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6gEVVEcrqoM2dUYqnNN5EoYYoT2irphetm5LSVP62h08Gs3cNJ58g9E-jGesrPB_cSpPGTtD724gxIPqOf-oY07HQ8tN3ExdX2Y3FZL_LQLat7f9qezzjyc2iOb6kv5-ctfOF52Kd19Al2monpLjNTRy8mnfxwnMeETU73slcNou-gnWa6rS5x94KxGcF/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.49.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Thursday</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">It feels quiet after a morning of lively interaction. In the afternoon, we relax under a willow canopy and shade tree. What luxury! I write a letters and updates during the pause while W catches up on other work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3AEgvB1JhtfYUst0qgNVhrNuUoDpky7Dkz7_lst9PuJWqVQxybSX8Ds-fvLbx0AZWPb6oebSjXOk2vHzoZbjwgAFAmwgPs4cbT56GBdz8FlxzQlVlDYnreBE_UEfaCjU7uzvbHrXGW2ixd2KI6FqiHzykoh05ZVxPMoyu1E6-SoVAlAILN4BtHDpUKCn/s2018/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%202.21.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="2018" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB3AEgvB1JhtfYUst0qgNVhrNuUoDpky7Dkz7_lst9PuJWqVQxybSX8Ds-fvLbx0AZWPb6oebSjXOk2vHzoZbjwgAFAmwgPs4cbT56GBdz8FlxzQlVlDYnreBE_UEfaCjU7uzvbHrXGW2ixd2KI6FqiHzykoh05ZVxPMoyu1E6-SoVAlAILN4BtHDpUKCn/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%202.21.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>In early evening, we catch a taxi to <i>The Well.</i> The food is delicious, with an amazing burger.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjpJY3WLN2EmhyphenhyphenItOnZEj63ZMeezHQPV1oRjxnsv3-2CbBbKtKpoekQnetU8vMKbvPED-1T_XxCITrtCTc2sPBtt6OHtD8YdJuLUHN7UzX8bI7qmy81IyuwHCpEvit1kDoqETFA5jbI7c3L6CymMHuDQybLNWJrqUCvxZQ4SbeYWNw84lYlHDDvlSnFSs/s1058/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.12.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1058" data-original-width="778" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivjpJY3WLN2EmhyphenhyphenItOnZEj63ZMeezHQPV1oRjxnsv3-2CbBbKtKpoekQnetU8vMKbvPED-1T_XxCITrtCTc2sPBtt6OHtD8YdJuLUHN7UzX8bI7qmy81IyuwHCpEvit1kDoqETFA5jbI7c3L6CymMHuDQybLNWJrqUCvxZQ4SbeYWNw84lYlHDDvlSnFSs/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.12.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="235" /></a></div><div>Indonesians say, "It's just a café. There's not much to eat." What they mean is that the restaurant doesn't serve rice. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrIlj96G6G32mQ8HIVjeibCBl_duMrrZor75YVZrSXWORbMVs0aN8aFx8Mc0N732_bKSBnoBxclgOLtg1fqfBOFeVl1LgmltEzWK5nELQYvR8dNmQIFs7F7f234CuQzJOABQ6JR9qdmCMFY8wwMY3CigoJzBaYvt_Yb3nc5Rf72v7_Cf13nMuEynhL5ew/s1380/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.12.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="908" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrIlj96G6G32mQ8HIVjeibCBl_duMrrZor75YVZrSXWORbMVs0aN8aFx8Mc0N732_bKSBnoBxclgOLtg1fqfBOFeVl1LgmltEzWK5nELQYvR8dNmQIFs7F7f234CuQzJOABQ6JR9qdmCMFY8wwMY3CigoJzBaYvt_Yb3nc5Rf72v7_Cf13nMuEynhL5ew/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.12.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="211" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I beg to differ with their review. The nachos are good.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8FOMXVGaVaoXh_3rLMcqReq2NJGEcJ67iVntueVIBb1utFx_24uj0bSK8sMF07b10SOjvEgNQWN9ru-t9b33xi1dy1YqK5uKUYzS2haMfmxMr12HfLcfIHi0GaQaWJOsJTYfjTCFTiPngHekLug_rADrngfRkG09vFhY5fKx6SAaMqrCgPffkoWU0uE0/s1268/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.12.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="1118" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF8FOMXVGaVaoXh_3rLMcqReq2NJGEcJ67iVntueVIBb1utFx_24uj0bSK8sMF07b10SOjvEgNQWN9ru-t9b33xi1dy1YqK5uKUYzS2haMfmxMr12HfLcfIHi0GaQaWJOsJTYfjTCFTiPngHekLug_rADrngfRkG09vFhY5fKx6SAaMqrCgPffkoWU0uE0/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.12.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="282" /></a></div><div>It's owned by the nephew of friends.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriUgBCA5Rn6c66toA5aYBteqqP18Dxm09TVSd621jXTPF6cGHX11zn9jFyv3Bo1kOlQOTgSbZtSR3dwrZDTj-IqmAzypcYbkZuP08Oe2_aFRyn81qqpM-jxGoJOfXF7BHDD_mTNYedG28Ut45kInIG1aL65i2Jl3vVP2-ypcG96NXGPe9Vy0ETeyPaOrd/s1412/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.12.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1132" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiriUgBCA5Rn6c66toA5aYBteqqP18Dxm09TVSd621jXTPF6cGHX11zn9jFyv3Bo1kOlQOTgSbZtSR3dwrZDTj-IqmAzypcYbkZuP08Oe2_aFRyn81qqpM-jxGoJOfXF7BHDD_mTNYedG28Ut45kInIG1aL65i2Jl3vVP2-ypcG96NXGPe9Vy0ETeyPaOrd/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.12.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="257" /></a></div>The sun is setting when we head back to the hotel.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTJijWZacgJXFbc7vhZfQgIwBxPGTRJGKlXclh4jl9zQzF-_oOWY8ccvMQMGilxnHxuQiRFnvQqBZscb2YmRmEmOt2GHEGR8MO4OXvFaezLuJm3YpA5Oim7ZyA5CJovSb9idNtVCRNNL3D-TGPlwh093aq6LgtNUfTjnk3z58Y_QHmsi20RmSMGx_xDfg/s1986/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.13.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1986" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVTJijWZacgJXFbc7vhZfQgIwBxPGTRJGKlXclh4jl9zQzF-_oOWY8ccvMQMGilxnHxuQiRFnvQqBZscb2YmRmEmOt2GHEGR8MO4OXvFaezLuJm3YpA5Oim7ZyA5CJovSb9idNtVCRNNL3D-TGPlwh093aq6LgtNUfTjnk3z58Y_QHmsi20RmSMGx_xDfg/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.13.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We pause to fill the car for gas at a casual station along the road.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsmW6gTDW02nP335xiOM2sq4x0D2fz1SkJKphJnjKpFyIsOfeL5KCoFiHFKaKP9AnybAzCSEYxclq6mBltc3-LXQx0sGnUp8qIfkoKQjpTEhcihiQf-19XxwdxdiidGqXcq74fXJsBiarjren1jQWWaaqq-y9B6IBc9jPI547K3M45CITZNmPQrUaigC8/s1410/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.13.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1410" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsmW6gTDW02nP335xiOM2sq4x0D2fz1SkJKphJnjKpFyIsOfeL5KCoFiHFKaKP9AnybAzCSEYxclq6mBltc3-LXQx0sGnUp8qIfkoKQjpTEhcihiQf-19XxwdxdiidGqXcq74fXJsBiarjren1jQWWaaqq-y9B6IBc9jPI547K3M45CITZNmPQrUaigC8/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.13.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>A lady pulls out a funnel, a bottle, and fills-er-up.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunTqgmJ5_jg-r7o_4Kwhis_uPluGQe4bSulze90w2rZeNPrpY4F_TCcqB1XLbcoGTaZGwvdAO0pJFP8kXfMRzjMK5r70fxw2xnBdlPJ5lSkZ7c_ZYyS5Mpb8wctDflGvzZw6vgknNZm2a03njW92D9Yj3vRfCTMbnJkr5ct_F5LWAqse748UlB7UxfEtp/s1290/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.13.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="1102" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgunTqgmJ5_jg-r7o_4Kwhis_uPluGQe4bSulze90w2rZeNPrpY4F_TCcqB1XLbcoGTaZGwvdAO0pJFP8kXfMRzjMK5r70fxw2xnBdlPJ5lSkZ7c_ZYyS5Mpb8wctDflGvzZw6vgknNZm2a03njW92D9Yj3vRfCTMbnJkr5ct_F5LWAqse748UlB7UxfEtp/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.13.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="273" /></a></div>The sun goes down on Belitung. The driver tells us he loves this low-crime island where he grew up. He rolls down his window to greet the security guards and they wave him by.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40aI2QlhzU__Is0AVcLzXmIOS0IaQGVMFtOLC4psX4krk1FDqVXmmykbHgVcMk7W_2a8mILA8bA3WQN6HIEUQz8f3Rahn2Evzeh5Hhe2RJ_B0dFOke-MoTkjIMFIDdU2MxPmDCOCEmhgcFKdFEtkX0eQqf4TjI6_FTHIEpOlfRrM9d4sf6e8VNuDdY-tR/s2014/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.13.42%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1066" data-original-width="2014" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40aI2QlhzU__Is0AVcLzXmIOS0IaQGVMFtOLC4psX4krk1FDqVXmmykbHgVcMk7W_2a8mILA8bA3WQN6HIEUQz8f3Rahn2Evzeh5Hhe2RJ_B0dFOke-MoTkjIMFIDdU2MxPmDCOCEmhgcFKdFEtkX0eQqf4TjI6_FTHIEpOlfRrM9d4sf6e8VNuDdY-tR/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-14%20at%207.13.42%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Friday</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This verse greets me as I open my phone. Yes, Lord. Let this be the prayer for today.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGlIdt-k2GF7FRVyp55XRCZhecR9ZOskr0dLXn2KA4YuVnJYdLbO27QSaxEJJU2EmHT6_6ebLbuD8McPhl7kxIzKtjgdW4chxnXIn-1CKjrpXXNUlflKpz45brbKsl8fOIgakjpe4fYNasg8wix-KsI8FxR2ZLEdh260f_kTlo4i93jTIW4vb2v2nri5I/s1418/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%201.07.55%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1108" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGlIdt-k2GF7FRVyp55XRCZhecR9ZOskr0dLXn2KA4YuVnJYdLbO27QSaxEJJU2EmHT6_6ebLbuD8McPhl7kxIzKtjgdW4chxnXIn-1CKjrpXXNUlflKpz45brbKsl8fOIgakjpe4fYNasg8wix-KsI8FxR2ZLEdh260f_kTlo4i93jTIW4vb2v2nri5I/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%201.07.55%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="250" /></a></div>We drive together in a small bus to the airport after an early breakfast together. We zip past palm tree plantations, from which palm oil is made. Young Ben snaps pictures out his window for me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQJ8hrWoedfZDsb-EhL0a_9pDQHo7xWF_cxT9epACVc4imrhiy3Ps4EbdJkOX1XGIUoCUcgIom0hcpx148L9FK8psztmpcHu1GAOw6BD6O3kUcNxbRd2ZIMKzywj02Rtpd-Wng5qwKyuQ9gbadHeyTh3J3wZJsUVmDUlLut5SQN4dqzxIRlMUeDRf8NsS/s2010/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%201.08.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="2010" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOQJ8hrWoedfZDsb-EhL0a_9pDQHo7xWF_cxT9epACVc4imrhiy3Ps4EbdJkOX1XGIUoCUcgIom0hcpx148L9FK8psztmpcHu1GAOw6BD6O3kUcNxbRd2ZIMKzywj02Rtpd-Wng5qwKyuQ9gbadHeyTh3J3wZJsUVmDUlLut5SQN4dqzxIRlMUeDRf8NsS/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%201.08.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>After landing in Jakarta, we go our separate ways to our homes around Indonesia. Medan. Surabaya. Yogyakarta, Malang. And for us, Bandung. The highway is open, but the shuttle bogs down once we get to our city.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqOg5NLxi91-xngwGcWI2LFmCNRoxr2gofY4JYWyhl4gGpuwJjCspMtH82fEzR53KmLRNSqTX7GYLSsx3Qvc2y0LqQtOVUJyFdPaF56N6L9CP1mwVAd1dGw-qu-9_Uv620BH1L80b_xInJqNm6PxApatZbwS0NmjRLvM3E6ZzpDa1RmNrbZeMN7b0vnOi/s2002/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%201.08.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="2002" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqOg5NLxi91-xngwGcWI2LFmCNRoxr2gofY4JYWyhl4gGpuwJjCspMtH82fEzR53KmLRNSqTX7GYLSsx3Qvc2y0LqQtOVUJyFdPaF56N6L9CP1mwVAd1dGw-qu-9_Uv620BH1L80b_xInJqNm6PxApatZbwS0NmjRLvM3E6ZzpDa1RmNrbZeMN7b0vnOi/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%201.08.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>It's always a pleasure to return home to Bandung.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJ4PaSXABKvw-G41AMSlOexs7K3dtvuWLz45lpt13ML1qp3hu8Fjc0Q_oTtlZk2a0OKRi6VhWJa-t2RkAvtlsB6YNuK4hnHRi2cCN1Pe2du1y3kBELwEdcsir2WWZZ3oh-c4ztGq7_Ak6Pa7QOnv-k4usigVC_L71n4_4c3sg97M9WqUXYGmGSr19DO_S/s2620/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%201.08.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2620" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCJ4PaSXABKvw-G41AMSlOexs7K3dtvuWLz45lpt13ML1qp3hu8Fjc0Q_oTtlZk2a0OKRi6VhWJa-t2RkAvtlsB6YNuK4hnHRi2cCN1Pe2du1y3kBELwEdcsir2WWZZ3oh-c4ztGq7_Ak6Pa7QOnv-k4usigVC_L71n4_4c3sg97M9WqUXYGmGSr19DO_S/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%201.08.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>W examines the treat sent by our friend. "Steam for a few minutes and then cook," she instructs us. We're such dummies at Indonesian food - and it's probably not going to be our favorite. Food with strong smells that you don't grow up with? Better if someone else cooks it. Sigh. Thanks for thinking of us, Farah.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyme87ylVzVVwfT_u4hEJUz4hFuwg-KXtL_9GX7sDhLfON7YWqfckuFGYvqpMYOl43AfYWNeb0ii8vl4KnGrwMoTztAsX2qT7-HTbZXzCx2Dqb1wm37MNj82S2BYg6FxSjuN_dBOi1n0wbi4ZZ8K-Yg5YAg23E5w7sxUmniRzp22DVOfHHwL8DcNOsykuN/s1806/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%201.08.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="1806" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyme87ylVzVVwfT_u4hEJUz4hFuwg-KXtL_9GX7sDhLfON7YWqfckuFGYvqpMYOl43AfYWNeb0ii8vl4KnGrwMoTztAsX2qT7-HTbZXzCx2Dqb1wm37MNj82S2BYg6FxSjuN_dBOi1n0wbi4ZZ8K-Yg5YAg23E5w7sxUmniRzp22DVOfHHwL8DcNOsykuN/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-16%20at%201.08.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>And then we're "home sweet home" again. The dogs are happy to see us. Our guests chat upstairs as we unpack. We eat supper, catch up on some work and emails, and relax with a movie before an early bedtime.<br /><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more: </span></b></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*I will counsel you with my eye upon you. Psalm 32:8</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Jesus said to Simon and Andrew, “Follow me.” Matthew 4:19</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Have nothing to do with godless myths and</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span class="m_-8170674610820235791GramE" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">old </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">wives’ tales; rather, train yourself to be godly.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">For physical training is of some value, but</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">godliness has value for all things, holding</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span class="m_-8170674610820235791GramE" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">promise f</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">or both the present life and the life to come.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">This is a trustworthy saying that deserves</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span class="m_-8170674610820235791GramE" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">full </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">acceptance.</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">That is why we labor and strive, because we</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">have put our hope in the living God, who</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span class="m_-8170674610820235791GramE" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">is </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">the Savior of all people, and especially of</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">those who believe. 1 Timothy 4:7-10</span></span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Gracious Savior, help us to hear our names as you call us to follow you. May we be ever mindful of your presence as you watch over us and guide us on our way, for your name’s sake. Amen.</span></i></p><p>#thewellbelitung</p></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-191293223065380582024-03-13T01:20:00.000-07:002024-03-13T01:24:54.326-07:00Island work<p><b>Monday, March 11, 2024</b></p><p>By 10:00 we're in the Jakarta airport. (Yes, we left home early.) Our rest stop along the way includes breakfast - a bento box of salt and rice.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nCfnn8cVXJ7z3E6tp9_tU7BYp7-gLbFkW7b7jAttVuWDV5ofSY0CQd2ytKVMZ1DdVGE-6RriOVwg9FjBWMTXfUZryBCE-D9Gj0TxLLGJopwcQJiKateliyMCHPtBVYH6_lNKKBHZ-MoPmH_sr-MylOURxDFVefdTU1J_sx_RUNVjplHB1CB_QoFMYadr/s1424/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.13.36%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1054" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5nCfnn8cVXJ7z3E6tp9_tU7BYp7-gLbFkW7b7jAttVuWDV5ofSY0CQd2ytKVMZ1DdVGE-6RriOVwg9FjBWMTXfUZryBCE-D9Gj0TxLLGJopwcQJiKateliyMCHPtBVYH6_lNKKBHZ-MoPmH_sr-MylOURxDFVefdTU1J_sx_RUNVjplHB1CB_QoFMYadr/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.13.36%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="237" /></a></div><p>Don offers his "Top Three" takeaways from the week in the car, before we hang out in the airport lounge. It's a short and empty flight to Belitung.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gdE_2hsADyHwUj3mid1DYEM-uo6knyRsi24gIVIrEQd2VaPIWpxJu97JkMzajQqP90zqEwjZkbsshYUfy-NYom4Jr9LposcgeKLrBVjW74ALlH_991Ac5LOWWcPJ20-p8kXSBs32llzjDOZwfLKHXMSDSAAizrEKFQqQzxh4eX-6mnAqovZuL2b4aZyY/s1418/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.13.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1144" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7gdE_2hsADyHwUj3mid1DYEM-uo6knyRsi24gIVIrEQd2VaPIWpxJu97JkMzajQqP90zqEwjZkbsshYUfy-NYom4Jr9LposcgeKLrBVjW74ALlH_991Ac5LOWWcPJ20-p8kXSBs32llzjDOZwfLKHXMSDSAAizrEKFQqQzxh4eX-6mnAqovZuL2b4aZyY/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.13.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="258" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">W's arranged a van for about 20 passengers since many took the same Jakarta-Belitung flight. The driver casually checks his playlist while negotiating the curves and hills to the Sheraton in the northwest corner of the island. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBkIRq5oS3dF71mnHDPvPOfle7LAvX8IYXx9wIiVZT_UModSCn9RLcxt7PmRDSHb5q8RvTkYOugxA1oiAuHFzzKxmKMVqdLrXYusMobDWdbrsu4GcwfQgYqR9frzyDuaN_lSNFfK1v-_8CaxWJel-2urUYAXIBHmRlsIOhXyvqMERni3N79voUU6JGQeO/s2010/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.13.56%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2010" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUBkIRq5oS3dF71mnHDPvPOfle7LAvX8IYXx9wIiVZT_UModSCn9RLcxt7PmRDSHb5q8RvTkYOugxA1oiAuHFzzKxmKMVqdLrXYusMobDWdbrsu4GcwfQgYqR9frzyDuaN_lSNFfK1v-_8CaxWJel-2urUYAXIBHmRlsIOhXyvqMERni3N79voUU6JGQeO/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.13.56%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">The hotel lobby is impressive. Conference venues look like tourist flyers. That's one privilege of living in the tropics. Someone mentions the chirping of a lizard in their hotel room. It's novel and weird to them because they live in a Jakarta apartment, high above the ground. The chirping is familiar to us - those <i>cicaks</i> run through our rooms day and night in Bandung.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKo3fTgDBfhznHNaRThvAraO2IAVEKlGgE_V1pAj_5CpZubVxnjbnXmR0Yk01HgVJdDHhsJz85Pj4FIFEWu3ntPhS1JwYKUsqjbaelmwCYrhSgvmB3USqlvmaJbEnZ-Bcv-gNRdGHB9zOcFCP8fo5c23pKCtCbFhyphenhyphenRMVBLsngcniH3sGZdvLgjwmCj_nA/s1464/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1464" data-original-width="1132" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtKo3fTgDBfhznHNaRThvAraO2IAVEKlGgE_V1pAj_5CpZubVxnjbnXmR0Yk01HgVJdDHhsJz85Pj4FIFEWu3ntPhS1JwYKUsqjbaelmwCYrhSgvmB3USqlvmaJbEnZ-Bcv-gNRdGHB9zOcFCP8fo5c23pKCtCbFhyphenhyphenRMVBLsngcniH3sGZdvLgjwmCj_nA/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="247" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">The view to the sea makes us hopeful about the setting for this week of conversations and connections.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9437UDxjHXI7RN4Siqhx6qIfkFdSoqYuVmJYsq4HVDT68TYOz9_HUIQC9qHGlRrn_3MLynA4uuYMXjTWZtog97IALA_Oi2qgvoy5wrxlQ0pFkXWBsfITFLt_Ks8C9mL1OnBbnIjHFPOmlkEOTYacuetHGnPARVwXW42-6jgGAUoaeI6v5An2rj8kE9R66/s2012/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.13%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="2012" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9437UDxjHXI7RN4Siqhx6qIfkFdSoqYuVmJYsq4HVDT68TYOz9_HUIQC9qHGlRrn_3MLynA4uuYMXjTWZtog97IALA_Oi2qgvoy5wrxlQ0pFkXWBsfITFLt_Ks8C9mL1OnBbnIjHFPOmlkEOTYacuetHGnPARVwXW42-6jgGAUoaeI6v5An2rj8kE9R66/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.13%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">When we walk to the onsite restaurant, we look back over the lagoons toward the rooms.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5-E_Xgcv7M6g0ImOL0zS8KhK6TKgja98v4ruVC_0DfkkbNqeIrbGoSt8KVLfFlWnmG8NRYdkJ6ZO47cGtxC06SW1vsNxRAWcsbq2gvyp9EcC3vy_jv32oiv_JanBqJsjZrmxWtdmUMoXe1FwggOOteINvhM4zPAa-B2TMJ8SjHMnEE-JxhfCceThkkcD/s1490/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij5-E_Xgcv7M6g0ImOL0zS8KhK6TKgja98v4ruVC_0DfkkbNqeIrbGoSt8KVLfFlWnmG8NRYdkJ6ZO47cGtxC06SW1vsNxRAWcsbq2gvyp9EcC3vy_jv32oiv_JanBqJsjZrmxWtdmUMoXe1FwggOOteINvhM4zPAa-B2TMJ8SjHMnEE-JxhfCceThkkcD/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="241" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">The clay-lined lagoons are sterile: they're not fish-friendly, we're told. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJAYY6CCLhyv9cO5qp_NuyTH1GlMG4P2Rd10AHT1mYiGKkJDcxsfBSI2mBPhWKNFcHCsoRHO_Bjqd-s-wN0mmKpAki7Io3UbjTyycK9P-ssEvuhO2lVRc3V2CE_96NQEF3rdKARjBd1b9W4DFEkPpgFNiE2rWH8vqNATiqNvWzagpb9AIT5-4zF1iaTx6/s2008/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.17.09%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="2008" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJAYY6CCLhyv9cO5qp_NuyTH1GlMG4P2Rd10AHT1mYiGKkJDcxsfBSI2mBPhWKNFcHCsoRHO_Bjqd-s-wN0mmKpAki7Io3UbjTyycK9P-ssEvuhO2lVRc3V2CE_96NQEF3rdKARjBd1b9W4DFEkPpgFNiE2rWH8vqNATiqNvWzagpb9AIT5-4zF1iaTx6/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.17.09%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">It's a "sustainable" resort and lodging is expensive for this part of the world, though about the same as a lower-range hotel room in the States. Of course, W has gotten a reduced room rate through his travel apps and signing up for their member bonuses.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoLEf87IySfFnwcsaCrCsyU1mUrV6YPBFeIO2DEbAsVpsB8LmwvYXrtFF8RWoYfwXm2vDuI4MSRi2QE4fmMBx7eLUAvqbFaOuH9nT6gc6i4HuDExv3JzqiTymsA2uAbRvjAjs14VSA7eeCInrdtwk8SGM7-pLyeoUQy5nSuj38-S00ET7zDb5P0IkzSVO/s2018/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.09.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="2018" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsoLEf87IySfFnwcsaCrCsyU1mUrV6YPBFeIO2DEbAsVpsB8LmwvYXrtFF8RWoYfwXm2vDuI4MSRi2QE4fmMBx7eLUAvqbFaOuH9nT6gc6i4HuDExv3JzqiTymsA2uAbRvjAjs14VSA7eeCInrdtwk8SGM7-pLyeoUQy5nSuj38-S00ET7zDb5P0IkzSVO/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.09.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>The lobby attendants let us know we've arrived in the worst season of weather: westerly monsoons mean rain at some time every day. We settle into clean calm room. Our view is a tree beside the balcony that provides privacy (yay!) We overlook a grassy courtyard toward similar longhouse-style lodging. I break off the branch scraping the roof and pluck a seed head from the tree.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA7YYCXeZzHEui4hODu_PbeNnN5LSYmgLCTz9WZzJgKs4iKgQ1XdXvhyukf03LQgjzPGVc_fXDOxp0pYT42ccurQccdErBGIzqbbza60EuePwTwOomjB5J_z_HimFYXoVIFJZJHzLHMx5gNexBOn_P64kqgnbKf3ijMEMSqBZNiNcUcGG2VO8WSUb4t3S/s2020/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.09.32%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="2020" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA7YYCXeZzHEui4hODu_PbeNnN5LSYmgLCTz9WZzJgKs4iKgQ1XdXvhyukf03LQgjzPGVc_fXDOxp0pYT42ccurQccdErBGIzqbbza60EuePwTwOomjB5J_z_HimFYXoVIFJZJHzLHMx5gNexBOn_P64kqgnbKf3ijMEMSqBZNiNcUcGG2VO8WSUb4t3S/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.09.32%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">God's handiwork is intricate. I watch the seed-head unfold in the next few days.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeGjaM4A8e3xRM8wmZcLay2tXZ28IXd56Iu8Az_2xv81Yxqrq9w_JuHDuLbXfW0o-PSkx8RU1WdZ56xFzlbYrDFT-BSICzAGetA6zufQLT_G4jDfLco9LYWfhnQUGguGycGnyVCJc7IEZ0iTA3KbqQbnElWXBUtXBaen3dvHTGQiQ5cTOGAsKmy0J1OHV/s1388/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1218" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVeGjaM4A8e3xRM8wmZcLay2tXZ28IXd56Iu8Az_2xv81Yxqrq9w_JuHDuLbXfW0o-PSkx8RU1WdZ56xFzlbYrDFT-BSICzAGetA6zufQLT_G4jDfLco9LYWfhnQUGguGycGnyVCJc7IEZ0iTA3KbqQbnElWXBUtXBaen3dvHTGQiQ5cTOGAsKmy0J1OHV/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="281" /></a></div><p><b>Tuesday</b></p><p>We wake to the patter of rain on leaves. W reads on the porch for an hour and heads for an early breakfast while I enjoy a bath on the balcony. The stone tub keeps the water hot. Two stand-up wicker screens shade me from view.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62glRt_bAQVhqSSIOtQIKgHAJhGd2aC3JvMIGZTi3nmXCSLqBxIpgHouSxvR1ntfNLSd1djeS306Lw6uJQNxa6TAnQe4zYCilGj-LNB2_-7jt1eNj0gj3l8rErwTyQRoWOUvNZH632W29SmEsSrpVkFi3sDIiL7Qyt_DWhrzO7WP72fzg4Z1zdewNUG9D/s1456/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.47.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62glRt_bAQVhqSSIOtQIKgHAJhGd2aC3JvMIGZTi3nmXCSLqBxIpgHouSxvR1ntfNLSd1djeS306Lw6uJQNxa6TAnQe4zYCilGj-LNB2_-7jt1eNj0gj3l8rErwTyQRoWOUvNZH632W29SmEsSrpVkFi3sDIiL7Qyt_DWhrzO7WP72fzg4Z1zdewNUG9D/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.47.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="253" /></a></div><div>Privacy screens are available in the exterior halls. Near the service elevators on our floor, a cart has been sitting full of rainwater and unwashed dishes since Monday (remnants from room service?)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSG1nuFH-HgqwGVmkwUZS1PQj6MIxFSrZ0fKbAK-G4KTkCwXzRplqSfSgvVEjgLj5MIygsmJZuhT0SA3y38NNKLJ0Ln_oSCtnG-jFEO1eYoiRB8xVZcQbkipfK7KM9sN5hGQhTrimp9lEDTUDXaceggxherbK3Zb9t2-TjkmKT80sJXYrQXj9FRLkIJmWR/s1350/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSG1nuFH-HgqwGVmkwUZS1PQj6MIxFSrZ0fKbAK-G4KTkCwXzRplqSfSgvVEjgLj5MIygsmJZuhT0SA3y38NNKLJ0Ln_oSCtnG-jFEO1eYoiRB8xVZcQbkipfK7KM9sN5hGQhTrimp9lEDTUDXaceggxherbK3Zb9t2-TjkmKT80sJXYrQXj9FRLkIJmWR/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="243" /></a></div><p>I finish listening to the book club's next book: "<a href="https://3booksfull.blogspot.com/2024/03/lady-tans-circle-of-women-by.html" target="_blank">Lady Tan's Circle of Women</a>" by Lisa See. What a marvelous story of the terrible circumstances in the Ming dynasty: oh, the competition and malice, striving for status, household rivalries, political alliances to protect self against others, wealth vs. abject poverty, and more. I wouldn't have enjoyed reading the detailed descriptions of the beauty of clothing, faces, and gardens half as much as I learn by listening to it. The tale makes me grateful to be a follower of Jesus - in this era.</p><p>Just before 10:00, I head for breakfast and connection. The furnishings in the restaurant are simple and elegant.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJz0QH4nbU4azNRMt2AbI40WkA182k_1ZUJTFEAhm8_SNg3sXdgNyEmMw-qGbFmawHMhQrPEX_7xlJJOQrTVIKKjfLxLs3rp4HRd5D3pQpkMTzvYykwWCEgQIsnvbAvrvtywa-2ZjPNSOkZoFwVaO3XHJYnGXaq4uBltl1S72IXGFpXmB4sA6FAVZ0sSBZ/s1208/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.01%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="1142" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJz0QH4nbU4azNRMt2AbI40WkA182k_1ZUJTFEAhm8_SNg3sXdgNyEmMw-qGbFmawHMhQrPEX_7xlJJOQrTVIKKjfLxLs3rp4HRd5D3pQpkMTzvYykwWCEgQIsnvbAvrvtywa-2ZjPNSOkZoFwVaO3XHJYnGXaq4uBltl1S72IXGFpXmB4sA6FAVZ0sSBZ/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.01%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="303" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Someone has carefully considered the decor. We're told 80% of building materials are from the island. I like the little rock/water/sapling centerpieces that dot the dining tables.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsgvagNBW1Irg43yXjELyBB1ziBs866pRvsILje617HHnECS92YlVpX-cuiaXtzQ0Hde0ikX08VqCBpIg7EYhMgIFslUHZH09YonjsYii2LSv2dIT9ZiCkwLT5QzoZnXKBNCnqM_CaKg28pgxd43adbhDceg2QCp-HhdcAIPMuhrixeWGqtgrTILPd-yo/s1034/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.17%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="774" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDsgvagNBW1Irg43yXjELyBB1ziBs866pRvsILje617HHnECS92YlVpX-cuiaXtzQ0Hde0ikX08VqCBpIg7EYhMgIFslUHZH09YonjsYii2LSv2dIT9ZiCkwLT5QzoZnXKBNCnqM_CaKg28pgxd43adbhDceg2QCp-HhdcAIPMuhrixeWGqtgrTILPd-yo/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.17%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="240" /></a></p><p>W and I walk the length of the beach in one direction about noon. Natural beauty is everywhere.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_k2TW_D4_JULn3msOHYrcZ_46j7XnFZnD54zECELZD0rQcgmBWE_HRvJvaPBTZRPXTinOruBqsc15fZHwq8dnQTMU4oPJqECB4HjJVBcBwK34GcYp58fy9qb4M2pCZcGMfXOUseYa-2JHgM9TSA-ixhMIvjhcH7o1mtgXtCUlJYAHb6H1DPKyRUWWHZKk/s1490/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.09.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="1128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_k2TW_D4_JULn3msOHYrcZ_46j7XnFZnD54zECELZD0rQcgmBWE_HRvJvaPBTZRPXTinOruBqsc15fZHwq8dnQTMU4oPJqECB4HjJVBcBwK34GcYp58fy9qb4M2pCZcGMfXOUseYa-2JHgM9TSA-ixhMIvjhcH7o1mtgXtCUlJYAHb6H1DPKyRUWWHZKk/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.09.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The tide has come in so there's a narrow strip of beautiful white sand to walk under an overcast sky.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1vpSUSAmgU-4GiNDs-z1tpv6bxSeoRR5RudqBIiJrqGpfYrL1EbkNiLEDia3pxk0dAsUbihremHzDZR0PMlxaJHGysP_KeUXO8vlBpE-5hwdWGldpr69tkSdU-7vvwyb40hzuIm7ZAVSs7eJePLaJ14og41haBZxC860R-Ww41zzc3IzoWoLXWiBzBaY/s2014/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.15.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2014" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1vpSUSAmgU-4GiNDs-z1tpv6bxSeoRR5RudqBIiJrqGpfYrL1EbkNiLEDia3pxk0dAsUbihremHzDZR0PMlxaJHGysP_KeUXO8vlBpE-5hwdWGldpr69tkSdU-7vvwyb40hzuIm7ZAVSs7eJePLaJ14og41haBZxC860R-Ww41zzc3IzoWoLXWiBzBaY/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.15.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The restless sea hisses relentlessly against the beach. It's a soothing sound.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmap1SBeN6dIuTWebQRT3mEn7-CBIQne0YObBXfUXCSfYsfbslw1RMEhYEKMFjRxkHv5-D66yUUWCfaqOfMW6Y-2tuVQq37y1LdRPIhMmlq-H__2ZNZW385sYIZbytSxJv8Rn5FV2hTA3YYnoNbDtoyGG1xk-720nv9qDf_s7eCBSbo73mB-SVlBRcUCIR/s2030/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.16.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2030" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmap1SBeN6dIuTWebQRT3mEn7-CBIQne0YObBXfUXCSfYsfbslw1RMEhYEKMFjRxkHv5-D66yUUWCfaqOfMW6Y-2tuVQq37y1LdRPIhMmlq-H__2ZNZW385sYIZbytSxJv8Rn5FV2hTA3YYnoNbDtoyGG1xk-720nv9qDf_s7eCBSbo73mB-SVlBRcUCIR/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.16.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Seaweed and tree trunks have been swept onto land.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-3kOnpccxUdFsMs5qwaN1vLpjo4onHXtTroQbw4oZlntJmXrdq1A_8Vsi-Rf0XZzbZF7FfO8XmfXvdVgzOe1AG0ZcfBMZPG3LUmHEohZYkr6pe_nTBTXP08wqfxzqjkRi94riQGTC3AWiShf9FbMVQGSjhWPLTrfBsJCxrKaXyO0OOUt21a0S_n3acVZ/s1494/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.16.32%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-3kOnpccxUdFsMs5qwaN1vLpjo4onHXtTroQbw4oZlntJmXrdq1A_8Vsi-Rf0XZzbZF7FfO8XmfXvdVgzOe1AG0ZcfBMZPG3LUmHEohZYkr6pe_nTBTXP08wqfxzqjkRi94riQGTC3AWiShf9FbMVQGSjhWPLTrfBsJCxrKaXyO0OOUt21a0S_n3acVZ/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.16.32%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So has plastic and human discards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBviLu0kxIhGZ93ZvxyB995IB2dF1cms06Kdyy44LeALXRR0Yft83eHM2U6xlp7yDRHCDJiaHMdfXbPUmMW6ycORgcdhLnG2APwn-yFUo1LOShO2uyXzQLuB9zk3bm7JbjPgizhOA0qcMn6csQMqyyGx744qjflEY3nILkJ_rm42um1TFjVXKVol5gmfn2/s2010/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2010" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBviLu0kxIhGZ93ZvxyB995IB2dF1cms06Kdyy44LeALXRR0Yft83eHM2U6xlp7yDRHCDJiaHMdfXbPUmMW6ycORgcdhLnG2APwn-yFUo1LOShO2uyXzQLuB9zk3bm7JbjPgizhOA0qcMn6csQMqyyGx744qjflEY3nILkJ_rm42um1TFjVXKVol5gmfn2/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The boat wrecks are full of plastic bottles and refuse.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfH8-L0CN-ZslUco1BOakruUB1kwbJ2sx9aPIxUx6tzsxuShTD3udutnJQOiidooa74E7Q-q80VS6BTjtcN6_9NLGQmBb3tA1KZeFNUDHqUWZ9KJQQyCCEA8ye-1kXnP9gCo_nXbSRDAlQvmlRLJ4hvxsJot8r7te23LhwHOdS75gp7_ZyKNvHnXz82YVH/s1992/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1992" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfH8-L0CN-ZslUco1BOakruUB1kwbJ2sx9aPIxUx6tzsxuShTD3udutnJQOiidooa74E7Q-q80VS6BTjtcN6_9NLGQmBb3tA1KZeFNUDHqUWZ9KJQQyCCEA8ye-1kXnP9gCo_nXbSRDAlQvmlRLJ4hvxsJot8r7te23LhwHOdS75gp7_ZyKNvHnXz82YVH/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This close to the hotel, I'm surprised they haven't been picked up and recycled.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxGVtc_tbJ0SzvjLz_LIzndQjaKfnz4vqLxzMpZEEJ9ZBBkEkJKuAm57VmqCBacXMCtUFuNo9Ke3vY7sWnmIrOOIRuiNOgcUp-jCx3RMVJ0ymWQkOU1VR_pcfSGIGeVJ_tv8hrun25bqXZ7wZxRIbJ8rhhfZ52veFwZog3qYQ7rAIq1Z8TpasM8DT0D9w/s2002/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="2002" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxGVtc_tbJ0SzvjLz_LIzndQjaKfnz4vqLxzMpZEEJ9ZBBkEkJKuAm57VmqCBacXMCtUFuNo9Ke3vY7sWnmIrOOIRuiNOgcUp-jCx3RMVJ0ymWQkOU1VR_pcfSGIGeVJ_tv8hrun25bqXZ7wZxRIbJ8rhhfZ52veFwZog3qYQ7rAIq1Z8TpasM8DT0D9w/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.14.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You'd expect a sustainable endeavor to have connections with a recycling plant (or build a small one of their own?) At the least, why not hire someone to pick up the bottles - glass and plastic? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNs-sjUei8lyInAZTVKrVwwcbcOFk8-jp2XNzSAKi1N6Px-p_UoXWlXQC1Yf1QdKLWingnm7UoyS5yh6zKkuy-Z1AHZ5T8GMnVSmoq1pgT6ntcDidxFhyWaDWAeF-R8vM4rg4V6qUun5mDF-nLjHp6-gaDYZj5p2pIFm9K3n-3hDskOpZzchbUZ0_x73D/s2014/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.15.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="2014" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcNs-sjUei8lyInAZTVKrVwwcbcOFk8-jp2XNzSAKi1N6Px-p_UoXWlXQC1Yf1QdKLWingnm7UoyS5yh6zKkuy-Z1AHZ5T8GMnVSmoq1pgT6ntcDidxFhyWaDWAeF-R8vM4rg4V6qUun5mDF-nLjHp6-gaDYZj5p2pIFm9K3n-3hDskOpZzchbUZ0_x73D/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.15.58%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That would provide local wages and a more pleasant shoreline.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNPHWwZ0HyT7-Hx0FKyCO0VlQyvUebD-j2_ex7YwLh8rwctOYHOUuXQbQCfpl_6_UHxaaH7Bcvev-HDBlwF2t5Ozy4NuufG9l5qrOALAofFXbgROzkJlfcDElecHal6_OgoYhZwlOtyjM9H9qrowrQSDdbSL3YYA4S3CldDMEsqNTxG3BdS5EONw33BQw/s2020/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.15.07%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="2020" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwNPHWwZ0HyT7-Hx0FKyCO0VlQyvUebD-j2_ex7YwLh8rwctOYHOUuXQbQCfpl_6_UHxaaH7Bcvev-HDBlwF2t5Ozy4NuufG9l5qrOALAofFXbgROzkJlfcDElecHal6_OgoYhZwlOtyjM9H9qrowrQSDdbSL3YYA4S3CldDMEsqNTxG3BdS5EONw33BQw/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.15.07%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The water is tinted brown from iron in the rocks. Further out, the beautiful blue sea awaits. The chug-chug of diesel tour boats drifts across the surface of the ocean.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaG3uMmk6ahyphenhyphenc3RZbwerb9UUO1pcCCNvjY0ExsFNB3VkW9UKwySfhjPt7At9eM0bJWqplNtVT10AViwBcXUw6HReG_QKZ_3BvpNsYYtbI0qcFUTueBCMY5iCf-cpGHLoJDL2vW4mTKcc99WO4-b7D9AMQa2yFNnbZzsmTG2ktLcMeEDzzIN3OJgcWovnIq/s2014/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.15.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="2014" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaG3uMmk6ahyphenhyphenc3RZbwerb9UUO1pcCCNvjY0ExsFNB3VkW9UKwySfhjPt7At9eM0bJWqplNtVT10AViwBcXUw6HReG_QKZ_3BvpNsYYtbI0qcFUTueBCMY5iCf-cpGHLoJDL2vW4mTKcc99WO4-b7D9AMQa2yFNnbZzsmTG2ktLcMeEDzzIN3OJgcWovnIq/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.15.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">W requests room service at the front desk because our wet towels are still in the room at 4:30 when we head to supper. At the tables, the company is good. The food is ... indifferent, if not unappetizing.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglloy4Fi2Rof6g26Y8o_SftYmhrnnxAOlnNH2rACTOF8foLo1RHe28Hbvsuyy4fAb2UaMvAvRqFy5ZkAG4zlyTunxI0AehClquWBOn5lNgfKCUTdGvpLIjmZV8DJ_wato-Dzm6lSHTHoodqgbILbYrXodckFryYRkjgwMiMCcC9P6zbnPRq4G0oDcwtSSg/s1094/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglloy4Fi2Rof6g26Y8o_SftYmhrnnxAOlnNH2rACTOF8foLo1RHe28Hbvsuyy4fAb2UaMvAvRqFy5ZkAG4zlyTunxI0AehClquWBOn5lNgfKCUTdGvpLIjmZV8DJ_wato-Dzm6lSHTHoodqgbILbYrXodckFryYRkjgwMiMCcC9P6zbnPRq4G0oDcwtSSg/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="317" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We come back to a clean room with a small piece of cake and an unopened box of tissues on the end table. Hmmm.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zT-s80_ee_Izj_0HdKdpprRUe8YopsN_kE19bimGm6hMpj8CaZwc4QzeT9tjY7TuuSRwnxKiW3DvSkToLj8XsZMoGtYauxIjaU65Fj4y6W0W8yBHHz8RqaYXC07fpGMndtKJQk3EcfFZ8YI5Yc2i_-GDcXs76sgNpGYjwPkZv07xf6K3PQ9gNR0UJj1g/s1486/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.38%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="816" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zT-s80_ee_Izj_0HdKdpprRUe8YopsN_kE19bimGm6hMpj8CaZwc4QzeT9tjY7TuuSRwnxKiW3DvSkToLj8XsZMoGtYauxIjaU65Fj4y6W0W8yBHHz8RqaYXC07fpGMndtKJQk3EcfFZ8YI5Yc2i_-GDcXs76sgNpGYjwPkZv07xf6K3PQ9gNR0UJj1g/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.38%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="176" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">My PJs have been taken from under the pillow and set on the bench at the foot of the bed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aQRMLLTAKo64h6zuwrDKndXIDZaW_JFpjnRVQQy3c3jcaDTCTb_Uyp9337VL-BJsBMfwLfar6uvm6JJRQFqYeGb63K08WGLCP-q5Pi9jo3RcgDoE9h7K07joHaeBzVzJt0jsVwHmsExaal-amiFfvE4173WeTGaJTtkPPt-tFgP2kcIk_wlqUel5zvir/s1128/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="802" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3aQRMLLTAKo64h6zuwrDKndXIDZaW_JFpjnRVQQy3c3jcaDTCTb_Uyp9337VL-BJsBMfwLfar6uvm6JJRQFqYeGb63K08WGLCP-q5Pi9jo3RcgDoE9h7K07joHaeBzVzJt0jsVwHmsExaal-amiFfvE4173WeTGaJTtkPPt-tFgP2kcIk_wlqUel5zvir/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.10.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="228" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Wednesday</b></div></div></div>We sleep well. After breakfast and conversations, we head for the beach again, turning left instead of right.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XT7Ui5s21fyTN3Y8AJEu-YKdN4Mtq07BQPnocHQEOA4L1MUyCYQ5YvG1YwcFC1tiq1ZvxeLKJVIzgEjtHdBTH1AdbS3O6j3btSigXiwaFo5qF4TTO8mB-bGuReUPRRZPxbs2jYw3ivpu9J8vWZLsJ3L6WqHVhC9oY9SIoBRt3OvcQyrY0GAXcLYtxUnX/s1280/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.42.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1084" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8XT7Ui5s21fyTN3Y8AJEu-YKdN4Mtq07BQPnocHQEOA4L1MUyCYQ5YvG1YwcFC1tiq1ZvxeLKJVIzgEjtHdBTH1AdbS3O6j3btSigXiwaFo5qF4TTO8mB-bGuReUPRRZPxbs2jYw3ivpu9J8vWZLsJ3L6WqHVhC9oY9SIoBRt3OvcQyrY0GAXcLYtxUnX/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.42.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="271" /></a></div>Similarly to our walk the other way yesterday, the brown (iron-infused) creeks run into the sea. We step through the flow to continue our stroll.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjj1ttryNtiR7GEroHqGqUddTHStJdctnHjTIRhgGC725sTb5oQVXnsuJxs44ULPDpyi67aI1r6J1Dr5R5ZL1zvjuLcOCjXtUZV7dN5RCI-Y3xtqsaBkMSz2sld4f82Rv29uu-G9UGYY58d5KX9_fxbTZ1a_M6dW8VOEclG9FPSchZiLkNYu69cY2p0Uo/s1500/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.42.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1054" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKjj1ttryNtiR7GEroHqGqUddTHStJdctnHjTIRhgGC725sTb5oQVXnsuJxs44ULPDpyi67aI1r6J1Dr5R5ZL1zvjuLcOCjXtUZV7dN5RCI-Y3xtqsaBkMSz2sld4f82Rv29uu-G9UGYY58d5KX9_fxbTZ1a_M6dW8VOEclG9FPSchZiLkNYu69cY2p0Uo/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.42.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="225" /></a></div>A fisherman has lost his net and float. It tangles around driftwood and we carefully step around it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iN9ubbnXnBoEHmqPqXqLZC_X9yOa4zru0u6kYRZEDb_iWc3W6d5MG9vGmIbTp5LyOB9qOTGJBP-HavhFDyKiBIrRxgvU1XsuRSTNZZJgvtFAYIOx1WdCeIO1fNQoynyXhKKTiD3WGf5n_6PNIzF_1672rBTtgRUrFkGXLWd3n-EYxnXY-_oLr2CLC2a9/s1228/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.42.29%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="970" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9iN9ubbnXnBoEHmqPqXqLZC_X9yOa4zru0u6kYRZEDb_iWc3W6d5MG9vGmIbTp5LyOB9qOTGJBP-HavhFDyKiBIrRxgvU1XsuRSTNZZJgvtFAYIOx1WdCeIO1fNQoynyXhKKTiD3WGf5n_6PNIzF_1672rBTtgRUrFkGXLWd3n-EYxnXY-_oLr2CLC2a9/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.42.29%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="253" /></a></div>A few boats are parked on the shore, pulled up beyond the reach of the tides.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAypHND7G_9WZiC-B1V19v2tUMpoa5BETwXZ7ZiHkhy5b07XJdUAULxyfJH_5Y_T5DAC0R5D_K11Ol6m0NtVmKzRKsSGnnQRK9Wt13RTNQgyCjDL0CJWGEWUlJmH5QfWhVJ5RIy-YrmPYGw_TqxZxWhzbZPbumDN6FER-_cTabR2OKQnkCotatfyQyOlgc/s1390/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.42.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1390" data-original-width="1090" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAypHND7G_9WZiC-B1V19v2tUMpoa5BETwXZ7ZiHkhy5b07XJdUAULxyfJH_5Y_T5DAC0R5D_K11Ol6m0NtVmKzRKsSGnnQRK9Wt13RTNQgyCjDL0CJWGEWUlJmH5QfWhVJ5RIy-YrmPYGw_TqxZxWhzbZPbumDN6FER-_cTabR2OKQnkCotatfyQyOlgc/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.42.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="251" /></a></div>A little motorboat bobs in the waves.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFk4IgeLaKKcu3-oWK9DY60X2SYP8VG30-DhpSJCR61vGW35rMrgmd35EEN7DmVjPwjO0uhkhVr73-OvSgc-EuW81NDHex8tYQ8Y5FdyAMtGiR2iPc3OrEtHKkuwQ2hdWcTTF204iBJx3wPcJxS0vzAlHiHXt4Rx6mqsAHSs3Lzh4Cfmnj69DqSANOmYJU/s1778/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.42.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="998" data-original-width="1778" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFk4IgeLaKKcu3-oWK9DY60X2SYP8VG30-DhpSJCR61vGW35rMrgmd35EEN7DmVjPwjO0uhkhVr73-OvSgc-EuW81NDHex8tYQ8Y5FdyAMtGiR2iPc3OrEtHKkuwQ2hdWcTTF204iBJx3wPcJxS0vzAlHiHXt4Rx6mqsAHSs3Lzh4Cfmnj69DqSANOmYJU/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.42.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Someone has built a cement and stone barrier around the roots of this coastal tree. Trees are considered homes to spirits in local traditions.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTGmtSwc2jPKNfUP0OZbYva0u_WSdUjRbnWO7D4D07f2kI7967-w-hl77_TFeTa9jNpDsaxJTE8kGCG8Fp_ktVJI2ft3Lg6jOBLE6MRJQWFXosmbiNOaQYixOEVtMQMDvimbkmEjiPUJMnRf8qJNT3RonqfTzJGjqDLbd-mUvPPyoLXNlKHkrQJOVxcn1/s1880/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.43.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1880" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKTGmtSwc2jPKNfUP0OZbYva0u_WSdUjRbnWO7D4D07f2kI7967-w-hl77_TFeTa9jNpDsaxJTE8kGCG8Fp_ktVJI2ft3Lg6jOBLE6MRJQWFXosmbiNOaQYixOEVtMQMDvimbkmEjiPUJMnRf8qJNT3RonqfTzJGjqDLbd-mUvPPyoLXNlKHkrQJOVxcn1/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.43.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>A cuttlebone sits between recyclables: I have one of these in each of our bird cages. Fun to see them on the beach.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TfwaZT37yzFYVnBK4fTXQlWnimSNBcHTsKtzQJMyeyfQ6Bhm5u4q_maMmMD7UVsaAT5q9-IAOERkqDa5qoEKAZFwIlea2HAzbsiH8BP5WMVa1p0DRF0BJGC18j3oT2dJGUhyphenhyphenzyVn5-qoZKcu61iTKN8u0AlFFu5r__3X6Y5gCNGLBT1l9wQdJg3NmPbD/s1346/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.43.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8TfwaZT37yzFYVnBK4fTXQlWnimSNBcHTsKtzQJMyeyfQ6Bhm5u4q_maMmMD7UVsaAT5q9-IAOERkqDa5qoEKAZFwIlea2HAzbsiH8BP5WMVa1p0DRF0BJGC18j3oT2dJGUhyphenhyphenzyVn5-qoZKcu61iTKN8u0AlFFu5r__3X6Y5gCNGLBT1l9wQdJg3NmPbD/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%202.43.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="269" /></a></div><div>Some children splash in the pools, watched by their parents.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfg8HqKLYzMSwu3YEYeQ4MFl4ORMD0GlzkWllih5ZUNZSe8PqVgIzxjvz8veSNw3ESS2I7q_Lx1QNrlYxBdmXAZsbStVJn37RlU9ruCo0Zk8F2hPOWSvO4_nIEJeaqMJdtCtD9X1k8G2RhYByTDrVyA0cqXzFVCnAnZ9tBWMe9FmaANmulTsEnax38qgY/s2022/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.16.41%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="2022" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAfg8HqKLYzMSwu3YEYeQ4MFl4ORMD0GlzkWllih5ZUNZSe8PqVgIzxjvz8veSNw3ESS2I7q_Lx1QNrlYxBdmXAZsbStVJn37RlU9ruCo0Zk8F2hPOWSvO4_nIEJeaqMJdtCtD9X1k8G2RhYByTDrVyA0cqXzFVCnAnZ9tBWMe9FmaANmulTsEnax38qgY/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.16.41%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>There are few other guests here during the week, which must be very hard on the hotel. It's restful and quiet for the conference attendees.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFskyuwIF-WY5F9SRAmyWRJ-gJcsNZvKqc1UaKS8HTB7Lyo6bVbUBGzv0Nclr1z66DDVjfqQqSCWcWaUGFAtna_2do3Dl-LX7QA1NludwESNepThDWYM_6AdtE3yoAnkD9U8-4MPmxY2HOmQ0JvGpszVzB9eCIMBywJT3Ff1TZ0_PBPyXhVVeCAjKBBjM/s2014/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.16.59%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2014" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpFskyuwIF-WY5F9SRAmyWRJ-gJcsNZvKqc1UaKS8HTB7Lyo6bVbUBGzv0Nclr1z66DDVjfqQqSCWcWaUGFAtna_2do3Dl-LX7QA1NludwESNepThDWYM_6AdtE3yoAnkD9U8-4MPmxY2HOmQ0JvGpszVzB9eCIMBywJT3Ff1TZ0_PBPyXhVVeCAjKBBjM/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-13%20at%207.16.59%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Who can say, “I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin?” Proverbs 20:9</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Your love, Lord, reaches to the heavens, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">your faithfulness to the skies. Y</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">our righteousness is like the highest mountains, your justice like the great deep. You, Lord, preserve both people and animals.</span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. Continue your love to those who know you, your righteousness to the upright in heart. Psalm 36:5-10</span></div><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*When Jesus perceived their questionings, he answered them, “Why do you raise such questions in your hearts?” Luke 5:22</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Lord, examine our hearts and see our faults. We have erred and strayed, but you, O Lord, are our shepherd. Guide us into the paths of righteousness. Forgive us when we have made excuses or questioned you. With pure hearts, help us to pursue your ways and do your will. Amen.</span></i></p>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-41164030107631775582024-03-09T23:46:00.000-08:002024-03-09T23:46:45.496-08:00In with the old, but mixed with the new<p><b>Friday, March 8, 2024 <a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/03/lent-day-21-strange-state-of-waiting.html" target="_blank">(Lent Day 21)</a></b></p><p>I thought I'd be sore after the hike yesterday but nope - doing fine. W and I walk up the hill to #NaraPark for our weekly date breakfast. The owls stare at us as they are shifted to daylight perches from their overnight aviary.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNko19_GjAUGWf9NlLcBTFWp-Zf3rgwICBfmD8pa9cM2woHZp4vQ7NDrJrZ2NOZXqPNUGNPAexWWtDgMJGWRYXWn5XuabIiza6kOzZ14KuSiAcrdopEYv-vXQ_dppFwjMQW6w02YM9uENMLzhzbAlYII8vKDBjSJg5b-mGWsbkJp-Sc_LZByib-NWsqRz/s1284/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.31.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="788" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRNko19_GjAUGWf9NlLcBTFWp-Zf3rgwICBfmD8pa9cM2woHZp4vQ7NDrJrZ2NOZXqPNUGNPAexWWtDgMJGWRYXWn5XuabIiza6kOzZ14KuSiAcrdopEYv-vXQ_dppFwjMQW6w02YM9uENMLzhzbAlYII8vKDBjSJg5b-mGWsbkJp-Sc_LZByib-NWsqRz/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.31.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="196" /></a></p><p>I check the menu as I always do. And order the same thing I always order because I like it so much: <i>mie Rica </i>(spicy ramen noodles) and popcorn chicken (a side of crispy chicken and shrimp). As usual, I can't eat it all but W distributes the leftovers, including a little bag of <i>sambal</i> (hot sauce - that one's not for the dogs!)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoKZebm5wtwE04Z3uOCc6D3aW6f8MBlHBXwNBQX2VWg4eJzvGrqyJh3OKI3nUDJD5jFOAVjnY0e30RM_XqC2wncelm5ls6A3_p4DxRv_qsAfVoHR4LCPkM8F63grA8JbJoHpxLGt0WLgCPZVoeYVkNbktzXmdBJHapwvfofdFRlEP3OlM4QI2AhcDyT5n/s1514/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.32.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1074" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSoKZebm5wtwE04Z3uOCc6D3aW6f8MBlHBXwNBQX2VWg4eJzvGrqyJh3OKI3nUDJD5jFOAVjnY0e30RM_XqC2wncelm5ls6A3_p4DxRv_qsAfVoHR4LCPkM8F63grA8JbJoHpxLGt0WLgCPZVoeYVkNbktzXmdBJHapwvfofdFRlEP3OlM4QI2AhcDyT5n/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.32.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="227" /></a></p><p>On the way home, we admire the alignment of stone tiles on the wall of the new house. The master mason has done an incredible job. The cornerstones are perfectly placed, too.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVG7dL1IBDEC2EVV_VXs2B3V5jB6PYLgvX8e2xX_WkuIVRWQbr7KVZCCfpS0A6z4kspJznrQ1rnqqiNkC2st85qrrh9ymXIS99LypAEbEPzpknI5oBjQ8rEOhGtaBehvz1VAZzUdjzi9cl0AtgsGYlxjTRzuJ6VVFZ5C1_NpNtAq_P_Pqdma4Oo8Uu84o/s2026/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.33.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="2026" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVG7dL1IBDEC2EVV_VXs2B3V5jB6PYLgvX8e2xX_WkuIVRWQbr7KVZCCfpS0A6z4kspJznrQ1rnqqiNkC2st85qrrh9ymXIS99LypAEbEPzpknI5oBjQ8rEOhGtaBehvz1VAZzUdjzi9cl0AtgsGYlxjTRzuJ6VVFZ5C1_NpNtAq_P_Pqdma4Oo8Uu84o/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.33.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>I sketch a gazebo for an Austin friend in a few minutes. Such things are pure fun and brain candy for me. It will be drawn and painted to scale after approval.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMXtHtCTl2AROaSpqo3P2AwP8Ncv9olrUllrZGX4dKWt298CBWHsgYTGF35_1Uvdw7cgkit9qW_aBmiR_CQECMGA9FgOyQU0XG17I6qZwbvO5CR3Hps16hQFL9MCbrw5l2Xajq73fHWi_igxpSDbXqMuokIziq2dsOCw2H3_9zUchMHB83_cih7KDV-cl/s1806/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.32.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1806" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMXtHtCTl2AROaSpqo3P2AwP8Ncv9olrUllrZGX4dKWt298CBWHsgYTGF35_1Uvdw7cgkit9qW_aBmiR_CQECMGA9FgOyQU0XG17I6qZwbvO5CR3Hps16hQFL9MCbrw5l2Xajq73fHWi_igxpSDbXqMuokIziq2dsOCw2H3_9zUchMHB83_cih7KDV-cl/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.32.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>For lunch, Don joins our meeting with Ps Yoel and Esther at #WaorungEthnic down the hill. We treasure these relationships. It's fun to connect people from all around the world at a table.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaGC2mTRoRy47fcWxSOdZuynlo5lRMNfTsSQe6Iceu0ADxSOz8K3KY20jwlqEZYGYJwvOcCvI1gXCYvBhIUNCPhVm2CmQBJ9IHaEVfCYNsG7sEgc3zbpY3bs-vqgTrSNgQB5kDWFHcNLlLEWapmCCdPV4TlEuQXDvznDbic5-4tLCglbmPKcDfKi8Sj14/s1064/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.32.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1064" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBaGC2mTRoRy47fcWxSOdZuynlo5lRMNfTsSQe6Iceu0ADxSOz8K3KY20jwlqEZYGYJwvOcCvI1gXCYvBhIUNCPhVm2CmQBJ9IHaEVfCYNsG7sEgc3zbpY3bs-vqgTrSNgQB5kDWFHcNLlLEWapmCCdPV4TlEuQXDvznDbic5-4tLCglbmPKcDfKi8Sj14/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.32.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>The meals are big portions but hit the spot. Dessert is "just right," shared between us all: banana chocolate pancakes and strawberry crepes. (No, I don't try the strawberry stuff. I'm still scarred from picking them in my teens.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPNfLsmmybCjFqzvd3MHspVF-qBxwM7pLfdN0K6myknicYo-qOo7vBGkT-eDqF0n3Y2QX2cFss_BzUJj9z2YYG3_TyzqpgpA4dQ07A_s_YNshflIZLZ0g0qHzout3xvd3gtTbSEtQncIExAgXI7Xz2SO5JWvQGVmZ0-Qfyk6KD63zoC6Cfn-ig8z2yiqI/s1342/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.32.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="1342" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtPNfLsmmybCjFqzvd3MHspVF-qBxwM7pLfdN0K6myknicYo-qOo7vBGkT-eDqF0n3Y2QX2cFss_BzUJj9z2YYG3_TyzqpgpA4dQ07A_s_YNshflIZLZ0g0qHzout3xvd3gtTbSEtQncIExAgXI7Xz2SO5JWvQGVmZ0-Qfyk6KD63zoC6Cfn-ig8z2yiqI/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.32.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Our friends are donating a guitar to a new worship team. We plan to pass that along on Sunday. Generous partners make the world sing.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKls6ZLoGjFTQ8u_z8RH5F4sU0HrDa739OtE2tmRPjI6LUv7nwW0Tgs9xrdC5TgPeCNtD7imFgywCCyoP_mfko6xyOCy3txfiFr42wapmXaNvV7HorTw6NkP4eSTRuL5u5u3tRd6ZrrT-FcSIbCUwBvsQjY27nsCdO9Qee3HKxEkHuI9CYWPY2ITayMiFB/s1170/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.32.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1170" data-original-width="980" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKls6ZLoGjFTQ8u_z8RH5F4sU0HrDa739OtE2tmRPjI6LUv7nwW0Tgs9xrdC5TgPeCNtD7imFgywCCyoP_mfko6xyOCy3txfiFr42wapmXaNvV7HorTw6NkP4eSTRuL5u5u3tRd6ZrrT-FcSIbCUwBvsQjY27nsCdO9Qee3HKxEkHuI9CYWPY2ITayMiFB/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-08%20at%204.32.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="268" /></a></div>Yoel and Esther drop Don and me at Don's next appointment. We stash the guitar in storage for Sunday's transfer. (Below: Instead, Saturday it's wrapped in plastic against the rain and delivered to CityC church via Pak Perdi's motorcycle.)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9O0xHy7Yp9TaNI1aD2_5128Ez2SpPvFH6gGglQd5hrl_lVb9KFZp-wEKlaf28DiruhJxkQ1-NzS8ghT-r0UnJcH1VogxIC8aWMgLnvuuqSmSyV8J8dw24VMWT8ubg6PwVTvJIoSl4uu5pA4M2KFSgw4GIMGDoU81m5QtYldIA7jnu5ccUsXCWYeiEhQa/s1416/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.12.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="1136" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9O0xHy7Yp9TaNI1aD2_5128Ez2SpPvFH6gGglQd5hrl_lVb9KFZp-wEKlaf28DiruhJxkQ1-NzS8ghT-r0UnJcH1VogxIC8aWMgLnvuuqSmSyV8J8dw24VMWT8ubg6PwVTvJIoSl4uu5pA4M2KFSgw4GIMGDoU81m5QtYldIA7jnu5ccUsXCWYeiEhQa/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.12.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="257" /></a></div>I refuse Yoel and Esther's kind offer of a ride home and have a leisurely walk, sweating in my raincoat in 85o (30oC). I'm too lazy to carry the coat, though there's no rain.<br /><div><div><br /></div><div>Yay! I finish marking student papers for the January class I taught, with a week's grace after the deadline and no penalty for late submissions. I send in the grades and give the school permission for anything that comes in later to be considered and graded by their faculty. At least half of the class is on spotty internet and limited electricity, which makes a Zoom class a challenge. My part is done.<div><br /></div><div>And then it's sundown. Is anyone hungry for supper? (Not I, said the woman who's eaten out twice in a day, for less money than she could have cooked the meals herself ... )</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Saturday <a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/03/day-22-lent-2024-light-in-darkness.html" target="_blank">(Lent Day 22) </a></b></div><div>One interesting thing about aging is seeing the shape of family members emerge in your own body. I look down. Woah! I used to trace similar veins on my grandma's hands, while standing beside her in church. She must have been about my age: in her sixties. Lovely to remember her and her fervent love for God. The veins? Not so attractive.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8-IWmAQcN2iaABbMxb64f3-WMQkrlijGWwPG9BWZDj8CdpAvDTbBpciSIrSblf6PNUu_nWWu1U_bw0aKRTH9TjlZLVTKeJHyORaLGb2n5Z6zB8A0R-Pr7ArxbhRmPOJ0bdKnqgBJ4WNmUj6koULXPsoERYQOp0jmhOHXiMwc7-JS7Uecc1596_fFJP7F/s1356/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.08.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="1052" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc8-IWmAQcN2iaABbMxb64f3-WMQkrlijGWwPG9BWZDj8CdpAvDTbBpciSIrSblf6PNUu_nWWu1U_bw0aKRTH9TjlZLVTKeJHyORaLGb2n5Z6zB8A0R-Pr7ArxbhRmPOJ0bdKnqgBJ4WNmUj6koULXPsoERYQOp0jmhOHXiMwc7-JS7Uecc1596_fFJP7F/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.08.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="248" /></a></div></div><div>A roam around the garden provides greens and a few flowers to fill in the gaps left by last week's faded roses. Titik's structure is so good that it takes very little to redo her bouquets for another week. Lucky me! Look at those HOT red bromeliad flowers.</div><div style="text-align: center;">#1 Last week...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHen670fb4f8bBLN8aHza23UYsKban2Gm3Q5x7KWu4k2di7MsEK3r-ZXU0nJdtyWp4CX7WXL1KPqDKb0txGrqFWTSmD3HuKewST_cLcDeeqBBaPvoV5ExlBay0ZhxQCaoeseSQNse3hFYohR2HL2DZjTGFCMM0EwM_sy2pJyPU5pI5SpK3setb6WAZMTvo/s1368/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.12.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="1008" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHen670fb4f8bBLN8aHza23UYsKban2Gm3Q5x7KWu4k2di7MsEK3r-ZXU0nJdtyWp4CX7WXL1KPqDKb0txGrqFWTSmD3HuKewST_cLcDeeqBBaPvoV5ExlBay0ZhxQCaoeseSQNse3hFYohR2HL2DZjTGFCMM0EwM_sy2pJyPU5pI5SpK3setb6WAZMTvo/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.12.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="236" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">#1 This week...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lSuz88OfpVTfiI9tf6z_hNlqDClSzBAf6ShK_P4t0sRde2ryd5UAl8OVU9y8U360XTZAafg5q-hSQ_8pCA_IlNSHxy67ko97xMrhLTtEr70uy7WdBsaz_KIl4Ixs_BlnaoG9roIJJDgyaGp91d7V0AvxCrUgXD_fDQ2hQW2stp2ffNYz8CfnWVikMNGo/s1494/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.08.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1020" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8lSuz88OfpVTfiI9tf6z_hNlqDClSzBAf6ShK_P4t0sRde2ryd5UAl8OVU9y8U360XTZAafg5q-hSQ_8pCA_IlNSHxy67ko97xMrhLTtEr70uy7WdBsaz_KIl4Ixs_BlnaoG9roIJJDgyaGp91d7V0AvxCrUgXD_fDQ2hQW2stp2ffNYz8CfnWVikMNGo/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.08.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="218" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">#2 Last week...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6tWGCayjhgSmyR4b9hvzHSgRnLhMR7U_kF7p_zoXdYXvXy_lrNBH7VW2FtYW2uQvRwiLosSzQLEgNdlvZdQ7_PsuJ3CgNzjCQ8AV5fe4zQG7F9EvysnCz1WCS6p0xyLreLYIUdBtc6ID_Xio0KQVNVEFcEhT7UoW9jJYlWcWPQupU3QXggMumQVhzeUZe/s1502/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.11.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1502" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6tWGCayjhgSmyR4b9hvzHSgRnLhMR7U_kF7p_zoXdYXvXy_lrNBH7VW2FtYW2uQvRwiLosSzQLEgNdlvZdQ7_PsuJ3CgNzjCQ8AV5fe4zQG7F9EvysnCz1WCS6p0xyLreLYIUdBtc6ID_Xio0KQVNVEFcEhT7UoW9jJYlWcWPQupU3QXggMumQVhzeUZe/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.11.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">#2 This week...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFsjRSO5346MrGtPnYvftBWA0ITV6ukNZfnKdFbvKJsd0xC1NhpfXCusQxeZzP8TApbPD2CJNcJZJbVYNfX0UVwOYVGmaNnpKw3kRl7hr498z3jbRyucjAp94wAUDUcm4XXPPGp_zUQBOnnSHZpCrYfBb6918Ygntrsg4BMZ0bszd98Ikxyz-E6vpyb6Y/s1802/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.08.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1802" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFsjRSO5346MrGtPnYvftBWA0ITV6ukNZfnKdFbvKJsd0xC1NhpfXCusQxeZzP8TApbPD2CJNcJZJbVYNfX0UVwOYVGmaNnpKw3kRl7hr498z3jbRyucjAp94wAUDUcm4XXPPGp_zUQBOnnSHZpCrYfBb6918Ygntrsg4BMZ0bszd98Ikxyz-E6vpyb6Y/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%201.08.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">W takes the flowers to the hall in the car. Our driver is off today. PakG is traveling to meet his extended family before March 12 kicks off a month of Muslim fasting (called Ramadan).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">We pack our luggage for the next trip. Then I sort through some leadership materials for the next class. The amount of information being written and broadcast is staggering. As a lecturer, I pare it down to the essentials for my students.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b>Sunday</b></div><div style="text-align: left;">We meet early in the prayer room. Alice has donated a rug from her mom's collection. It goes beautifully with the paint colors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNMobYPtSiZcX6qNiqDXwXvrqMiL6rHSwLJcqJSVWhI4MaryC6wmpDCFXIVy1Bm2ZvEQtK_rIy4TWJKLxTjKm84BrZzzrsLUnJ9hJ3VsYCEoq4p8fzW-_I35mcH0uLNoUDcfPpmqhTgq6WXzlbKJ6VDpfoOHWLw78YZwCqtPExHQHfg3bEvxOgxOKdYhy/s2026/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%202.08.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="2026" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigNMobYPtSiZcX6qNiqDXwXvrqMiL6rHSwLJcqJSVWhI4MaryC6wmpDCFXIVy1Bm2ZvEQtK_rIy4TWJKLxTjKm84BrZzzrsLUnJ9hJ3VsYCEoq4p8fzW-_I35mcH0uLNoUDcfPpmqhTgq6WXzlbKJ6VDpfoOHWLw78YZwCqtPExHQHfg3bEvxOgxOKdYhy/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%202.08.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>After a good message from Don Eischens, the IES Bandung team has lunch together at Maxis. It's a joy to eat together as a family.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6cJ3Rrq_cZpbL4THwSPTD3r2IdZtCfiWMvc8gIguBnB6xc_6nuWtQpTEEDKkfqC_x9IyH3BQdQEwpUhARu1g5bAl5C3FdJLelLgrkVPPEtNeqP-qE8ilkgBHFOcMXp0T8Aq6oCqeP7j8N8mXxKLZ77jWUMPZq7rH5BmguXybX4N-2sVA1aJ-ubhlQArQ/s2462/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%202.09.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="2462" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6cJ3Rrq_cZpbL4THwSPTD3r2IdZtCfiWMvc8gIguBnB6xc_6nuWtQpTEEDKkfqC_x9IyH3BQdQEwpUhARu1g5bAl5C3FdJLelLgrkVPPEtNeqP-qE8ilkgBHFOcMXp0T8Aq6oCqeP7j8N8mXxKLZ77jWUMPZq7rH5BmguXybX4N-2sVA1aJ-ubhlQArQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%202.09.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>After, we pose under a huge benjamina fig tree. We are so honored to serve with this international crew.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYyuy5DslZN4yP9AwZ-ZyXERQvF4ZIiaeuQCYZFzQyIlzbfmXsfP1_-Ertkg8Rn_bcmKsHMWYIqtgoXga0wXtroY-VabiT7BKWtCTQuOKh8gbxU2MFXGnGmNkQQcIe1SLzSwFfZV_alOboU78HpWnKKUbr0xd7Y5of50nVegIQC-V9g8VeJDqCGTT1lor/s1506/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%202.09.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1424" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQYyuy5DslZN4yP9AwZ-ZyXERQvF4ZIiaeuQCYZFzQyIlzbfmXsfP1_-Ertkg8Rn_bcmKsHMWYIqtgoXga0wXtroY-VabiT7BKWtCTQuOKh8gbxU2MFXGnGmNkQQcIe1SLzSwFfZV_alOboU78HpWnKKUbr0xd7Y5of50nVegIQC-V9g8VeJDqCGTT1lor/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-10%20at%202.09.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="303" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</b></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Surely the righteous will never be shaken; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">they will be remembered forever. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">They will have no fear of bad news; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">their hearts are steadfast, trusting in the Lord. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Their hearts are secure, they will have no fear; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">in the end they will look in triumph on their foes. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">They have freely scattered their gifts to the poor, their righteousness endures forever; their horn will be lifted high in honor. </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">The wicked will see and be vexed, they will gnash their teeth and waste away; the longings of the wicked will come to nothing. Psalm 112:6-10</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Why are you so far from helping me, from the words of my groaning? Psalm 22:1</span><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*[When Jesus died,] the curtain of the temple was torn in two, from top to bottom. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25412be3f12f176a80007153c%26id%3D9be6195f5f%26e%3Dc118c1b83d&source=gmail&ust=1709977932567000&usg=AOvVaw16edxdYphi7qrwFeCyCQbA" href="https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25412be3f12f176a80007153c&id=9be6195f5f&e=c118c1b83d" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Mark 15:38</a></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Sometimes, O God, we feel alone and forsaken but then we remember your promise—that you will go before us and will be with us. You will never leave us nor forsake us. Thank you that we do not need to be afraid because you are present in our lives when we need you most. Amen.</span></i></p></div></div></div></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-77552401840559865422024-03-07T01:52:00.000-08:002024-03-07T01:52:26.285-08:00Mucking about<p><b>Monday, March 4, 2024 (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/03/day-17-lent-2024-foolish-message-of-god.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 17</a>)</b></p><p>W and Don head to the train station at 6:00 a.m., the same time I walk out the door for 2 miles around the neighborhood. They'll be gone 3 days - W is doing a seminar and an "Ask the Professor" session in Jogja, a 6+-hour train ride away. He loves teaching.</p><p>We've unpacked most of what we brought from Bali. My "haul" is five 1.5-meter cotton pieces, which go to the seamstress later this week. IbuS washes and irons them, ready to be cut. A few years ago, Mom sent along buttons from her sewing room. There are enough to customize each blouse.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtQFnzly5igSTWOhPxVZuUmKZ48SHBipt8tl2tQCEo3A-tdLZfmtvc7Z-WsaOQhBKK0TlYevbag2l8oJp_DKJsf9a15ULJaxPA43Vy_YEuZr_Hhk9Fudal_9jmx9f3gp1Ouk6yH2QMOLZ86z3ger4cWa7_58o900kAa_y1qMyWHs1txDvaSqe8U8LY9Fi/s2626/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%209.10.17%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="2626" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtQFnzly5igSTWOhPxVZuUmKZ48SHBipt8tl2tQCEo3A-tdLZfmtvc7Z-WsaOQhBKK0TlYevbag2l8oJp_DKJsf9a15ULJaxPA43Vy_YEuZr_Hhk9Fudal_9jmx9f3gp1Ouk6yH2QMOLZ86z3ger4cWa7_58o900kAa_y1qMyWHs1txDvaSqe8U8LY9Fi/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%209.10.17%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>I'm taking notes on resources for upcoming classes. My notebook, with pages and pages of handwritten notes and color-coded edges, shows me where one book starts and the other ends. With its little index, it is surprisingly efficient.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SERzlaSBcL744nFy1aXn6AT2lISZsvSqMfATei48od5wXIpeUd6wcpj2hIorBRu-eyksVDsnd-JRnRmbVedOZSSwvch4Gb66J0TrRM-OzaUmoGL8iEBArLgE1aI4TTnyKrRJUCcTUNWGMqJo1PI7k2GJLncSLPGIzX19smfRFY6J4tsRB0QNDjGaH7fb/s1228/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%202.30.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="1136" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9SERzlaSBcL744nFy1aXn6AT2lISZsvSqMfATei48od5wXIpeUd6wcpj2hIorBRu-eyksVDsnd-JRnRmbVedOZSSwvch4Gb66J0TrRM-OzaUmoGL8iEBArLgE1aI4TTnyKrRJUCcTUNWGMqJo1PI7k2GJLncSLPGIzX19smfRFY6J4tsRB0QNDjGaH7fb/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%202.30.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="296" /></a></div><div>Between a spicy Korean ramen lunch and chocolate-covered coffee beans, I cover a lot of ground. <a href="https://3booksfull.blogspot.com/2024/03/herding-tigers-by-todd-henry.html" target="_blank"><i>Herding Tigers</i> by Todd Henry</a> has me spellbound. Except when my dad was the owner or manager, I've never experienced a team or workplace with Henry's principles of managing creatives. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlN4yRqdwxwKzJU-UAwootd3flyIgqq8zXWAF7XIZqr8FHHPFaRxWCV-_9-XTPjhf0kyi0PgiDysnLH659WYPdDEku66IlqoeosqnHQQFKKjmo0jOW65dixwPTW4joalywjxG5UBsw-3qoSUvd4M7AiXbPC3Z69ErtjtDqMqHdJ1CmAZHcHg-6GkYe8az/s426/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%2011.39.47%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="278" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzlN4yRqdwxwKzJU-UAwootd3flyIgqq8zXWAF7XIZqr8FHHPFaRxWCV-_9-XTPjhf0kyi0PgiDysnLH659WYPdDEku66IlqoeosqnHQQFKKjmo0jOW65dixwPTW4joalywjxG5UBsw-3qoSUvd4M7AiXbPC3Z69ErtjtDqMqHdJ1CmAZHcHg-6GkYe8az/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%2011.39.47%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="209" /></a></div><div>If my bosses had followed even half of these principles, I would have worked myself to the bone for them and accomplished 5X the results. Who knew?! (Hey, where was this book when we needed it?) The author identifies what I crave and need to thrive. </div><div><br /></div><div>I'm reminded how to step up for my own creative teams.<br /><p>I clean the fridge of leftovers and explore what's left inside. Vegetables, dairy, lots of jars of sauces and other goodies ... it looks full. So why am I tempted by nothing but the TJ Peanut Butter cups? Resist! resist!</p><p><b>Tuesday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/03/day-18-lent-2024-careful-observation.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 18</a>)</b></p><p>It's a long day of walking, study, 6 meetings, and more. Waking at 4:00 a.m., I might as well stay awake until my first meeting at 5:00. Except it starts with a postponement until 10:00. After 2 other calls, I sit down at the screen to finish a few things before the rescheduled session.</p><p>Oops - I've forgotten my monthly 9:00 check-in. Luckily, the contact is still online; we wrap up 3/4 hours later.</p><p>The IES team comes at 1:00. When they leave, the seamstress' husband arrives to chat and pick up the new fabrics. They'll replicate a well-fitting blouse for me in the Bali colors.</p><p><b>Wednesday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/03/day-19-lent-2024-tell-kids.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 19</a>)</b></p><p>Another day of meetings flies by: by the time I fire up the mandatory 9:00 company meeting, I've already been in 3 others. I check for student assignments but decide to grade them all together later. Grades are due on Friday.</p><p> Late in the evening, W and Don return to Bandung by train. I stay up until my eyes are falling shut. To stay awake, I prepare supper and swap the cushion slipcovers for something lighter.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Before... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojGPMJxyUKJsgsIcN2rx0evztXgMGQIZtciYl2_xaEdOMjG7uj9TIjYyT0FdKveuL-rbd1YOoz6WPEBUamJh4XuHP4ySEt9K8-NbRInXV7m74GMfZBH-G5FwGLETsauo2WfQEUykv4o9ItP0AauD9SX0T5cPV9DsfNwULa1Ogs1uq25gXLrbHXrS5Qx95/s2008/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%204.10.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1372" data-original-width="2008" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiojGPMJxyUKJsgsIcN2rx0evztXgMGQIZtciYl2_xaEdOMjG7uj9TIjYyT0FdKveuL-rbd1YOoz6WPEBUamJh4XuHP4ySEt9K8-NbRInXV7m74GMfZBH-G5FwGLETsauo2WfQEUykv4o9ItP0AauD9SX0T5cPV9DsfNwULa1Ogs1uq25gXLrbHXrS5Qx95/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%204.10.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">After ... <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMDYpndjrfi663e56H9TH1kzlVaDGlFppFASVwm1HgMQadb2Pa8hSWxI_HsdGDf9nAu3qM7nb4BbQpuL9aIl7HMGunXJygCgJHNlvRZoTscw0KgEYemiUpwf_qTAgpaGcc3GH66guDrwFNIpton_8nbwRUVzbXxyLCmul4Wt3fcmcECuRqX5Qg3dgMfIj/s2020/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%204.12.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="2020" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFMDYpndjrfi663e56H9TH1kzlVaDGlFppFASVwm1HgMQadb2Pa8hSWxI_HsdGDf9nAu3qM7nb4BbQpuL9aIl7HMGunXJygCgJHNlvRZoTscw0KgEYemiUpwf_qTAgpaGcc3GH66guDrwFNIpton_8nbwRUVzbXxyLCmul4Wt3fcmcECuRqX5Qg3dgMfIj/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%204.12.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>I finally give up waiting: their train is delayed by over an hour. I protect the food on the dining table with ant-proof covers, shower, pull on PJs, and hop into bed. It's a restless night when nothing feels comfortable. I sleep 9:30-11; 4:30-6 (when W's alarm blares), and snooze until 7:00 before my own alarm beeps the wake-up call.</p><p><b>Thursday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/03/day-20-lent-2024-are-you-worthy.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 20</a>)</b></p><p>Hiking. It's our sabbath day of refreshing each week. After 4 hours of sleep, my body unwinds on the 5+-mile (8km), 14,000-step trail. We go up and down many times, but the total elevation is only 8 flights.</p><p>We walk through coffee plantations shaded by the tall pines planted by Dutch colonists. History is everywhere in the city and the mountains. We pray God's favor over the people working in the fields and forests as we pass them. Most are friendly and wave to us.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3RVLjtn07iR-jHO75daYACBlI9No-Rp6KnSzh5qPMTIJBi_qpLeGgNEYxbJYgn9nYeIQEYgvXac0o4mYWgOLR7RCfN78M0ryjU3CyuM_gRgQvt7Fk7Nyk_o4m527Xu1yHeNVG5kEtSF2cd1PCxxFAhO-VX029-DT2t8Lqn5l1k1GhCpmeBuTY3nMcs9n/s1506/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.49.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3RVLjtn07iR-jHO75daYACBlI9No-Rp6KnSzh5qPMTIJBi_qpLeGgNEYxbJYgn9nYeIQEYgvXac0o4mYWgOLR7RCfN78M0ryjU3CyuM_gRgQvt7Fk7Nyk_o4m527Xu1yHeNVG5kEtSF2cd1PCxxFAhO-VX029-DT2t8Lqn5l1k1GhCpmeBuTY3nMcs9n/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.49.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We pose at the entry to the old war forts. The dogs look at us expectantly: sometimes they get a treat when we stop. Not this time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7J3mmI1Q-2WNkriUzL8PXub3HTA6UCFQ_ZMLw764X6D82bnk7ymZCn6OUeCXVXePPyaKKcMSzy6ZJS3JuklNFDPwK11Ixr9j3rrBm4DddyQaDKvrFkCZtH1w98f23s5rFjvnf3TEXI67dRNGoQ_uIY7AYlfuamMpYDQSP5ObXZCtmwM66U_cGcpmJtKU5/s1512/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.53.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1504" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7J3mmI1Q-2WNkriUzL8PXub3HTA6UCFQ_ZMLw764X6D82bnk7ymZCn6OUeCXVXePPyaKKcMSzy6ZJS3JuklNFDPwK11Ixr9j3rrBm4DddyQaDKvrFkCZtH1w98f23s5rFjvnf3TEXI67dRNGoQ_uIY7AYlfuamMpYDQSP5ObXZCtmwM66U_cGcpmJtKU5/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.53.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="318" /></a></div>The forts are almost overgrown behind high walls. The grasses are 3-4 meters high (9-12').<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyqZfLrTzwSUj4EHNqJTmXEPSCKBUlBBuuJOUkD6HqeXf44uocfRGq_KPlfossSzeinYOwtlBB8h5ZGfzETVXYJKkj-P8-im4kridXEi1Husot14zZJxA7LnfN05gsJE9uREsVVjj6NCgKlvEbmUcpRx-UUxwemssh2PocJjzF8PhWZ2WR8x4rw0IfG1n/s2006/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.49.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="2006" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyqZfLrTzwSUj4EHNqJTmXEPSCKBUlBBuuJOUkD6HqeXf44uocfRGq_KPlfossSzeinYOwtlBB8h5ZGfzETVXYJKkj-P8-im4kridXEi1Husot14zZJxA7LnfN05gsJE9uREsVVjj6NCgKlvEbmUcpRx-UUxwemssh2PocJjzF8PhWZ2WR8x4rw0IfG1n/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.49.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The cycle of life is that things sprout and die. This patch of ferns is definitely on its way out, even as new plants emerge.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcmTe0gFIBE7nzK9b5C1YWNDta82Tufs934MWviQjveRJNFV_6OQQNdclsyRTRZi4zgwlQnyLRieV5uADhrKMdJaUGiZU460LYVoOGD3IAGy3G8UkrY69STEV-QxEaJftg3TIQP66CRsqCOD9EchXny2iZUH3T8ZdPB3AVPtsRu1Gv9rpvq8jXDNlyrl8/s1758/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.49.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="1758" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdcmTe0gFIBE7nzK9b5C1YWNDta82Tufs934MWviQjveRJNFV_6OQQNdclsyRTRZi4zgwlQnyLRieV5uADhrKMdJaUGiZU460LYVoOGD3IAGy3G8UkrY69STEV-QxEaJftg3TIQP66CRsqCOD9EchXny2iZUH3T8ZdPB3AVPtsRu1Gv9rpvq8jXDNlyrl8/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.49.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Several times, we cross the rain-filled trenches gouged into the wet dirt by all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles. The dogs don't bother with the stepping stones we step on to keep our feet dry. Coming and going, Juno takes a mud bath and is a happy two-toned wonder when she emerges.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLihYZagbND_MyvIKnMJz9LW3S1faW65Y6vQN_nu7Oq_VHqzl3S2m9PeryWIc9qhlLQrGlOmJ7Pjd8HbsWhc4piPlNkD9mPAUjSrTlY4W5RxhVgHwMHj3wPBBv_9bgr6SdkgD47es6el0OTAIFgdxcdRMhBv3mxxrfmBG1TXj_UQ9GAgXloGjuthv9Es9/s2022/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.56.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1178" data-original-width="2022" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpLihYZagbND_MyvIKnMJz9LW3S1faW65Y6vQN_nu7Oq_VHqzl3S2m9PeryWIc9qhlLQrGlOmJ7Pjd8HbsWhc4piPlNkD9mPAUjSrTlY4W5RxhVgHwMHj3wPBBv_9bgr6SdkgD47es6el0OTAIFgdxcdRMhBv3mxxrfmBG1TXj_UQ9GAgXloGjuthv9Es9/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.56.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div>As we walk out of the forest toward the cars, we spot three men welding a new canopy across the admission gate. They don't wear safety harnesses and the only thing under their feet are the metal beams they're connecting.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBLiuDeKFyKxk_Ogym1u6ih4CZGK3oS47Pz9nKrFt9_pptSMpIEuf54ygXyf7bW79ROCxvGrvzRvXe3qs9yO2Agfw0AWuKOO1QrUCZAPNS71oi7BCaD3dCL56fEHYYSnMhuwCiuOMT8jrAsiQsglY7hBJhITyyaqXbiOoGKfKv8yR654ESL52_8Ynju_l/s1368/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.49.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="1126" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieBLiuDeKFyKxk_Ogym1u6ih4CZGK3oS47Pz9nKrFt9_pptSMpIEuf54ygXyf7bW79ROCxvGrvzRvXe3qs9yO2Agfw0AWuKOO1QrUCZAPNS71oi7BCaD3dCL56fEHYYSnMhuwCiuOMT8jrAsiQsglY7hBJhITyyaqXbiOoGKfKv8yR654ESL52_8Ynju_l/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.49.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="263" /></a></div>We have lunch a few hundred meters up the road. This suspension bridge over a deep valley sways as tourists traverse it. We would have tried it in the first 3 months. After that (now), with the Indonesian disregard for maintenance, we prefer to watch others make the trek. It starts to pour within minutes of arrival and the strolls across the canyon become jogs. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYJcJz1yjAqa7vy2mHwsvKuNtBxnC-kfAqErsMQnbT9nEBnFErdVfh_-BYOdRslORnoH8cXU95TNjFn4h7teo2QHVwZVqvaDUg7PMtJBqmfnDQOiKj9p-vyUrAM-K2uWB3HEV2_YIsJweoVb9IlMiFbI__WTi43Tig4NFGzQtIAI70umMpP1OUZYA3NY7/s2016/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.49.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="2016" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyYJcJz1yjAqa7vy2mHwsvKuNtBxnC-kfAqErsMQnbT9nEBnFErdVfh_-BYOdRslORnoH8cXU95TNjFn4h7teo2QHVwZVqvaDUg7PMtJBqmfnDQOiKj9p-vyUrAM-K2uWB3HEV2_YIsJweoVb9IlMiFbI__WTi43Tig4NFGzQtIAI70umMpP1OUZYA3NY7/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.49.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Lunch is good food and good company. My $6 ribs and soup are yummy.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoC3LxAYXcH3zJPIXAk9E-GvM0wwnESRkqnEr5hhtebedmv7WGsZLiQ05aeZ79BqBYanyczXMc7Dm2s1NyE7godPWaqr9KSlzQOWkyyHM79CiupFdGkesiZyKfbW6C-OZH1v8dyIDkcYYiQ9hv00ZBlWfTsHrVB3vQsGn8QSd4ZZWtx_f8-e9mogBu85dF/s1420/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.50.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="1136" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoC3LxAYXcH3zJPIXAk9E-GvM0wwnESRkqnEr5hhtebedmv7WGsZLiQ05aeZ79BqBYanyczXMc7Dm2s1NyE7godPWaqr9KSlzQOWkyyHM79CiupFdGkesiZyKfbW6C-OZH1v8dyIDkcYYiQ9hv00ZBlWfTsHrVB3vQsGn8QSd4ZZWtx_f8-e9mogBu85dF/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-07%20at%203.50.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="256" /></a></div>We make one more stop: the grocer. I stay in the car to save money, sending W inside. He adds eggs to his own list. Don gets the juice he needs, and we're on the way home. Shower. Rest. Refreshed.</div><div><br /></div><div>IbuS has baked a fresh loaf of bread. That will be our simple supper, complete with cold cuts and the last tomato. I'm reminded of the goodness of God, who supplies every need.<br /><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*God said, “I will establish my covenant between me and you, and your offspring after you throughout their generations.” Genesis 17:7</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Keep these words that I am commanding you today in your heart. Recite them to your children and talk about them. Deuteronomy 6:6-7 </span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">Do you not know?</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;"> Have you not heard? </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. Isaiah 40:28-31</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*This is what the Lord says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls." </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">But you said, "We will not walk in it." Jeremiah 6:16</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Jesus said, “The Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I have said to you.” John 14:26</span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Gracious God, thank you for every opportunity we have to praise you. Help us feel your guiding presence in these difficult times. We know there is hope when we do what is right. Help us to cling tightly to you. Amen</span></i></p></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-44760629169601349642024-03-03T17:35:00.000-08:002024-03-03T23:00:48.924-08:00At least 4 = a lotta links to a lotta stuff<p><b>Friday, March 1, 2024 (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-15-lent-2024-gentle-giants.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 15</a>)</b></p><p>Our final morning in Bali is full of good news - how to lead, how to focus on what's important, and how to transfer your values to others. My head is buzzing and my notebook page is full. Thanks to Don Buterra, an uncommon and unconventional leader who reminds us that God uses who we are, where we've been sent.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPWSxhR0mDN61vSWSmfVNKK9D-604xQFNXRwIx2YWOQcuQKu1QbdI7NIT_WjkOBlVfze457zbP1eX4xN4sQ-df3EXVmlX27CdnwvjAPcNBAXwD5IFgh_nR1Dvubmh6jZNsoLacR-V9LaVJVVKWwhK1fOyYVniJ9MiNifrPMi-AunyxMor4voUei1Fe8hf/s1304/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%209.44.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkPWSxhR0mDN61vSWSmfVNKK9D-604xQFNXRwIx2YWOQcuQKu1QbdI7NIT_WjkOBlVfze457zbP1eX4xN4sQ-df3EXVmlX27CdnwvjAPcNBAXwD5IFgh_nR1Dvubmh6jZNsoLacR-V9LaVJVVKWwhK1fOyYVniJ9MiNifrPMi-AunyxMor4voUei1Fe8hf/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%209.44.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="254" /></a></div>We have purchased a few gifts. (= my interpretation of Balinese mood and peoples above)<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2obymdDGSSyqnq6_bUXeuC2en0B_UnhqWKwO7iOo-iXnuZpTmsF8k6MJb33HmtWbI96d7G77CIZWazvt08YeXd3MERGWbM96FQl2ge5coZYgDh6WYUNr1BuP0UuxGZYcLAbKPrUlFEHw8rZv0Pze26aiEO8KPVTcDjtlvKK7fZX4TbfEymzgXCDIJOI6h/s1738/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%209.44.17%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1738" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2obymdDGSSyqnq6_bUXeuC2en0B_UnhqWKwO7iOo-iXnuZpTmsF8k6MJb33HmtWbI96d7G77CIZWazvt08YeXd3MERGWbM96FQl2ge5coZYgDh6WYUNr1BuP0UuxGZYcLAbKPrUlFEHw8rZv0Pze26aiEO8KPVTcDjtlvKK7fZX4TbfEymzgXCDIJOI6h/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%209.44.17%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>W and I catch a flight to the new Bandung-area airport (2 hours from town). Our flight is partly full but we are the only flight landing during the hour it takes to get our luggage off the only moving carousel. So ... we maybe see 1-200 people in this second-largest airport in Indonesia. There's a lineup of shuttles to the villages and cities.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD56gAxMpNGDNNvS18XUTC41-oFS5b6hIKHOcIDpQsOGUU0LWX8K_ypVjeMXUoED8q28qh6WLZKZm7xhiI4_o7D8CgIqEBj55XJBszNjPxi96EJKpd5WGKULKSCSKNMfapyvuw3pEim2378Il5UbGrZK0EuawSYkY4KkFlqANYG_ZmcqjxoLvMKUr9OZsW/s2014/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%209.44.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="2014" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD56gAxMpNGDNNvS18XUTC41-oFS5b6hIKHOcIDpQsOGUU0LWX8K_ypVjeMXUoED8q28qh6WLZKZm7xhiI4_o7D8CgIqEBj55XJBszNjPxi96EJKpd5WGKULKSCSKNMfapyvuw3pEim2378Il5UbGrZK0EuawSYkY4KkFlqANYG_ZmcqjxoLvMKUr9OZsW/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%209.44.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>The road paving has good sideway leveling. However, it's not even going forward, which creates a bucking bronco effect. It's quite bumpy at times and the rain makes it hard to see the beautiful mountains edging paddy fields on either side of the tollroad. There are few villages in view.</p><p>The shuttle driver centers the van on the dividing line between 2 lanes unless we pass a motorcycle or car. Then he shifts over to the far lane before returning to the middle of the road.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8dA4QVP9j6NdjtPLggA6s8Z-f0XYzvxFSxAuMIKoNz5ap1K0pVVLppTz9HXsprXMuQrMZLU3_YsnGYQubbZLFCS25KK-NAcHo5mVsuhvmlIsoMhqCyjW6Xwb9HuIBnrYChyphenhyphenjj2PwNPlJi5ucZTJ5PudryT1ufr77PjYL1O4W_r-JX_WZOsXu_8CgDYnV/s2004/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%209.44.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1162" data-original-width="2004" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik8dA4QVP9j6NdjtPLggA6s8Z-f0XYzvxFSxAuMIKoNz5ap1K0pVVLppTz9HXsprXMuQrMZLU3_YsnGYQubbZLFCS25KK-NAcHo5mVsuhvmlIsoMhqCyjW6Xwb9HuIBnrYChyphenhyphenjj2PwNPlJi5ucZTJ5PudryT1ufr77PjYL1O4W_r-JX_WZOsXu_8CgDYnV/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%209.44.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p><b>Saturday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/03/day-16-lent-2024-absolutely-loved.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 16</a>)</b></p><p>I learn more from this mastermind each month (regardless of who is able to show up) than any other group meeting. The leaders are lively, opinionated, and full of good counsel, leading at different seasons of life and in far-flung places. We start at 6:00 a.m. which knocks my walk off the schedule. Since we've walked 5 miles every day in Bali, I don't care if we skip it today.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5giT2VzMQD4Oqx_nHEkM8sUuHdmnyTFqinlqXjXtzhGJ46nZ1aCqP_PTtxTwpBiuwea7lEkwVCKVBlUXt_kohVwX105MEmiVrWzWQ5Y4h-mQdXSY8nGFVDXpmQ0_0NvrHT6yGcwd2S7pd_U8J9e5102XuDljNSQPFpshex3heRmJbxuu4tgHYZkeZjJ7O/s2240/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%206.37.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="2240" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5giT2VzMQD4Oqx_nHEkM8sUuHdmnyTFqinlqXjXtzhGJ46nZ1aCqP_PTtxTwpBiuwea7lEkwVCKVBlUXt_kohVwX105MEmiVrWzWQ5Y4h-mQdXSY8nGFVDXpmQ0_0NvrHT6yGcwd2S7pd_U8J9e5102XuDljNSQPFpshex3heRmJbxuu4tgHYZkeZjJ7O/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%206.37.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>After some trail mix, yogurt, and half a cookie from #QuietWatersBakery, I'm ready to catch up on a few book reviews. The cost for each pre-publication book is a review. Some books are useful to me as a lecturer or pastor; others pique my curiosity; a few are pure recreation, written by authors I've enjoyed in the past. Read <a href="https://3booksfull.blogspot.com/2023/" target="_blank">some of the reviews here</a>. (Use the TOC to find books that might interest you?)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCI7ju0BLnx84Fbod4-s0Z2FPh6hZ0Lla72jV9dJs4mfi3hLOD7z8QjL8c8GG2H-uXaTGNDuunD1idQruEEuNsDOOE_6DQQTtrG0Wi0J9IK7ifF18cojL0WgXRkTg5WlBVaniIDWMyuneA1EWWy39PJG_ef-5PT9wdP_xbgp4Vb-X1LeeKQtWnuujPxGVJ/s914/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%209.59.29%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="588" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCI7ju0BLnx84Fbod4-s0Z2FPh6hZ0Lla72jV9dJs4mfi3hLOD7z8QjL8c8GG2H-uXaTGNDuunD1idQruEEuNsDOOE_6DQQTtrG0Wi0J9IK7ifF18cojL0WgXRkTg5WlBVaniIDWMyuneA1EWWy39PJG_ef-5PT9wdP_xbgp4Vb-X1LeeKQtWnuujPxGVJ/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%209.59.29%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="206" /></a></p><p>I recommend two books by Johann Hare: <a href="https://3booksfull.blogspot.com/2024/03/magic-pill-extraordinary-benefits-and.html" target="_blank">a fascinating book on Ozempic</a>, to be published soon, as well as another on <a href="https://3booksfull.blogspot.com/search?q=stolen+focus" target="_blank">digital distraction</a>. All kinds of books pass through my Kindle and e-readers. Some have been published. Others are coming to print soon. </p><p>One that grabs my heart is an account of a father's emotions and processes when his son lands in prison.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoeOKgYR_H8cwPmWFxTF38SDL05IYMv_bzz_YqsHYY5h4dLC7uvv8H-j6xnvy_waMT-kvRB94ae_Tj5Wo_8PEId1zucTYkmc3Es1eXLo77zXlOVTJxKVjVA3Je2zNqg7W14kK95Loo_DeF4pVw9Sj8_mnY1HEQc-eSab8pB9JWqJsjS4FJIpeSpjDDy9v/s766/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%201.48.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="496" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGoeOKgYR_H8cwPmWFxTF38SDL05IYMv_bzz_YqsHYY5h4dLC7uvv8H-j6xnvy_waMT-kvRB94ae_Tj5Wo_8PEId1zucTYkmc3Es1eXLo77zXlOVTJxKVjVA3Je2zNqg7W14kK95Loo_DeF4pVw9Sj8_mnY1HEQc-eSab8pB9JWqJsjS4FJIpeSpjDDy9v/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%201.48.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="207" /></a></div><p>I read about recovery from burnout. I skim an account of friendship as transformation (the book of Ruth and modern relationships). I browse a theology manual written by a respected Lutheran. And I review a another batch of novels that did/n't live up to my expectations.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLur7LbIoIahbqMj9c_6CgfKBT0IRWmlxV4WxfCs6vHZGZcEsi7jAUOeA7T6ubdAsIWYffFK_cLBK-4_e7Rg2S3Zbu210BbQ4xfmgWTkHmJ0uVe-CrQn33R9gqTT042_begiyOiIQdZsTcXhFflwHRQMzSPFNxf_c3LXrH7AJyQdEuhpipD34V4gIJULe/s918/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%201.14.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="918" data-original-width="588" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvLur7LbIoIahbqMj9c_6CgfKBT0IRWmlxV4WxfCs6vHZGZcEsi7jAUOeA7T6ubdAsIWYffFK_cLBK-4_e7Rg2S3Zbu210BbQ4xfmgWTkHmJ0uVe-CrQn33R9gqTT042_begiyOiIQdZsTcXhFflwHRQMzSPFNxf_c3LXrH7AJyQdEuhpipD34V4gIJULe/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%201.14.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="205" /></a></div><p>I limit myself to 20 reviews, which takes up the middle of the day. My head is spinning, my stomach is full (DIY Mexican-ish noodles, <a href="https://www.thespicedlife.com/mexican-ramen-bowl/" target="_blank">a recipe here</a>), and my eyes are tired. Time to take a break and prepare for the Leadership Team meeting tomorrow.</p><p>A new-to-us recruiter for short-term interns arrives in late afternoon. He's exploring what ways volunteers could be helpful in the community and country. He's touring Indonesia, seeing sights and meeting people. We're glad he showed up at our place.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Supper is a walk away, up the street to #NaraPark.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qol6kjmGwEeL68vcAqBsmxXuocVAXO0bW95p1gdGfmSig2f7QDESUutvvVncrOk76Z7owLxzfkWsNihM48j0LVHPeQ2J9YDWH8yyjx058xkhFF4jUXFXKe_uXT3116VwGn0lSgJshFWEk9PVHn94Q0ZCXHaX5RA2f1SQWyQnN6aPYi1w_xCLgl7_XaoS/s1580/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%205.59.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1580" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0qol6kjmGwEeL68vcAqBsmxXuocVAXO0bW95p1gdGfmSig2f7QDESUutvvVncrOk76Z7owLxzfkWsNihM48j0LVHPeQ2J9YDWH8yyjx058xkhFF4jUXFXKe_uXT3116VwGn0lSgJshFWEk9PVHn94Q0ZCXHaX5RA2f1SQWyQnN6aPYi1w_xCLgl7_XaoS/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%205.59.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A young graduate is posing for pictures in a niche by our table.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCaYttyWEj6BzF5oYiUZOj4kuSNlpjriERFUhfCeIXPfFcepjBXWNGWytThqhyphenhyphenMEsqnqVpQO8We-M_gIOQ6ElF5PQBZaBSd1h89ZdRZx82JgyL8Bx1v22sk7bqIFYGaPad18gxsvqpI3sMgpUjImi-O1Rects3KuqeuT9aXk5rTuqs1g7RHtlDd6mV_1Dy/s1510/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%205.59.41%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="1510" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCaYttyWEj6BzF5oYiUZOj4kuSNlpjriERFUhfCeIXPfFcepjBXWNGWytThqhyphenhyphenMEsqnqVpQO8We-M_gIOQ6ElF5PQBZaBSd1h89ZdRZx82JgyL8Bx1v22sk7bqIFYGaPad18gxsvqpI3sMgpUjImi-O1Rects3KuqeuT9aXk5rTuqs1g7RHtlDd6mV_1Dy/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%205.59.41%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><p><b>Sunday</b></p><p>Don speaks on the Boldness of the Spirit. The morning's highlight is baptizing 3 people. It's a declaration of their intention and promise to follow God for life.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcht_bvFk2pQmSrUHqoZVzLSef5rTMcPbbgn6Cl5nM9Nthyphenhyphen5R-yKj-GaVZ3RMbYJ6SXxA_5ZV4sGFV7UnOdsje3chWKbKPMGGPWcm4kOC4mJqfAO_e5RSfksQhSECqYgGu24bx8jPX9Fz0oCK_pJbZeOdcawzdiugmyx-7BxZzYTjxwjpvVBpFeOvGG8Q/s2168/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%207.01.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="2168" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrcht_bvFk2pQmSrUHqoZVzLSef5rTMcPbbgn6Cl5nM9Nthyphenhyphen5R-yKj-GaVZ3RMbYJ6SXxA_5ZV4sGFV7UnOdsje3chWKbKPMGGPWcm4kOC4mJqfAO_e5RSfksQhSECqYgGu24bx8jPX9Fz0oCK_pJbZeOdcawzdiugmyx-7BxZzYTjxwjpvVBpFeOvGG8Q/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%207.01.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Each one in the community rejoices.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BOPn6Cmb_sWEZ0XMMjWUTnnt82l6sdUbPlHjQxbiyq40hmAAne0xbwGlT0HEJGZC2cw8ebjhqdMXJlUp4XlG5b3-cphIukfWIg4G6y7I0ODVbtUlsVW0BshMUSoUVMyiexclMSsGaC4H3qGBHV9HTpZ7escNNaAjVmFv55VTqr__DKkR19JPnE9VtHZk/s2002/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%206.00.00%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="2002" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BOPn6Cmb_sWEZ0XMMjWUTnnt82l6sdUbPlHjQxbiyq40hmAAne0xbwGlT0HEJGZC2cw8ebjhqdMXJlUp4XlG5b3-cphIukfWIg4G6y7I0ODVbtUlsVW0BshMUSoUVMyiexclMSsGaC4H3qGBHV9HTpZ7escNNaAjVmFv55VTqr__DKkR19JPnE9VtHZk/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%206.00.00%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The leadership team meets right after we're done. Some of the LT join us for lunch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3-0ZkBCVogwaRGAFm4MrgdgsxT1ue3f0UvfgHTrtd-qKf7XFcDwWNLYJPgm3yaPPgnYubXYAHEDHWHkNpOKMx8Uh4PjaifdfqoVfA9aPIIOrdnGn1OoqmHD-HQ10roUrvUWD072NDQ9k3IQ9WOrjIaGnPaRuDZSzU2_r-IF1lekFM_mzfQUrn4BvvRVf/s1496/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%206.00.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1496" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3-0ZkBCVogwaRGAFm4MrgdgsxT1ue3f0UvfgHTrtd-qKf7XFcDwWNLYJPgm3yaPPgnYubXYAHEDHWHkNpOKMx8Uh4PjaifdfqoVfA9aPIIOrdnGn1OoqmHD-HQ10roUrvUWD072NDQ9k3IQ9WOrjIaGnPaRuDZSzU2_r-IF1lekFM_mzfQUrn4BvvRVf/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%206.00.16%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The food at Maxis is good. $6 for 2 king prawns? ok.<div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubY8qbchv3FX_E_6qTx6aENR7QuFJ0Ozq0Ck8aOQ_Pe6x7vodDC9xjgdR0-QU-GNUho4-jCbM91pgYgM7yuLNX_JTaV-SKynF19W5y3DVji632JL1W4NruzPPoup5DNMtAifRwWTkBtMnv1uOZg6Nfw-prLXZM7UUnJS90ifprkymcGs_ZOVRUDbDWo-R/s1198/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%206.00.08%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhubY8qbchv3FX_E_6qTx6aENR7QuFJ0Ozq0Ck8aOQ_Pe6x7vodDC9xjgdR0-QU-GNUho4-jCbM91pgYgM7yuLNX_JTaV-SKynF19W5y3DVji632JL1W4NruzPPoup5DNMtAifRwWTkBtMnv1uOZg6Nfw-prLXZM7UUnJS90ifprkymcGs_ZOVRUDbDWo-R/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%206.00.08%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="302" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The flowers come home from the hall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Q3IvMgE6NSPs3WGLWEqGnCzzBB2b6xQ8KhzpC1eLzyrj1CChON3WXN9K12zQ5S7G-Ztjez_dZOgvrULmW98AjY-fv12W2xU_JOlpaXndOKvEHyM8BQ7qy7Un7J1Eq0WRlWtgdLxRbxDH3kY0MgQVAIIYwOP68GtG_0wf3yrUAM4raXyOkFhHHDXdaphB/s1516/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%206.00.29%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1516" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Q3IvMgE6NSPs3WGLWEqGnCzzBB2b6xQ8KhzpC1eLzyrj1CChON3WXN9K12zQ5S7G-Ztjez_dZOgvrULmW98AjY-fv12W2xU_JOlpaXndOKvEHyM8BQ7qy7Un7J1Eq0WRlWtgdLxRbxDH3kY0MgQVAIIYwOP68GtG_0wf3yrUAM4raXyOkFhHHDXdaphB/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%206.00.29%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Ibu Titik is a genius in creating fresh arrangements. "It's fun for me," she insists.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdNlZbJNv51fqmi-KMkfFYsWuqNuP14RP0U36bRfgYRvP8sW8i7ijoKm-vkOcfr5NW5nh_1uOoz_D6emLMAEoHoLDWc1w8sUNhqUwH97G8BxRj7Oav6faz3yNF4-5lRCeW4hc9fozcuMQ4UG1BYf2GFOs9aJpBWQfAFlNvnh3C8zfi-7mEc5qi5XpF7v4/s1452/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%206.00.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMdNlZbJNv51fqmi-KMkfFYsWuqNuP14RP0U36bRfgYRvP8sW8i7ijoKm-vkOcfr5NW5nh_1uOoz_D6emLMAEoHoLDWc1w8sUNhqUwH97G8BxRj7Oav6faz3yNF4-5lRCeW4hc9fozcuMQ4UG1BYf2GFOs9aJpBWQfAFlNvnh3C8zfi-7mEc5qi5XpF7v4/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%206.00.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="249" /></a></div><b>Monday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/03/day-17-lent-2024-foolish-message-of-god.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 17</a>)</b><div>Time for a walk. The living room is flooded with sunshine before I head out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9scFPA_VFhvafec4DmcwrRCcEzNs6kV5BI5tHCPqyDZHbYNPndficeLOMB60QlNVeRn9a9vdzop7SBomw-Ug3hTBzf8Set2l5AFSOPauJFlVEzQxP1YplEKYY8UHvbZAFDT5qXPTnmxl5_LrL04AUBdWFz1yPs1J-XvvxRq8H1RBU5YekGwWAMbuXFA_/s2016/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%207.02.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="2016" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW9scFPA_VFhvafec4DmcwrRCcEzNs6kV5BI5tHCPqyDZHbYNPndficeLOMB60QlNVeRn9a9vdzop7SBomw-Ug3hTBzf8Set2l5AFSOPauJFlVEzQxP1YplEKYY8UHvbZAFDT5qXPTnmxl5_LrL04AUBdWFz1yPs1J-XvvxRq8H1RBU5YekGwWAMbuXFA_/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%207.02.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I notice a few new things in the neighborhood. The stone tiling is finally done on the wall where the new house is being built. It looks colossal. </div></div></div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgg9JdYbBMIF8YKt_ZaR6D2e8-vcblR29t3Z4PpCUJzQm5R0oyiqlAIj0UcEhG0mig3jhtbolulLmA36WqooL1C3lsw9txG9PZFBRv2baUJfdDqbmtleICmmhgBj7BNBvQVCjC1G0fW_AKkGHnMbjZUuhzmPHhr-kda3r7lwakCbVWDNDkUhje1NxNjVur/s1824/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%207.01.48%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="1824" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgg9JdYbBMIF8YKt_ZaR6D2e8-vcblR29t3Z4PpCUJzQm5R0oyiqlAIj0UcEhG0mig3jhtbolulLmA36WqooL1C3lsw9txG9PZFBRv2baUJfdDqbmtleICmmhgBj7BNBvQVCjC1G0fW_AKkGHnMbjZUuhzmPHhr-kda3r7lwakCbVWDNDkUhje1NxNjVur/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%207.01.48%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>Maybe Rabbit Town is getting ready to open, after being closed since the pandemic. All the cartoon-animal figures are lined up and waiting for the public.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8j1mNucV9n_FQpwUuld5N8RnnLcbCbVIDCVM71kgf4axE3czNhPQbtWt7E6yyenshtSWpPldfryGcR5pFJa0v_fiygchU4UP5LRQVwBNk1sRiL59JKWYJlasWLPXcHkyhsNOPxyXvANCYJLt6HffXQPvsQUtEibwLMKgcIxY60SYXzSOmEZvQVvb5qXM/s1804/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%207.01.55%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="1804" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY8j1mNucV9n_FQpwUuld5N8RnnLcbCbVIDCVM71kgf4axE3czNhPQbtWt7E6yyenshtSWpPldfryGcR5pFJa0v_fiygchU4UP5LRQVwBNk1sRiL59JKWYJlasWLPXcHkyhsNOPxyXvANCYJLt6HffXQPvsQUtEibwLMKgcIxY60SYXzSOmEZvQVvb5qXM/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%207.01.55%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Mom's her usual cheerful self in our early meeting before my first meeting with others.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkdwxKcDqUJtyU8u7bJ8Y7_0gx6ZpM-YGtzElz6e40m6j-VUsHY5kg19gSrcqQISRBNXdL0D7yrJHb4EHN01zc2Rm6U4JqgS0a2Ty_9_0eqDG1l9gO8Mdxlao_5O0hfpJsQB7mBLcUJ6R3I1toFV3Y7ZWWAkTaR0Fqz586CwyOH59qCSv0e9ph25XAjcu/s1140/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%207.02.14%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1140" data-original-width="664" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkdwxKcDqUJtyU8u7bJ8Y7_0gx6ZpM-YGtzElz6e40m6j-VUsHY5kg19gSrcqQISRBNXdL0D7yrJHb4EHN01zc2Rm6U4JqgS0a2Ty_9_0eqDG1l9gO8Mdxlao_5O0hfpJsQB7mBLcUJ6R3I1toFV3Y7ZWWAkTaR0Fqz586CwyOH59qCSv0e9ph25XAjcu/s320/Screenshot%202024-03-04%20at%207.02.14%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="186" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">In the beginning God created the heavens</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><u></u></span></p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. Genesis 1:1-5</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? Psalm 13:1</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*You have been my help, and in the shadow of your wings I sing for joy. Psalm 63:7</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Jesus cried with a loud voice, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Matthew 27:46</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*If God is for us, who is against us? Romans 8:31</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: O divine Habitation, we take comfort in the assurance that wherever our lives may take us, or whatever life may throw at us, we are surrounded by your loving embrace. May we remain aware that your abiding presence is sufficient for all the challenges of our lives. In Jesus’ name, we pray.</span></i></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gracious Lord, in our moments of distress, we can imagine ourselves to be far from you. When we are tempted to feel forsaken, may we listen for your voice in the silence. May we ever remember that you are only a prayer away. May we seek and always find you. Amen.</span></i></p></div></div></div></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-32675876897469463372024-02-29T06:59:00.000-08:002024-02-29T06:59:51.671-08:00Working in paradise<p><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times;">Monday</span></b><b>, February 26, 2024</b><b style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: times;"> (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-11-lent-2024-absolute-perfection.html" style="color: #2930d5; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lent Day 11</a>)</span></b></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: times;">We spend part of the day helping organize the conference and part of it enjoying the island. We check out the fabric store on a street of textiles after walking through the traditional market. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGFWPtY8lbpMOTHRirXhSFH4_n94Qd79jvkJng8tgOoB-x801lgWh3KhBqPRe143j1BbNAs6HKmSdNxjpKcLDp9G6KZFyLm_Gb70T8EgHLOoDI8VPtiLhbiKDZ_knVYJrOvJUw9i51TAETYFm2kZFbl2s-IMqFnZFnKjPRh2fVtFse06bkAIcUuhrnZus/s2018/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.50.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="2018" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGFWPtY8lbpMOTHRirXhSFH4_n94Qd79jvkJng8tgOoB-x801lgWh3KhBqPRe143j1BbNAs6HKmSdNxjpKcLDp9G6KZFyLm_Gb70T8EgHLOoDI8VPtiLhbiKDZ_knVYJrOvJUw9i51TAETYFm2kZFbl2s-IMqFnZFnKjPRh2fVtFse06bkAIcUuhrnZus/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.50.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>These old batik stamps (metal) were used to hand-press wax resists onto cotton and silk. Then the cloth would be dyed various colors. Now most fabrics are printed by machines.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVULU955I4_1zp5_98zG5g6Ri_GlMV11vlBAXbMwgwX13fSeVBvhPdPYpPZho4F545OQoMFrHP5n1JSC0ElQojT_Jkm2pnN5i3FB-40oS93uPc8_qbQ2glezN84k3Ifutub9D73_jQ61LfTARkGRjgkv528eLnV99j6YYMhPhIviXiY4eWUZWV5bj9IKO2/s1504/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.50.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVULU955I4_1zp5_98zG5g6Ri_GlMV11vlBAXbMwgwX13fSeVBvhPdPYpPZho4F545OQoMFrHP5n1JSC0ElQojT_Jkm2pnN5i3FB-40oS93uPc8_qbQ2glezN84k3Ifutub9D73_jQ61LfTARkGRjgkv528eLnV99j6YYMhPhIviXiY4eWUZWV5bj9IKO2/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.50.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="238" /></a></div>We criss-cross the highway where this statue straddles the underpass. It can be a hair-raising step of faith to broach traffic. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyKqJtfIIwW4kNtYVfioqQo5E58WcBPGE4FzM2_lF9L8D_PtwjlmRbjrQltmzC-b9ZAZXPHk_b0VvskVLqeqEynqIm7fP9pnghyphenhyphen2vknq52bzpzT9FY_jGobPtdzJEUd4GzBiO0ZvioOj6e_rUcTrlkwLkmlRw7HO6q27wJzHwgC0OG4WpOv490pR0aijn/s2014/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.50.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2014" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvyKqJtfIIwW4kNtYVfioqQo5E58WcBPGE4FzM2_lF9L8D_PtwjlmRbjrQltmzC-b9ZAZXPHk_b0VvskVLqeqEynqIm7fP9pnghyphenhyphen2vknq52bzpzT9FY_jGobPtdzJEUd4GzBiO0ZvioOj6e_rUcTrlkwLkmlRw7HO6q27wJzHwgC0OG4WpOv490pR0aijn/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.50.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Lunch and supper are near the hotel for taste as well as convenience. This salad platter makes a wonderful supper for W and me as we meet the organizers of the conference to discuss the schedule. Since there's a Hindu festival on Wednesday, many places we'd planned to take attendees are closed. So plans have to change. <div><br /></div><div>These leaders are flexible: they serve in Mongolia, Romania, Taiwan, Thailand, Katmandu, and elsewhere. None are in their countries of origin.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-lChlt4OJQ6PhRHBDvZWx5wPsRuozJ4ZILbebTE-h4fo04cyYWOfvcz2Qk2jIaLOxnzqbl423V4MUlhlRtJaUvMNx8KAg-VNa1znvfy6SuXYeEGJQCKY_F5-7gZaRSlkXdDKODxj9j17oKEDmPLfde9_XO40HT2-eFHX5M5FUyPqEDg2KNA06guaXzsk/s1382/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.50.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="1172" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0-lChlt4OJQ6PhRHBDvZWx5wPsRuozJ4ZILbebTE-h4fo04cyYWOfvcz2Qk2jIaLOxnzqbl423V4MUlhlRtJaUvMNx8KAg-VNa1znvfy6SuXYeEGJQCKY_F5-7gZaRSlkXdDKODxj9j17oKEDmPLfde9_XO40HT2-eFHX5M5FUyPqEDg2KNA06guaXzsk/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.50.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="271" /></a></div><p><b>Tuesday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-12-lent-2024-what-must-i-do.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 12</a>)</b></p><p>We are so tired that we sleep until 7, waking to bright sunshine. The river below sparkles with light.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3fwWhgq5-bU5p7DIdV66aTIbHah4zWICUrN-_7ZYJXUY3oxnUdpKqUvPBwfjsJK8wdZOoHZeFAwQc8FWuxK0P5wTbOENZ_pYMjhPunDowOUTBaxbo8Phld986n610Ud-cbWaaaW0DERNUF_eyaODLyVOmBB1ihfosxvLQLAncrxziinE7tpSmGXHBjGm/s2026/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%207.36.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2026" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo3fwWhgq5-bU5p7DIdV66aTIbHah4zWICUrN-_7ZYJXUY3oxnUdpKqUvPBwfjsJK8wdZOoHZeFAwQc8FWuxK0P5wTbOENZ_pYMjhPunDowOUTBaxbo8Phld986n610Ud-cbWaaaW0DERNUF_eyaODLyVOmBB1ihfosxvLQLAncrxziinE7tpSmGXHBjGm/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%207.36.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>W and I walk to Kuta beach and back (a few miles). The beach is littered with plastic, swept ashore by the currents. It is deserted: so much trash means you can't swim or fish in the ocean.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWejdKTcKECFQa0yDN1usgXFcM-OxHVz3Ypd66ftcc-Fp40LwKqQ99kX3-BKm6rsvIun3H1OE5xpo1jdSfTO8w9ytP5-99XkUgV_vd6CN-p8uKNwM5TrG3yt7QWoF-_Sgk2cF2YGSJq5uN9uLckIfPcwqiUBdyYDCrCTyLxJr1hHOzExIh3TDYXSryowTy/s2016/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.51.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2016" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWejdKTcKECFQa0yDN1usgXFcM-OxHVz3Ypd66ftcc-Fp40LwKqQ99kX3-BKm6rsvIun3H1OE5xpo1jdSfTO8w9ytP5-99XkUgV_vd6CN-p8uKNwM5TrG3yt7QWoF-_Sgk2cF2YGSJq5uN9uLckIfPcwqiUBdyYDCrCTyLxJr1hHOzExIh3TDYXSryowTy/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.51.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Many grand projects have been abandoned and many shops did not survive the pandemic. However, traffic has begun to flow again and tourists are beginning to return.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2tr0fBP77SIm48RQXUAbLQuBf61W83VnF4od-De-BeS60CsKJkVchzdT6iwmSZec24GNOFZITVcfDOgXoCXWP6Md-WndUGra6IOAxKx799OcvLoppIrXaKO2L-AkYR3TypNHjM1ENQ6fPTftNMBpJfjWoQqylVmFidtAbDItjo0hsr31eJqx5t6h3svk/s844/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.50.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="584" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-2tr0fBP77SIm48RQXUAbLQuBf61W83VnF4od-De-BeS60CsKJkVchzdT6iwmSZec24GNOFZITVcfDOgXoCXWP6Md-WndUGra6IOAxKx799OcvLoppIrXaKO2L-AkYR3TypNHjM1ENQ6fPTftNMBpJfjWoQqylVmFidtAbDItjo0hsr31eJqx5t6h3svk/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.50.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="221" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">It's not unusual to step off the sidewalk into busy traffic. This may be due to obstructions (like this tree and 4 poles plus a wall) or bus stops (typically 1 meter high with a ramp up on one side and stairs down the other, placed smack in the middle of the walkway) or walls jutting out so that the sidewalk is less than 30cm (10") wide. Up and down we go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9So1IcdoH7JauV-nhc8HRBeNahnGOy1ZSZNccvrcwP5RtQFUZIBxFy39DDsJKbqPEAnyYSyRdppvBlDQgu1Moz1Qnk1rNZNAlW0TeJK-PxSX2mOT-f1XM9THIR7gtk_Rfn3kNfFsAsGQ1YkCiZhpczs0rZvG621Q2E8DIbPbZ90_BCSmvAaXau116I2D/s1414/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.51.11%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="1112" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ9So1IcdoH7JauV-nhc8HRBeNahnGOy1ZSZNccvrcwP5RtQFUZIBxFy39DDsJKbqPEAnyYSyRdppvBlDQgu1Moz1Qnk1rNZNAlW0TeJK-PxSX2mOT-f1XM9THIR7gtk_Rfn3kNfFsAsGQ1YkCiZhpczs0rZvG621Q2E8DIbPbZ90_BCSmvAaXau116I2D/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.51.11%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="252" /></a></div></div><div>The conference begins with dinner at the International Conference Center near the hotel. We are given an introduction to the schedule, pray together, and talk at our tables. David, the leader of MICN who spent the weekend with us in Bandung, reminds us of our common purpose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zC2PIvBW2Tzv7erbtcuR1QFtVAm15WvvrQukyP1xZQHOCsvB6YX3o3iHDXvd9VDM0ik2ScFw-sF1Uuu9P_UY7xHXYDNSCDEQ0s8ceYDGA6QWzjr9uSRjSBGsGUm8Nwwz6ziTqHRTNRQxrxpdp9VWmzbG3SlL7ZbE_f7kMCHORcEqbWLfJYEhva2qpa17/s1488/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%208.10.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1488" data-original-width="966" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6zC2PIvBW2Tzv7erbtcuR1QFtVAm15WvvrQukyP1xZQHOCsvB6YX3o3iHDXvd9VDM0ik2ScFw-sF1Uuu9P_UY7xHXYDNSCDEQ0s8ceYDGA6QWzjr9uSRjSBGsGUm8Nwwz6ziTqHRTNRQxrxpdp9VWmzbG3SlL7ZbE_f7kMCHORcEqbWLfJYEhva2qpa17/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%208.10.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="208" /></a></div><div><b>Wednesday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-13-lent-2024-from-beginning-to-end.html?fbclid=IwAR15513ouC0SRib1SlCrutZWVNEXE_pqhq8hoarpJvg8v7KbZkGQCJ2GFeA" target="_blank">Lent Day 13</a>)</b></div>It's a full day, including a morning session led by Don Butera (New Tribes Bali). There's lively discussion afterward. <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_V00ovSBTy91zYFhr51Q0bE639K13sULxU1ePwVDRwhja7fG8vQKkps6PtkbuiP8258XmRm6_RFZC-hxq3GuBDn7c-nKrX95wx-9KdZ1dXc-TqVMt98IwkilRbqEOewwCGPlnLfQ33dv2kIwFkcANYYj1DUnPkhF-zpmzDuvWNehUEbuPdRxCfkh0Icv/s1956/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.51.19%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1956" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh_V00ovSBTy91zYFhr51Q0bE639K13sULxU1ePwVDRwhja7fG8vQKkps6PtkbuiP8258XmRm6_RFZC-hxq3GuBDn7c-nKrX95wx-9KdZ1dXc-TqVMt98IwkilRbqEOewwCGPlnLfQ33dv2kIwFkcANYYj1DUnPkhF-zpmzDuvWNehUEbuPdRxCfkh0Icv/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.51.19%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>W and I are not hungry for lunch so retire to our room for a short nap. The group rides to a Hindu temple ground. Bali is full of portals and statues and littered with trays of offerings to various gods. The visitors exclaim at the plethora of religious symbols at the entrances to homes and offices.</div><div><br /></div><div>The view from the top of the cliffs is spectacular.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAkZf3CSQUeGuIGPPO6b4oKTcb4uOOfrqj-Tv8UIP1vaHekNv_5eXgtZbtSiYMEsQlhVQ0zHwLM8zTHhRo30tZ5D_rEaBekCXXl5HVG1UfEhdlY0fkBMqLv3g8nJ0ungMDjU3imo6Kw0uuL-4oRecmJrB4efEUblOn2ybe8Nd2Dra5V3QFbvrtiEU9r82/s1970/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.51.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1970" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAkZf3CSQUeGuIGPPO6b4oKTcb4uOOfrqj-Tv8UIP1vaHekNv_5eXgtZbtSiYMEsQlhVQ0zHwLM8zTHhRo30tZ5D_rEaBekCXXl5HVG1UfEhdlY0fkBMqLv3g8nJ0ungMDjU3imo6Kw0uuL-4oRecmJrB4efEUblOn2ybe8Nd2Dra5V3QFbvrtiEU9r82/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.51.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We are warned that the monkeys are vicious thieves. Despite all cautions, they steal several pairs of glasses off the faces of walkers, including from someone in our group. I loan him my reading glasses - the monkeys have pulled out one lens and torn the frame of his glasses to bits.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPaCOiW4szt2LRi7kerYL28fxRMYwVtdrhMK7Qc3UgQwDOrrAgx3huq9Vw3PWgldqRnRertc0i_3XbLSpmA-3APs8TyAS7yLPmIP-inE0UX0BlS5IACvqQAn03Yk9trLSdTzZvKR-RGaXwVywk0Mj-oSb1aFcou5EJipkzOjH_VR6mfMefj7Cxqq5yx9z/s1730/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.51.29%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1258" data-original-width="1730" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlPaCOiW4szt2LRi7kerYL28fxRMYwVtdrhMK7Qc3UgQwDOrrAgx3huq9Vw3PWgldqRnRertc0i_3XbLSpmA-3APs8TyAS7yLPmIP-inE0UX0BlS5IACvqQAn03Yk9trLSdTzZvKR-RGaXwVywk0Mj-oSb1aFcou5EJipkzOjH_VR6mfMefj7Cxqq5yx9z/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.51.29%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">On our way back, most of the group walks along the shore to dinner in Sanur.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4uuKFy7sVEI_3XNp6HzTAPLuRRjTS8uzN6P9t1pT4M56CE2kkKdRLpk1adfmfjzOuD38k-5wx24K6UagjxivfWJ6hI8WWbhk6mi8tsBWNfuXymFzLJEj-ffgXeVFkT6KLcwF4OV95gfMpMLNJiQARk3oQ7CWgVGTeZApMhLjXR-EES0kc30T9WA2FXbw/s1940/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.52.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1940" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim4uuKFy7sVEI_3XNp6HzTAPLuRRjTS8uzN6P9t1pT4M56CE2kkKdRLpk1adfmfjzOuD38k-5wx24K6UagjxivfWJ6hI8WWbhk6mi8tsBWNfuXymFzLJEj-ffgXeVFkT6KLcwF4OV95gfMpMLNJiQARk3oQ7CWgVGTeZApMhLjXR-EES0kc30T9WA2FXbw/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-28%20at%207.52.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We're back at the hotel before 8:00 p.m., sweaty from the 90+% humidity and heat. The air-con in the van is minimal and it's been 88o (31oC) - and hotter in the sun.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Thursday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-14-lent-2024-dependent-and-effective.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 14</a>)</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When the sessions are done, 2 vans take us to Ubud, a hilly city north of the conference center. We eat lunch there and explore the arts and crafts of Indonesian workers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hl1irWeBviND8mQegSdOuShNJr0YPwQRVz6Eiu1lo3f3p0A_-ZDsm-uM8DfFhoKHMePFHD7SRZB6jFaIVPUSndj7cp2pguhyfR2b3BItt-MGlNxa5eqM1roBPGtXr_FF6XtnHDO1HHpDCyeC68pImJTJ_YsmPY-9zZjQAWe8xmJQvAaqwUmUDZ4r4MMa/s2244/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%209.41.36%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="2244" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2hl1irWeBviND8mQegSdOuShNJr0YPwQRVz6Eiu1lo3f3p0A_-ZDsm-uM8DfFhoKHMePFHD7SRZB6jFaIVPUSndj7cp2pguhyfR2b3BItt-MGlNxa5eqM1roBPGtXr_FF6XtnHDO1HHpDCyeC68pImJTJ_YsmPY-9zZjQAWe8xmJQvAaqwUmUDZ4r4MMa/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%209.41.36%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>For the Hindu festival, streets are hung with decorative poles. The event is about appeasing ancestors and chasing away evil spirits.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLAKfD-K_tHGCJ-9aa6kgEg8qIP5CFVAVtyjtRfVSV9Jzj-PR7xLBv8Rk2fSFzOHwlncMXILrr3B8fVHWyHFK31oy_rTrZ2ALjLFNHTZ8x3KwMn0u0LRsjhK513jWcS7SzyjHzdUj64xayvOIS-WhECCw4L_ca_8igiJU6W5ZPUtI4MkwopRpnc3ncOK_/s1498/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%209.41.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1054" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLAKfD-K_tHGCJ-9aa6kgEg8qIP5CFVAVtyjtRfVSV9Jzj-PR7xLBv8Rk2fSFzOHwlncMXILrr3B8fVHWyHFK31oy_rTrZ2ALjLFNHTZ8x3KwMn0u0LRsjhK513jWcS7SzyjHzdUj64xayvOIS-WhECCw4L_ca_8igiJU6W5ZPUtI4MkwopRpnc3ncOK_/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-29%20at%209.41.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="225" /></a></div>Temples and statues are everywhere.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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The conference gathers global workers who lead international churches for a time of encouragement, reflection, and mentorship. Thanks be to God.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*<span style="font-size: 15px;">In the Lord I take refuge; how can you say to me, “Flee like a bird to the mountains?”</span><span style="font-size: 15px;"> </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25412be3f12f176a80007153c%26id%3Db775d2721e%26e%3Dc118c1b83d&source=gmail&ust=1709304276549000&usg=AOvVaw3a5gKg5v0ByjGRp91mKNdu" href="https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25412be3f12f176a80007153c&id=b775d2721e&e=c118c1b83d" style="color: #6dc6dd; font-size: 15px; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Psalm 11:1</a></span></div><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Therefore do not cast away your confidence, which has great reward. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25412be3f12f176a80007153c%26id%3Dd1ec5e44d0%26e%3Dc118c1b83d&source=gmail&ust=1709304276549000&usg=AOvVaw0g5ekWiPdJ2jkF5Zw_2h08" href="https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25412be3f12f176a80007153c&id=d1ec5e44d0&e=c118c1b83d" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Hebrews 10:35</a> NKJV</span></p><p style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Moravian Prayer: Almighty God, thank you for your living word, which guides us through life. Your word is a lamp for our feet. Help us to be aware of your voice and listen. Give us the confidence to know which way to go, as you shine the light in our darkness. Amen.</i></span></p>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-36903429255015778212024-02-25T15:57:00.000-08:002024-02-25T15:57:18.018-08:00Fly away! owls and others<p><b>Friday, February 23, 2024</b> (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-9-lent-2024-hunger-satisfied.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 9</a>)</p><p>W is up early: 1:00 a.m with jet lag so he's ready for a walk at 6:30 - why, half his day is already over! Many walkers and neighbors welcome him back with a hello and wave.</p><p>We breakfast at Nara. The owls are being returned from their time in the sun. One after another, they fly happily to their perches. The handler drops their leash but they still feel the weight and don't escape. I wonder how many times that's true of us as well: we're not actually tied down but the weight of what we carry prevents us from flying free.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JpvFxQz8EuSvdhoow6MvXBxmODoaKTtMO0o8oEZHqtgpBIQQfVxCYwwExd34Clftyd6EnSYvicxwFU20e4-0O-K8Uf7P_czGAxJUHLX2Tvof3SYRdLtP06ulJSaO9AxaIqTc1VTjKTok16W2Y9qSlFELMAjHES1XVWbUkj7M1DJuwj1DM2PFwFs-D9RF/s1178/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.33.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="1178" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9JpvFxQz8EuSvdhoow6MvXBxmODoaKTtMO0o8oEZHqtgpBIQQfVxCYwwExd34Clftyd6EnSYvicxwFU20e4-0O-K8Uf7P_czGAxJUHLX2Tvof3SYRdLtP06ulJSaO9AxaIqTc1VTjKTok16W2Y9qSlFELMAjHES1XVWbUkj7M1DJuwj1DM2PFwFs-D9RF/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.33.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We stock up on food at the local grocers and drop by friends' house on the way home. They're away so we miss them but their helper comes to the gate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEutPhcpAYk5zcnQaIXJ2zRJ4KVX-TmnLaB5iaQI30vizXTz4bJSjDW5NZHy_f4OTd324XUNTOL9nYRsGRiwwK2p3tPg1zaFfJCVsTsWvV4AWyNfJvu5AoO_q_pAPbKH3bUgu1JaheJNi1gkYCoasygVIz-CTz8sSwSwBWYjWW7BNGqvGBveMCpIoMtDSX/s1346/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20at%2011.52.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1056" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEutPhcpAYk5zcnQaIXJ2zRJ4KVX-TmnLaB5iaQI30vizXTz4bJSjDW5NZHy_f4OTd324XUNTOL9nYRsGRiwwK2p3tPg1zaFfJCVsTsWvV4AWyNfJvu5AoO_q_pAPbKH3bUgu1JaheJNi1gkYCoasygVIz-CTz8sSwSwBWYjWW7BNGqvGBveMCpIoMtDSX/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20at%2011.52.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="251" /></a></div><b>Saturday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-10-lent-2024-self-aware-and.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 10</a>)</b><div>It's my turn to do flowers for the hall - 12 little table arrangements: ferns trimmed from our wall combined with flowers from last week's big bouquet.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUO9pIdL5Wgh_yQc4L0cw2wPlwqiA8Np_v6vSQYJGvfPmEbNXSpughiItMJhTJ1QIK_TI-Vq1nCqJ-tayLFjh93njkyr9nwHtYp9r0rB1lyuy1vQz5spIWxfYNvaGN7Iyv_d8V3TnbW1FdC2VXznLKL2mN0wbT1GNfDOgAODVJMeiL1OfAfSyWKrZVy8oK/s924/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.12.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="924" data-original-width="792" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUO9pIdL5Wgh_yQc4L0cw2wPlwqiA8Np_v6vSQYJGvfPmEbNXSpughiItMJhTJ1QIK_TI-Vq1nCqJ-tayLFjh93njkyr9nwHtYp9r0rB1lyuy1vQz5spIWxfYNvaGN7Iyv_d8V3TnbW1FdC2VXznLKL2mN0wbT1GNfDOgAODVJMeiL1OfAfSyWKrZVy8oK/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.12.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="274" /></a></div><div>Breakfast with friends? Sure. W's regular group has studied together most Saturdays for the last 9 years. They used to meet every week at <i>Waorung Ethnic </i>but like most of us, they now meet online. I have my favorite rice <i>oncom </i>with peanuts and spicy meat on the side.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeyWlB8hxd7mpl73CpqjrR2vANhRFKY3a5Oz8W8WKE9KZ4Jep2-SnP-hJRhY10hmcXl1LRSiIVUWG573JoeE7gA5lHY0vidrShc3e9NrdamnaD2wb8RCB4dWcI_mbK-D9ZiQpHubBnqkPNbQZgyEwJ1q3VZJ-mPX3qIVIw6000iEmgzql3x3l7Ybd3CYJ/s1270/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.11.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1138" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAeyWlB8hxd7mpl73CpqjrR2vANhRFKY3a5Oz8W8WKE9KZ4Jep2-SnP-hJRhY10hmcXl1LRSiIVUWG573JoeE7gA5lHY0vidrShc3e9NrdamnaD2wb8RCB4dWcI_mbK-D9ZiQpHubBnqkPNbQZgyEwJ1q3VZJ-mPX3qIVIw6000iEmgzql3x3l7Ybd3CYJ/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.11.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="287" /></a></div><div>It's nice to eat breakfast together and catch up on their families and lives.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNvUQ6B9lQjZJf3YkbNSGKAOCNw7pLyLj7qZcbjne7Nw_mQgvLBFav_iUH0kzKeEGXQ4mFmf3Pc1n2pZcNclX4klYG25kVTdq7iw8KuRVMwEv8qTbdXyVgooI7IjXh6bmXYIR6e9OneIlVRnO865ZxCUQ3gS64y4uc9YTWWy3jp6IaLRrsX5PpzfB2enw/s1640/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.11.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1026" data-original-width="1640" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZNvUQ6B9lQjZJf3YkbNSGKAOCNw7pLyLj7qZcbjne7Nw_mQgvLBFav_iUH0kzKeEGXQ4mFmf3Pc1n2pZcNclX4klYG25kVTdq7iw8KuRVMwEv8qTbdXyVgooI7IjXh6bmXYIR6e9OneIlVRnO865ZxCUQ3gS64y4uc9YTWWy3jp6IaLRrsX5PpzfB2enw/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.11.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>After, W and I walk down the hill and catch Kiki, Veronica, and Troy for a quick update. I've put my Tiffany heart bracelet back on again, a reminder to pray for many who need a healing touch from God.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVBLx1HCpNcD-uN9GRk_Mu73x9GybHYQEokuNXkCFdhjUUAO5BpDXUi1h8mc0BS_cAX9Jq7WY_I8qlb3jFcuhFtxNk0a9bdIJwVAT5yhpl9Vpy6he8eAJn_9kpadcMLWpffVEVgeQV58p_5kHb0LvaOdLbxTnobIJMeT7OjQoj9HYl-PVEMP-hMikwIJA/s1006/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.11.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="496" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixVBLx1HCpNcD-uN9GRk_Mu73x9GybHYQEokuNXkCFdhjUUAO5BpDXUi1h8mc0BS_cAX9Jq7WY_I8qlb3jFcuhFtxNk0a9bdIJwVAT5yhpl9Vpy6he8eAJn_9kpadcMLWpffVEVgeQV58p_5kHb0LvaOdLbxTnobIJMeT7OjQoj9HYl-PVEMP-hMikwIJA/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.11.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="158" /></a></div>We cross the street to the walk-in clinic - W has some spots on his hand that he wants to check out.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpN7W-nzaujaKM1sIKMj909tMMK8KgwZ981GEX6cobZMEo_TdBPxhHjonQXgzJr9f45IAXiOsuRXFdtIO3PDj_RtQ7VrPa6-_ZEV6TcXOXTeHfZFN48swMbAgHj9lvc7mMyhq-C66-UJBQ_MXFbCDkOBqIlVLcsGSxSBLRRHiuLxARWIxTdKsQYyhPO07/s2012/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.12.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="2012" height="227" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTpN7W-nzaujaKM1sIKMj909tMMK8KgwZ981GEX6cobZMEo_TdBPxhHjonQXgzJr9f45IAXiOsuRXFdtIO3PDj_RtQ7VrPa6-_ZEV6TcXOXTeHfZFN48swMbAgHj9lvc7mMyhq-C66-UJBQ_MXFbCDkOBqIlVLcsGSxSBLRRHiuLxARWIxTdKsQYyhPO07/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.12.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">We run into the owner of Ethnic there, too. Medical care is quite casual - W walks out with a $10 bill for the doctor's visit, skin salve, and meds. (On top of our +$1000/mo mandatory American medical insurance, we pay local insurance: $10/mo, which gets us excellent local care.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyaiv-JxDDCEjZiuU5JRZ4rkBcpu2caxDnR2ElrywWkGwF64bWmX-evptUE50Px-mK15knC52htZW6ZMesofUj7FdzrdPSUlF8W2m2MglCd03fWN2MPWAmQC0ibVIoi4nX3FTKBFLMRCsRYyyF0eJpnxYcaZ5XTfXbVw45ioQWjYCFnGfamylSK4-dcEFy/s1790/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.12.13%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1790" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyaiv-JxDDCEjZiuU5JRZ4rkBcpu2caxDnR2ElrywWkGwF64bWmX-evptUE50Px-mK15knC52htZW6ZMesofUj7FdzrdPSUlF8W2m2MglCd03fWN2MPWAmQC0ibVIoi4nX3FTKBFLMRCsRYyyF0eJpnxYcaZ5XTfXbVw45ioQWjYCFnGfamylSK4-dcEFy/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.12.13%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The little shop along the road is barbecuing chicken sate on skewers. They're 7c each - the catch is that they may be reusing the wooden skewers. We have to check that!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2zJiHcvKTwltzx3zOf4DPeQasaXMPucgBgiE6_HD36GIO2oNlNZZ0a8LDJMQRJnGIkr0vzmmKNwS8j6ROKVb_NPn8BEfankcpaCENUSsaVF6xAYV3NTzuEslUeO4Pdj8jEQUFVloi_wyETBvVB4_ZSbclvc0Vh9sbQVarGlqM1oxi5q2a4olAsRKYoU7/s1448/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.12.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1108" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD2zJiHcvKTwltzx3zOf4DPeQasaXMPucgBgiE6_HD36GIO2oNlNZZ0a8LDJMQRJnGIkr0vzmmKNwS8j6ROKVb_NPn8BEfankcpaCENUSsaVF6xAYV3NTzuEslUeO4Pdj8jEQUFVloi_wyETBvVB4_ZSbclvc0Vh9sbQVarGlqM1oxi5q2a4olAsRKYoU7/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-25%20at%204.12.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="245" /></a></div><div>W's off to town shortly after lunch. He brings David home from the train station in time for supper at #NaraPark. David tries a local soup that's W's favorite. We chat and then it's off to sleep.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sunday</b></div><div>I check for assignments coming in from the Singapore school. One student has submitted an early paper. It's too perfect to have him write it alone. With AI, Grammarly, and other tools, even those with poor English can "write well." I'll run everything through a plagiarism program before giving a grade. </div><div><br /></div><div>The porch garden is bursting with color after all the rainy nights.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii31UFaquJ3uOVpQF8Nwk3IhndkVimGjceW3qKBvAPqkTk7Tbjot0rOYEnBm2RmCqEOKknATKD3yviJbK0-mjBSs9ZPelc4mbnC6BSlImlvFo7sYdqjYbXxwRCtql9qj3cKYJgAHRAJdd1tcVyGJyYg3eQKnIfeQaWb5dYCDNfnENt9U6Wr8dNCPS8tOTW/s1850/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.36.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1850" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEii31UFaquJ3uOVpQF8Nwk3IhndkVimGjceW3qKBvAPqkTk7Tbjot0rOYEnBm2RmCqEOKknATKD3yviJbK0-mjBSs9ZPelc4mbnC6BSlImlvFo7sYdqjYbXxwRCtql9qj3cKYJgAHRAJdd1tcVyGJyYg3eQKnIfeQaWb5dYCDNfnENt9U6Wr8dNCPS8tOTW/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.36.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>David and I eat at <i>Miss Bee Providor</i> before walking around the corner to the international church. W's been setting up; we pray in the prayer room before the Gathering. David presents the global vision of <a href="https://micn.org" target="_blank">MICN</a>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLC1SJMCOmo4xGI4DZz8Yy3s_c8HJDED1hlwYc_sbrCarZy9VVOVVwaJGE0UitTKd_4YC20nwe1AYo_F2NB8AEz3M2SU55QJ-AFwPW0XC0Hjul8vAqHfFlyppWc6M198KTTdQlC2SbiRVWv8mVJbQaCMLekPtIbmvJemS36NLfbFikO9cOFIL16ykmz_kc/s2030/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.36.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="2030" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLC1SJMCOmo4xGI4DZz8Yy3s_c8HJDED1hlwYc_sbrCarZy9VVOVVwaJGE0UitTKd_4YC20nwe1AYo_F2NB8AEz3M2SU55QJ-AFwPW0XC0Hjul8vAqHfFlyppWc6M198KTTdQlC2SbiRVWv8mVJbQaCMLekPtIbmvJemS36NLfbFikO9cOFIL16ykmz_kc/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.36.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>W and I speak together on the sometimes-painful consequences of doing good works: healing in this case. In Acts 4, the followers of Jesus are beaten and threatened by the religious authorities, rather than being commended for doing good deeds in Jesus' name.</div><div><br /></div><div>"What seems better to you?" the apostles ask those persecuting them. "Obeying people or God?" And off they go to proclaim the death and resurrection of Jesus again.</div><div><br /></div><div>We have an uneventful trip to Halim Airport in Jakarta. The airport in Bandung has been reclaimed by the military, with civilians shifted a few hours away to a modern new terminal with hardly any flights. There's no point in going from there and according to friends, it remains mostly empty. Why not shift the military out of the center of town to a new airport and serve the civilian population from their center (5 million people)? Unfortunately, decision-makers didn't ask potential passengers for feedback.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4iJoEqyQzl2UqrGGfwkJRXwLN_NDd7sKXOUd6fHP3tm6jm_tJp6HCSVMQXLDPlYqcn-K_2n3PknQEPpG6dL3ae0X5s8QEWgEgU5TG9w4tc_7JeV2QGx3svn7UYTpKjSStpdUuLTmxjiTudaeWRQTeJGYnPd4OIbGIHV1K0NdVelcBfVp7iaBXU6NNHQg/s2024/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.36.40%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1132" data-original-width="2024" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo4iJoEqyQzl2UqrGGfwkJRXwLN_NDd7sKXOUd6fHP3tm6jm_tJp6HCSVMQXLDPlYqcn-K_2n3PknQEPpG6dL3ae0X5s8QEWgEgU5TG9w4tc_7JeV2QGx3svn7UYTpKjSStpdUuLTmxjiTudaeWRQTeJGYnPd4OIbGIHV1K0NdVelcBfVp7iaBXU6NNHQg/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.36.40%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>So Halim it is - a bit over 2 hours away. It's on the east side of Jakarta far from the main airport. Small and uncrowded, we have to come back out of security again to find the lounge, which has a few boxed items for lunch. Not exciting but the second trip through security is equally uneventful and quick. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h-1XcuU8Nyg-0LR3X0f3hg3llpdkvfU-u-KGmjNBY3fIiE7BySR96D_dxb1M-odnU8YYWY1IwW6gSXrS3TlmF6GX4m4oCVmLW5GoY9mP32f_ElTnnWlps3ORXnST9Uj03UveKeZSv5uFDT6-Pe_W_3zjGmQKOA79rjk5hmXpPevSD0HvnHyK8KeqlTXH/s2024/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.36.29%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="2024" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4h-1XcuU8Nyg-0LR3X0f3hg3llpdkvfU-u-KGmjNBY3fIiE7BySR96D_dxb1M-odnU8YYWY1IwW6gSXrS3TlmF6GX4m4oCVmLW5GoY9mP32f_ElTnnWlps3ORXnST9Uj03UveKeZSv5uFDT6-Pe_W_3zjGmQKOA79rjk5hmXpPevSD0HvnHyK8KeqlTXH/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.36.29%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>It's a smooth flight to Bali for a conference. The weather is cool (for Bali) and it's rained. We reach our hotel 8 hours after leaving the Gathering in Bandung. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiij_8kWATOa6ZpouInbGF6xZ_nPpM1ELrRLGmungqJUAm96pxUCNhbG8kkccH-rCoOtqLtgSPg4d_d8y3Vh7YmxhXsGePWRGAyhtq422JOa2QSMnfQjW8KVIbMjJQWzOnYznYyY6Izo6IW_hVj1OGOnknxqLW4hqfAKfqQ39IqcFRXmYZdAFDV7YY4ItA8/s1380/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.36.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="1130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiij_8kWATOa6ZpouInbGF6xZ_nPpM1ELrRLGmungqJUAm96pxUCNhbG8kkccH-rCoOtqLtgSPg4d_d8y3Vh7YmxhXsGePWRGAyhtq422JOa2QSMnfQjW8KVIbMjJQWzOnYznYyY6Izo6IW_hVj1OGOnknxqLW4hqfAKfqQ39IqcFRXmYZdAFDV7YY4ItA8/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.36.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="262" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Hindu statues are lit in the roundabouts.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNYY00-pQJI_3u_NiiQjo5_neWT9HIvPQ9q88wPJYybAkbY3z6nVnlXYzNss1t4iNXG4k0V-Yb6J0zD4GGEOHde28y81hrAkIHDD-7yVunIVdaEO9eDbm4uUVf6LyEoU4pBgjmdsr6bbfN5bAyLib-oUELF4btH_hasyFNv-pUCvvfNSlw7n_MKx4f-i_/s1670/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.37.11%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="1670" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlNYY00-pQJI_3u_NiiQjo5_neWT9HIvPQ9q88wPJYybAkbY3z6nVnlXYzNss1t4iNXG4k0V-Yb6J0zD4GGEOHde28y81hrAkIHDD-7yVunIVdaEO9eDbm4uUVf6LyEoU4pBgjmdsr6bbfN5bAyLib-oUELF4btH_hasyFNv-pUCvvfNSlw7n_MKx4f-i_/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.37.11%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Supper at the mall nearby is ok: udon noodles in curry. The addition of peppers gives it a little zip.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4x5ILzNEkgih3CPe95LYZmjdwPa5tpLwrjl0hTB4XiR8eSDwWdt9kdVVLAMu4yw857QwkKHvqUu3oy67VGeQOBd5DJaFrs987AfkpkqmzpZ4RWSqPchMJXBURZhM5yt6XEI0BMwS4K_OKZi-QDA4R8ziUQruqZqsAfzmlDQNW2mdzJEXrwxHDUaAhpKu/s1304/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.37.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4x5ILzNEkgih3CPe95LYZmjdwPa5tpLwrjl0hTB4XiR8eSDwWdt9kdVVLAMu4yw857QwkKHvqUu3oy67VGeQOBd5DJaFrs987AfkpkqmzpZ4RWSqPchMJXBURZhM5yt6XEI0BMwS4K_OKZi-QDA4R8ziUQruqZqsAfzmlDQNW2mdzJEXrwxHDUaAhpKu/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.37.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="276" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">"Mom Rosemary, is that you?" a voice calls out as we walk toward the hotel. It's Rea, who joined movie night at our place years ago. She's been working in Bali for 5 years. It's a treat to meet the young people we've grown to love, all over Asia.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVmPBMHgu5RbVcwIEqV5EED-6x8mHCY2ydJIp9yS6KtY71j58A3cIhuwJ-d31GPsBV5Fy_c9deJ-jg72jTL8hhSYF90EgXLndyKiLBmNDWtymXl6Nnw53cj9M7iYvDc3opHdOtL3iR7OSJxrc0ccYGBovaTqH1FTBGnJDkGjAESiuv3uYFaUp3YlTvLOe/s2008/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.37.31%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="2008" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvVmPBMHgu5RbVcwIEqV5EED-6x8mHCY2ydJIp9yS6KtY71j58A3cIhuwJ-d31GPsBV5Fy_c9deJ-jg72jTL8hhSYF90EgXLndyKiLBmNDWtymXl6Nnw53cj9M7iYvDc3opHdOtL3iR7OSJxrc0ccYGBovaTqH1FTBGnJDkGjAESiuv3uYFaUp3YlTvLOe/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%206.37.31%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><b>Monday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-11-lent-2024-absolute-perfection.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 11</a>)</b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We wake early despite the hour-ahead time zone. Planning continues between the organizers after W and I head out for breakfast. It will be a day of exploring and rest on an overcast day. It's not supposed to rain until afternoon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Son of man, say to the Israelites, "This is</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">what you are saying: 'Our offenses and</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">sins weigh us down, and we are wasting away because of them. How then can we live?"</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">"As surely as I live," declares the Sovereign Lord, "I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live." Ezekiel 33:10-11</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><u></u></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">*Turn! Turn from your evil ways!</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span>I will do more good to you than ever before. Then you shall know that I am the Lord. Ezekiel 36:11</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Paul wrote: I know that when I come to you I will come in the fullness of the blessing of Christ. Romans 15:29</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: God Almighty, you never get tired of keeping us safe or providing for us. You are never tired of doing more than what we ask of you. Give us more strength to do good for you, too. Amen.</span></i></p></div></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-90310668581645874822024-02-21T23:55:00.000-08:002024-02-21T23:55:15.537-08:00What would we do without a chocolate fix once in a while?<p><b>Monday, February 19, 2024 (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-5-lent-2024-accepting-mystery.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 5</a>)</b></p><p>I have time for one loop walk with all 3 dogs as the sun is coming up. They come running when I mention "let's walk" and sit so I can put on their leashes. I wish I matched their enthusiasm!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAoqVrzGBm3BL_RJwq6_rRx_6eUgjbqf_LFOhir_JZMe6NQ63dBOASmd8F7egtt5b2NnS8LUPoG5x2au2tDBwSDjeJL7a9GBcFErhcr-s4bKCAAj2MOlc2O7FdXHDoHeStQ8ZWzqkBVc4h5iHwzGLUhP5PGEQ1vU6d-tNzUjU8XG7J0j7F2th_8_UiP_2/s2018/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%209.10.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2018" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcAoqVrzGBm3BL_RJwq6_rRx_6eUgjbqf_LFOhir_JZMe6NQ63dBOASmd8F7egtt5b2NnS8LUPoG5x2au2tDBwSDjeJL7a9GBcFErhcr-s4bKCAAj2MOlc2O7FdXHDoHeStQ8ZWzqkBVc4h5iHwzGLUhP5PGEQ1vU6d-tNzUjU8XG7J0j7F2th_8_UiP_2/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%209.10.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We peek in as we pass the Padma Hotel. The foyer is lit up for Valentines Day and Chinese New Year.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3h1DbOc9OzyKGgwYRwN9tvpeaD1qOQkGzR4sgHfUNV4Ywst0gawf7n7-vPzK6NWp0t88FcpGn588vA9yhGZ1j9btMwKxS5uDnkfNEISDUPyaozy9Zcslhd-qD3e19E-0rnz-lYfJOi7QObFnrCg47Nni84BxRl7_ak_PUQ8mfi9jRIgf8C-L-53rUAcQh/s1452/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%209.10.59%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1452" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3h1DbOc9OzyKGgwYRwN9tvpeaD1qOQkGzR4sgHfUNV4Ywst0gawf7n7-vPzK6NWp0t88FcpGn588vA9yhGZ1j9btMwKxS5uDnkfNEISDUPyaozy9Zcslhd-qD3e19E-0rnz-lYfJOi7QObFnrCg47Nni84BxRl7_ak_PUQ8mfi9jRIgf8C-L-53rUAcQh/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%209.10.59%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>3 calls and a few text exchanges = making connections, answering questions, and praying with people. It's not a good sign when I'm craving chocolate by 9:00 a.m.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvToqYnDdOAAHIifCYJWJDpJY73UY1VRFXZXKyzWEVpdJJzKGsnzJ5NLgZlTgxL898loTSzfpJUQ2LsZ2L3ZkrZKS0tU15805T2vysLNJw6-QWEM-r6a3eVJLo4u2U9Uw4gwLUSSz2z2KflQRNYgRt1gDK8A2Z5xpkTE_2_i9DaLa8W2VCKEZKJ_ccme9/s1354/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%209.11.07%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="790" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvToqYnDdOAAHIifCYJWJDpJY73UY1VRFXZXKyzWEVpdJJzKGsnzJ5NLgZlTgxL898loTSzfpJUQ2LsZ2L3ZkrZKS0tU15805T2vysLNJw6-QWEM-r6a3eVJLo4u2U9Uw4gwLUSSz2z2KflQRNYgRt1gDK8A2Z5xpkTE_2_i9DaLa8W2VCKEZKJ_ccme9/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%209.11.07%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="187" /></a></div>The day of editing, reading, and snacking quickly flies by. I've snagged some nuts, dried apricots, and chocolate chips from the freezer. (The nuts quickly go rancid if left out in the heat.)<div><br /></div><div>The scent of 8 gardenias wafts across the room from a glass votive holder. More flowers bloom on the shrub but I restrict myself to 2 a day ... and they last for days. Perfection in perfume.<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9TZMJI4bWAd4sW6zigZFEPWjiY9xS8KAGVJjXLdLpUTxoX-hY49MRlLJcvS6ymwQs3wFqRkPYULNWgbBzNc8U19fPQaVZITGlX8pVRGLF1fVFVjOxnGsjpa4rgfHdshgkINm9PqoLYt9PcfTNqdHV01j3WKIscZEHTFmHfO-sFox4U6Z6f2wHQda2509/s1516/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%205.40.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1450" data-original-width="1516" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEig9TZMJI4bWAd4sW6zigZFEPWjiY9xS8KAGVJjXLdLpUTxoX-hY49MRlLJcvS6ymwQs3wFqRkPYULNWgbBzNc8U19fPQaVZITGlX8pVRGLF1fVFVjOxnGsjpa4rgfHdshgkINm9PqoLYt9PcfTNqdHV01j3WKIscZEHTFmHfO-sFox4U6Z6f2wHQda2509/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-19%20at%205.40.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div><b>Tuesday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-6-lent-2024-life-in-lowlands.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 6</a>) </b></div><div>It's an early morning, up at 3:00 and in meetings by 5:30. I skip the walk since I'll walk to the team meeting later, 1 km away. At least that's the intention. It doesn't happen.</div><div><br /></div><div>When you have staff, whether in business or the home, you have to plan what needs doing. Most routines need no instruction. But today, we're hoping for south-USA-style biscuits, using the simplest recipe. I stress that the butter must be cold (taken from the freezer since it warms quickly in the 80-85o F/25-30oC kitchen) and cut into the flour until the pieces are pea-sized. </div><div><br /></div><div>Baking is full of adjustments, regardless of the recipe we're attempting. Ingredients are not the same quality. Besides adjusting for altitude, we can't even find some familiar ingredients. For example, there's no buttermilk? Add 1 tablespoon vinegar to 1 c milk. However, here, white vinegar is 20%strength, not 5-6% like in the USA, so we'll add 1/2 tsp instead.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Pat it into shape, don't beat or stir beyond wetting the ingredients." Let's see what happens! Looks good, and as expected, the butter melts into the dough almost as soon as it's cut into the flour. I make beef gravy with the "Better Than Broth" brought from Costco USA. Apparently I'm hungry for a familiar taste ... a flaky biscuit. We have guests coming for lunch. </div><div><br /></div><div>The biscuits are not a bad first attempt. I cut them into bite-sized pieces. They need more flavor so next time maybe we'll add onion and herbs or cheese. And a bigger pinch of salt.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMl51ljtBimdiBubGa-5biWSjfs64-SsE3bPU33D2uqGuPxSVOyx6YJZJA49M5gdTiqg_OSqlCBeKGJGytkaDOYRDx6BbJr5ZBvCJyrXhCIse_J39sWdfCXTGGdzJtugrPcqvIVtBCRPX4veKMREdhLW6_10rPRfN_oIXAcrHAWt1y6nJ5NAykI-_jDPnv/s1134/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2010.26.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1128" data-original-width="1134" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMl51ljtBimdiBubGa-5biWSjfs64-SsE3bPU33D2uqGuPxSVOyx6YJZJA49M5gdTiqg_OSqlCBeKGJGytkaDOYRDx6BbJr5ZBvCJyrXhCIse_J39sWdfCXTGGdzJtugrPcqvIVtBCRPX4veKMREdhLW6_10rPRfN_oIXAcrHAWt1y6nJ5NAykI-_jDPnv/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-20%20at%2010.26.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">W is on his first return flight with one<i> gratis</i> hour of T-mobile internet, which he quickly uses up. WA and other text service are continuous. It's a 48 hour trip door to door, due to a 23-hr layover in Seoul.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The yardman is cutting things down this week. He turns complete shade around the fruit trees to sunny access. The mangosteen needs pruning so it will bear again and the mango tree has been shaded for a few years = no mangos. The former neighbor said it had a reputation for "the sweetest and best mangos!" We've never tasted one. And mangos are my favorite fruit.</p><p style="text-align: left;">The IES team meets on the Porch in early afternoon, enjoying cookies and tea with our small group activities.</p><p style="text-align: left;">"Are those papaya flowers?" someone asks, looking at the white blooms beside the Porch. (Papayas either have fruit or flowers, not both.) "Cooked with guava leaves and pork belly, they are less bitter." Our help is Muslim and doesn't eat pork, so the cook won't have to prepare pork. We do eat the flowers.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3RBv_fzLzFsbWSXJyWhypuICPEg8jUs9U6ct5Px6I4q7OMcWD0y2UCdH1wknc78ScwsHiV8d2n7JUUEz9oy4cOn-73RAbkNiotgcZWLPokbiouibC2SYIFpINuZXisGrs1JRisxikHhAcIC7l9mis2ea3N29j84qSb3FS5oOG5m0mGF0p1dzcggj2wCp/s1340/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY3RBv_fzLzFsbWSXJyWhypuICPEg8jUs9U6ct5Px6I4q7OMcWD0y2UCdH1wknc78ScwsHiV8d2n7JUUEz9oy4cOn-73RAbkNiotgcZWLPokbiouibC2SYIFpINuZXisGrs1JRisxikHhAcIC7l9mis2ea3N29j84qSb3FS5oOG5m0mGF0p1dzcggj2wCp/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="268" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Want some flowers? "Sure!" I grab a rain poncho for the yardman, who climbs the ladder in the pouring rain to pluck a big plastic bag's worth. Our friend snags some guava leaves from the tree beside the Porch and is set for supper.</p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Wednesday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-7-lent-2024-plugged-into-source.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 7</a>)</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">On the morning walk with 3 dogs on one leash, I spot a 6-pack of dogs exiting a gate ahead. Gypsy has the Gentle Leader on; he sees them but doesn't react fiercely. We give them a long lead and make it home without incident.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Today the yardman culls masses of self-seeding ferns that threaten to overwhelm everything else on the green wall. The fronds are 4-5' long (1.5 m). He tucks the stems into a bucket of water. I'll cut them to size for little Round Table bouquets this weekend. (The wall before and after, below)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzub4P-ojNods4WNiMTUMqQHZtWKXIY88P0WdcMHWpzImSM366nH1J31btceKG5RHd798fdGX0Jar3RTfeB-g1iWyHB_stSiymEsvCFO_5VkDmxrxsu1tJ1vVb_ca6xxjCyzKh5GxssBqjNasF0xtYxpc5n-LtIFvN8n10oX5ULLdBaYExkor5mWd5W_i/s2012/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkzub4P-ojNods4WNiMTUMqQHZtWKXIY88P0WdcMHWpzImSM366nH1J31btceKG5RHd798fdGX0Jar3RTfeB-g1iWyHB_stSiymEsvCFO_5VkDmxrxsu1tJ1vVb_ca6xxjCyzKh5GxssBqjNasF0xtYxpc5n-LtIFvN8n10oX5ULLdBaYExkor5mWd5W_i/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIZ7-GTIxhCi05JkanUlTGEqKK7i3RgELk4Oy0dj_DRAfFEZqETuqlN-2wQlI38VYAGKuHvrxbPPLJnXOtfToZyBXG_feqiVzxkLBvACKCpSu0Dmcourr-12gY8Q1H8rg_QfdIzt5sQ9cdOJSlIwGhaNEf7cNBhDewKaUshTqMCrDMRGwmx3fyQVZtW6p/s1736/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20at%201.06.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="1736" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifIZ7-GTIxhCi05JkanUlTGEqKK7i3RgELk4Oy0dj_DRAfFEZqETuqlN-2wQlI38VYAGKuHvrxbPPLJnXOtfToZyBXG_feqiVzxkLBvACKCpSu0Dmcourr-12gY8Q1H8rg_QfdIzt5sQ9cdOJSlIwGhaNEf7cNBhDewKaUshTqMCrDMRGwmx3fyQVZtW6p/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20at%201.06.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Three goats are hard at work in the field next door. Their cheery "neheheheheheh" echoes throughout the day. The canary sings its heart out as I eat part of a cookie from #<i>QuietWatersBakery</i>, chocolate infused with coffee. SOOOO good.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I check for submitted assignments from last month's class. Empty grading folders. That's ok: I'm starting work on the next class I'll be teaching. It's scheduled for a classroom in the Philippines, though it may also be hybrid; online and in person.</p><p style="text-align: left;">W arrives home late at night after the final flight from Seoul to Jakarta and a shuttle ride to Bandung. The last bit is the most hair-raising part of our travels.</p><p style="text-align: left;">He brings chocolates to tide us over in the months ahead. What a guy!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpADw8eTAf3GI2Mw7lDjxcGRKn0wHMVSALmsVIEhONA6aJQp8_IRafuk6ioV-XHzUKCi3m9mAtjgoeCu_Ht0SnGzTu2BLn_c6xhsWloGw4WEchSSx9YAj0AfdfhEaiIJEOEPKUnDv9IMOSjkEM5HVVDxixJ0cM3NjxcLdrJtfd8i3mOsR0YcCCLMADJREN/s1432/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.22.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="1132" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpADw8eTAf3GI2Mw7lDjxcGRKn0wHMVSALmsVIEhONA6aJQp8_IRafuk6ioV-XHzUKCi3m9mAtjgoeCu_Ht0SnGzTu2BLn_c6xhsWloGw4WEchSSx9YAj0AfdfhEaiIJEOEPKUnDv9IMOSjkEM5HVVDxixJ0cM3NjxcLdrJtfd8i3mOsR0YcCCLMADJREN/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.22.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="253" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Thursday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-8-lent-2024-storm-ready.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 8</a>)</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">We all go hiking on dirt paths between the tea plantations,</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpJcV8uVfZkNmBrzXCbqLvcn4d8p-sX2BbulOn3ZVBN1Gjb4J1MObz5D6lgxNKGmjvqR9_MAWuar0t-yEC2Fmp17rVoUOkE_gwvMrHFV29NJ_tKB-MR0z1FNdNzaccuyZVeh2GrSbiBCtZTfVO_YjndY_dnyL2eKzltZtEPVw2-VZ3-aWoOUWJqh-MN6Q/s1920/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.20.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1920" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhpJcV8uVfZkNmBrzXCbqLvcn4d8p-sX2BbulOn3ZVBN1Gjb4J1MObz5D6lgxNKGmjvqR9_MAWuar0t-yEC2Fmp17rVoUOkE_gwvMrHFV29NJ_tKB-MR0z1FNdNzaccuyZVeh2GrSbiBCtZTfVO_YjndY_dnyL2eKzltZtEPVw2-VZ3-aWoOUWJqh-MN6Q/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.20.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>and tramp overgrown trails in the forest. The track is sometimes a mere dip in the grass. We've done this many times; dog and human stride confidently forward. We feel for slick moss-covered rocks and poke our hiking sticks in when it gets really slippery.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDDgY98Ib6dRFL7GiE2wjUXVgynH2B4HBm2BePRxIPRGYhoJYi80V30czNtG7or3y0OELDHg8vu6AlhlGdex8anUap-fYLoH7oIG2A8x-DtoW2X4f0kSAOive8YZ6rZUgwTm4S3Pm52wjWHmuZfblRH9DfYw7XEERrwZktYf3uH8Qqh4KYi8pIFOeo5BM/s1352/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.21.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="780" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDDgY98Ib6dRFL7GiE2wjUXVgynH2B4HBm2BePRxIPRGYhoJYi80V30czNtG7or3y0OELDHg8vu6AlhlGdex8anUap-fYLoH7oIG2A8x-DtoW2X4f0kSAOive8YZ6rZUgwTm4S3Pm52wjWHmuZfblRH9DfYw7XEERrwZktYf3uH8Qqh4KYi8pIFOeo5BM/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.21.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="185" /></a></div><div>The dogs, running ahead, clear away ground creatures but there are big spider webs at face level. ugh. The destination is a detour from the usual path to a waterfall. The palms are dripping with long strands of cherry-like pods on the way down.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7YVqPQK1TceGCWBHnnmF_sbFlHVuH6tfDQyFsHjISSd4h7ClD087CPigCLD2wjk_r6przQ3BipRyY0cRUcWXqkE_ADxpTMTAxj_MNylcvdQ5MRBZmO6IuZQtaljDy3vmQVZMcTWj17Gu8i2M5lUXz-t8H0qS8HG3fwe4DWhjHn3TnBgWWQ6B1WUM4ori/s1498/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.20.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB7YVqPQK1TceGCWBHnnmF_sbFlHVuH6tfDQyFsHjISSd4h7ClD087CPigCLD2wjk_r6przQ3BipRyY0cRUcWXqkE_ADxpTMTAxj_MNylcvdQ5MRBZmO6IuZQtaljDy3vmQVZMcTWj17Gu8i2M5lUXz-t8H0qS8HG3fwe4DWhjHn3TnBgWWQ6B1WUM4ori/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.20.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="241" /></a></div>The dogs go for a swim. (W's photo)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sQM0ltvXRgy8tNjVGOfwKwEYypBbPU8XN99b_m2gVXbIsKiLkOEhgvG6idIp2MbBbvFVVL41Nm6i_ontI03GOn4jrQ5R4ygdgN32lvarRI0DoJbFeNHmC-XVEKCdcXSaRbK1g44FcuiTroi1R_6pNZBwmsuRcYEN_0PmNDBUsAqEFTJ18SPyvMJqLemf/s1914/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.42.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="1914" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sQM0ltvXRgy8tNjVGOfwKwEYypBbPU8XN99b_m2gVXbIsKiLkOEhgvG6idIp2MbBbvFVVL41Nm6i_ontI03GOn4jrQ5R4ygdgN32lvarRI0DoJbFeNHmC-XVEKCdcXSaRbK1g44FcuiTroi1R_6pNZBwmsuRcYEN_0PmNDBUsAqEFTJ18SPyvMJqLemf/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.42.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>We spot a little shelter - made of bamboo and palm fronds - with live electrical cables coming from it and stretching across the fields. See the power box inside, on the back wall? I guess this is the power station for the farmers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DQCoASBOIkZXVB2icvYP4klYiwX04uLWY5BgnxA3vgTrfxgvE0V85qWtcQIEu9G5oj39STmgJWC57E4yGAPWnr0_C3ZR7-xZ_uc8Sz-BNFJMZ0c23eFrtFOVhM5ug33o8XwOpo0nj4GrH6autlvdsubNQItrBA8778EuOAZpR68-E6H3JB2U8HmG1jxk/s1384/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.20.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="1128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-DQCoASBOIkZXVB2icvYP4klYiwX04uLWY5BgnxA3vgTrfxgvE0V85qWtcQIEu9G5oj39STmgJWC57E4yGAPWnr0_C3ZR7-xZ_uc8Sz-BNFJMZ0c23eFrtFOVhM5ug33o8XwOpo0nj4GrH6autlvdsubNQItrBA8778EuOAZpR68-E6H3JB2U8HmG1jxk/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.20.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="261" /></a></div>It's always nice to get the dogs into the car after a hike. They may be wet, muddy, and full of grass seeds but they are very happy. As are we. It was a hot and sunny walk today.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0M_rxVHHFoE_2YfL1NzEtE1d2Umjgk01cPQyj_1yCuQDxEPPReQVWQss4Ub3MniOVDe9aWTn8nPWRNV1YJTDr284NmzccWZHZHlh2rlYbBAFTYsI0lYGdyjhQO2WOZgZOEZRlW8hEzn4_aW4o_YZkrVMwp5lY8hrTptOozUatE1xCHHG29C7LUAgyb41/s1388/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.21.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1032" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic0M_rxVHHFoE_2YfL1NzEtE1d2Umjgk01cPQyj_1yCuQDxEPPReQVWQss4Ub3MniOVDe9aWTn8nPWRNV1YJTDr284NmzccWZHZHlh2rlYbBAFTYsI0lYGdyjhQO2WOZgZOEZRlW8hEzn4_aW4o_YZkrVMwp5lY8hrTptOozUatE1xCHHG29C7LUAgyb41/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.21.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="238" /></a></div>Our shoes are filthy and we usually bring a second pair to go out for lunch. Today I had these old Daiso house-slippers on when I got in the car. I guess I'll leave my sneakers on.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmHT6RodxWYkmXk0n7Su5eEcWn_Ip4_U-3q79rCOBwhPmUmdrd11PhXVJYzqTdvYGysTezUYq8aQLiOIi4LjY4TS9XHnhrI3NvnF-bhT7-q7CG4Kx8x9KOEBW1T0WJQgg_aSbWYJLTyqMh0YJX4uwN1yhKwbcDUtqKobaZtoOTf7yLAV7Nzzed3BSJ5DL/s1364/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.21.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1364" data-original-width="1186" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmHT6RodxWYkmXk0n7Su5eEcWn_Ip4_U-3q79rCOBwhPmUmdrd11PhXVJYzqTdvYGysTezUYq8aQLiOIi4LjY4TS9XHnhrI3NvnF-bhT7-q7CG4Kx8x9KOEBW1T0WJQgg_aSbWYJLTyqMh0YJX4uwN1yhKwbcDUtqKobaZtoOTf7yLAV7Nzzed3BSJ5DL/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.21.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="278" /></a></div>The old-fashioned clay teapot at Tizi's keeps the tea hot. W and I are not really impressed with the schnitzel we order, but the setting is pleasant enough.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVn_K7eyVAvZzlaruR7rJ_CuCpkYXBQoIC21UDuLr4rPKqiGctVU267ZW20Wq8vCf7cXdvE-8W8l8FfSS56jnELj0_Jszt4kEbk1fcd6Eyb8IAlhZHjfRRbWGMcxwax-HhpBDSYU1oKVVN60BeH-HWsb__CVdl0i2XJb7wrqBC9CWeOOrCjEHEEt240FtO/s1460/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.21.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="996" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVn_K7eyVAvZzlaruR7rJ_CuCpkYXBQoIC21UDuLr4rPKqiGctVU267ZW20Wq8vCf7cXdvE-8W8l8FfSS56jnELj0_Jszt4kEbk1fcd6Eyb8IAlhZHjfRRbWGMcxwax-HhpBDSYU1oKVVN60BeH-HWsb__CVdl0i2XJb7wrqBC9CWeOOrCjEHEEt240FtO/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.21.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="218" /></a></div>This typical ratio of motorcycles to cars waits at the last stoplight before home!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UtPpb58HYpxkdVmeuofcfw8bChD0E0i-Qtx3Qwvnv0gzUmqXx04NnupeR5GHj-Cj_LKCtmF3wnTS6wD7zPEqxE8S7Yd7SIOETjVGLe3_izAQcQGuV6U0kwfPHQibOc-tm7f9n886eHcQHNYrSGSyeB1ztKP7GFxKkX3PnirwBslcNnuetk14rQd25ucz/s1310/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.21.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="692" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8UtPpb58HYpxkdVmeuofcfw8bChD0E0i-Qtx3Qwvnv0gzUmqXx04NnupeR5GHj-Cj_LKCtmF3wnTS6wD7zPEqxE8S7Yd7SIOETjVGLe3_izAQcQGuV6U0kwfPHQibOc-tm7f9n886eHcQHNYrSGSyeB1ztKP7GFxKkX3PnirwBslcNnuetk14rQd25ucz/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%202.21.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="169" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Good and upright is the Lord; therefore he instructs sinners in the way. Psalm 25:8</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Let the righteous be joyful; let them exult before God; let them be jubilant with joy. Psalm 68:3</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*His master said to him, “Well done, good and trustworthy slave; you have been trustworthy in a few things; I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.” Matthe2 25:21</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Great and awesome God, the kind of joy you bring into our lives makes us want to always lift you up in praise. Help us not to lose that disposition, but to use it to always worship and serve you with joyful exuberance. Amen.</span></i></p></div></div></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-25596979487123665252024-02-17T22:30:00.000-08:002024-02-17T22:30:23.689-08:00Ways of seeing and being<p><b>Friday, February 16, 2024 (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-3-lent-2024-not-who-we-are-but.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 3</a>)</b></p><p>I'm pondering the goodness of God toward someone as unworthy as I. What comfort we find in his kindness and mercy.</p><p>The dogs are ready to go at 6:00 a.m. - "yip, yip" accompanied by a prancing Bailey - so, a walk it is!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRv6BDWhSB_R-dVF8ESoam5LqiePMxVhB3Wl6vsDNS0Yy__3iWE5LmEjQ30CemHEETr4DXt3DHuaBiCt3Q109tNL622VvAyH-dt76b1u1xbe_rmWzqFlTWebWegxeNr0-mD7UrhCVbnOBmjptoq0kb9AVJmbg9T2Mf9bSyDQoJWwXYeehpgzivEzkdaaza/s1298/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%209.40.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="966" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRv6BDWhSB_R-dVF8ESoam5LqiePMxVhB3Wl6vsDNS0Yy__3iWE5LmEjQ30CemHEETr4DXt3DHuaBiCt3Q109tNL622VvAyH-dt76b1u1xbe_rmWzqFlTWebWegxeNr0-mD7UrhCVbnOBmjptoq0kb9AVJmbg9T2Mf9bSyDQoJWwXYeehpgzivEzkdaaza/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%209.40.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="238" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I <a href="https://3booksfull.blogspot.com" target="_blank">write a few book reviews</a>. 20 or 30 more reviews are waiting to be written. This book is a winner so I start here. I recommend it as a step-by-step manual for entrepreneurs figuring out business basics, a creating marketable culture, and defining their online presence.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge7p54vt99yQg3MfN2z441ZrllXuNg1OQU0TA2OpK92ZDfzmbSMlVB6tcFNZ-yQZ1mPazR_4v6LdC1HjU3UYaZme1XU95bbEaYnYTqlCgf4HUgv5DjOnoIxxWustNg-zL6VU1pexwAFQm_SW49CfG1NgbPTnrKraQbjH58zRIQsPdQYXYPrAnxLwc25cg/s898/Screenshot%202024-02-16%20at%2010.46.48%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="580" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgge7p54vt99yQg3MfN2z441ZrllXuNg1OQU0TA2OpK92ZDfzmbSMlVB6tcFNZ-yQZ1mPazR_4v6LdC1HjU3UYaZme1XU95bbEaYnYTqlCgf4HUgv5DjOnoIxxWustNg-zL6VU1pexwAFQm_SW49CfG1NgbPTnrKraQbjH58zRIQsPdQYXYPrAnxLwc25cg/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-16%20at%2010.46.48%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="207" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the afternoon, the Bandung book group meets to discuss a story of Syrian refugees. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YQF1g8cv0DfA5j4n0gvLqyqr1NoAZ2Mw4RExYAP5Su9c5_mhh-4jEXPKXu_5EImTuqKuemQyUdv2vmxVVwD2JRfyhwGhr2oiUqSZIxAiYSKso-ECoY3HStMGil5o0qgXUPkoo3W8FgahcXfRePf0V-_3_KdXf2Nq6haHpY0k7Efs6O__RwDsARq8E4tV/s2016/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%209.45.23%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="2016" height="165" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1YQF1g8cv0DfA5j4n0gvLqyqr1NoAZ2Mw4RExYAP5Su9c5_mhh-4jEXPKXu_5EImTuqKuemQyUdv2vmxVVwD2JRfyhwGhr2oiUqSZIxAiYSKso-ECoY3HStMGil5o0qgXUPkoo3W8FgahcXfRePf0V-_3_KdXf2Nq6haHpY0k7Efs6O__RwDsARq8E4tV/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%209.45.23%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My grandparents and their kids (including Mom) were war refugees in Europe so this book feels personal. I remember their stories. What is similar between them and many of today's refugees? The fear, the displacement, the desire to settle their family is the same.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What is very different? Unlike some migrants or refugees today, Grandma and Mom's generation had an attitude of appreciation and gratitude rather than entitlement. They set out to improve the place where they landed and determined to work hard. They understood that their own immigrant community needed to help each other invest. When they could put a down payment on a home, it was a badge of honor to pay off their mortgage before spending a dime on extras.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The entire family - parents and kids and sometimes grandparents - got jobs and pooled their incomes. They were so frugal that the word only begins to describe their lifestyles. They were determined to fit into the new culture and, poor though they were, they refused handouts. They never had instant benefits or the lifestyle of locals who had worked hard. Instead, they took whatever menial jobs they could, gardened, and ate home-cooked meals while they got on their feet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Grandma had lots of stories. She told us about the night when she and her children were part of a refugee train going through an area known for guerrilla attacks on the railroad. She prayed and saw an angel flying outside her window all night long - and the train passed unharmed. She not only believed in miracles: she experienced them. Days like today, I miss her still.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><b>Saturday (<a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/2024/02/day-4-lent-2024-living-in-mercy.html" target="_blank">Lent Day 4</a>)</b><div>Mom and I talk as we do each morning, continents and an ocean apart.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnbDoCjZWyJ4PG_9w2dGcMzehigRnhLcz_qN3OvIEUTu-_xEp4gJDRu5LSMRlfysGpcXRmvV4ohXh8HXRm7v7_iRYO1RyEdz_TZq7v1QLHcZZ95B3keGXxUtA92tjJVDGMauG9svnX8BqJzeJD9Ul0ZfoRVi0MgKzg_QDCVyMjWkuR9vj3EEDY8AfBYEx/s1498/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%209.40.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="644" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlnbDoCjZWyJ4PG_9w2dGcMzehigRnhLcz_qN3OvIEUTu-_xEp4gJDRu5LSMRlfysGpcXRmvV4ohXh8HXRm7v7_iRYO1RyEdz_TZq7v1QLHcZZ95B3keGXxUtA92tjJVDGMauG9svnX8BqJzeJD9Ul0ZfoRVi0MgKzg_QDCVyMjWkuR9vj3EEDY8AfBYEx/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%209.40.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="138" /></a></div>DrW and I meet on the walk and do a few loops. On the final round, she spots a young man looking for something at the roadside. He's stumbled and lost a lens from his glasses. We search the grass and undergrowth with him, but it's nowhere to be found. </div><div><br /></div><div>After a few minutes, I pray aloud: "God, you know where it is. Help us to find it." The dogs and I cut through the hedge to the water runoff ditch, to search from the other side. There it is, hidden even when the young man sees where I'm pointing.</div><div><br /></div><div>"Put your hand down now," I tell him. He lands on the lens. All three of us happily continue our walks. Thank you, God.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mid morning, I feel I should call my WPPR friends. What a divine treat to reconnect without the back-and-forth scheduling we usually need. They answer from around the world - hurrah! and we catch up. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilH4xeDAPB9tXuYrJp-eYXeFS-4iodf2DhcJaB9xrK5O50kGP2iZPfHRqhOKe6_hZVR2bwH-Xh329URaAVjINull0qwDjKC-Eq3mRy7thS5xp0i217wKBVyp7T29Can9OKzicH984Qf7JLL7llHW4Dk57PdvW5DZcr0SNyMVL6Rx608thbMTwYBRQt5p6b/s1298/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.02.15%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilH4xeDAPB9tXuYrJp-eYXeFS-4iodf2DhcJaB9xrK5O50kGP2iZPfHRqhOKe6_hZVR2bwH-Xh329URaAVjINull0qwDjKC-Eq3mRy7thS5xp0i217wKBVyp7T29Can9OKzicH984Qf7JLL7llHW4Dk57PdvW5DZcr0SNyMVL6Rx608thbMTwYBRQt5p6b/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.02.15%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="178" /></a></div>The sun shines through the clouds so I wander into the yard. The yellow marigold-like flowers are 8' tall on either side of the lawn. They grow and grow - and get pulled out and composted when they stop blooming.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfN64C3U5J75jDMNMdrLNhlDg7NX9PXXyNUG58uV4e_cPi_IAbWOo1cytha6C5Z6IryHgG5dJDeMyJvWzGO8ueH1jxY-SXfJd_fMm9AviVWdvlq0YI3BZn1ubrtBGp_3Kd3eppP6-0w_lNt_v-K6_ayqFyeouwDi0EXkCnCoO0l-FSCW2tHJ58RHMLXUi/s1696/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.15.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="1696" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlfN64C3U5J75jDMNMdrLNhlDg7NX9PXXyNUG58uV4e_cPi_IAbWOo1cytha6C5Z6IryHgG5dJDeMyJvWzGO8ueH1jxY-SXfJd_fMm9AviVWdvlq0YI3BZn1ubrtBGp_3Kd3eppP6-0w_lNt_v-K6_ayqFyeouwDi0EXkCnCoO0l-FSCW2tHJ58RHMLXUi/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.15.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The rain has brought a burst of color around the fishponds.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9GJKQUmOIioQa2728hgmvU7fAnlnF6K38kti0nnZl2iENfSBNv_EqwVEbnOE5BpbLVrFKomIGCA7cMsdvLtzseZeQth7wWTLv2Hq22NxqzmXojFLxA8xgd11JkCXZSX_y0AhOa9rivm4v-54z6YpoEFXQ-mtNQhaxzrk8QU0-EcNGpil2ZhmalhuDhJ1/s2018/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.16.03%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="2018" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE9GJKQUmOIioQa2728hgmvU7fAnlnF6K38kti0nnZl2iENfSBNv_EqwVEbnOE5BpbLVrFKomIGCA7cMsdvLtzseZeQth7wWTLv2Hq22NxqzmXojFLxA8xgd11JkCXZSX_y0AhOa9rivm4v-54z6YpoEFXQ-mtNQhaxzrk8QU0-EcNGpil2ZhmalhuDhJ1/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.16.03%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Even the vines that shade our room are greening out after a trim. I like the shrub's shape in front of it. I can't use the mops for arrangements because they wilt quickly and completely.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6EEmtKSzOOc7LiEalG56v3ZvKWUSGoM0tHsFOaGaJHSKGk4T_lRzW8nODm3Il3Tzlb9rtzr86wReB9HaYr0rDpQrA045ecv04BaLf2acuHnloNyfQhVmpZTUWLDiazgWdGBAEYj-cbw5or5joJ6d1SEfgSyt0u2MyTCwT1vot8P7LIK2XGc_RHhI8K9CK/s1446/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.16.24%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6EEmtKSzOOc7LiEalG56v3ZvKWUSGoM0tHsFOaGaJHSKGk4T_lRzW8nODm3Il3Tzlb9rtzr86wReB9HaYr0rDpQrA045ecv04BaLf2acuHnloNyfQhVmpZTUWLDiazgWdGBAEYj-cbw5or5joJ6d1SEfgSyt0u2MyTCwT1vot8P7LIK2XGc_RHhI8K9CK/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.16.24%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="227" /></a></div>Along the Porch are pops of bright green, pink, and purple. The yellowish shrub is rumored to ward off mosquitoes with its bitter citrusy scent. It's not working; as I write, mosquitoes buzz around me.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1DHEuTlhRqEI1l4LAFUAd1VC-IuuDDEKek_da9rRzW6heX1tBdODuSPttQYykVxvsv3Or7wdybVMFWQIF7QA4v3IlPepLZQSW6NlNv9uea-vdNt-oC_7aTd8BuSq2Y-Thq_9jY-hl_xqIs5VxKBjr7BJAGtz3gKZK3wje2GdS_T1PgiDJOHGyMP8VWdH/s1974/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.16.32%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="1974" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1DHEuTlhRqEI1l4LAFUAd1VC-IuuDDEKek_da9rRzW6heX1tBdODuSPttQYykVxvsv3Or7wdybVMFWQIF7QA4v3IlPepLZQSW6NlNv9uea-vdNt-oC_7aTd8BuSq2Y-Thq_9jY-hl_xqIs5VxKBjr7BJAGtz3gKZK3wje2GdS_T1PgiDJOHGyMP8VWdH/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.16.32%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>On the 12' wall that separates us from our neighbors, <a href="https://www.thespruce.com/grow-asplenium-nidus-ferns-1902716" target="_blank">the bird's nest ferns</a> are 5' (1.6 m) across. We only dreamed of such green abundance while living on the West Coast (Vancouver/Seattle) and enduring the 6 months of cold weather.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZkLRKigJqixhTTYFULoyuWHS_b1BUfOnSd6X9s-dcpiwOy_ce7B6Vv3mSGh5oC35zWfs5TIvVsguEfdkogTL8NoDj35CQCYutLz8AGRenNym4B78o07dWoNoumwKUuCaJbRYR9z9R_8mi5Siu-VD-vWoN0T9yL5e4B1X39qDQhtwbzELqpezJRM_RvpF/s1506/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.16.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ZkLRKigJqixhTTYFULoyuWHS_b1BUfOnSd6X9s-dcpiwOy_ce7B6Vv3mSGh5oC35zWfs5TIvVsguEfdkogTL8NoDj35CQCYutLz8AGRenNym4B78o07dWoNoumwKUuCaJbRYR9z9R_8mi5Siu-VD-vWoN0T9yL5e4B1X39qDQhtwbzELqpezJRM_RvpF/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%2010.16.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="240" /></a></div><div>W gets a first-class upgrade as a Delta million-miler on the flight from Austin to Seattle. "Nice, but maybe not worth an extra $600," is his verdict.</div><div><br /></div><div>He stopped in Austin on either side of a theology commission session in Missouri. In Austin, he checked things off our daughter's "Dad's-help" list.</div><div><br /></div>Despite his crazy schedule, he feels invigorated. This trip combines many of his interests: travel, helping others, and learning about God / talking about Him with friends. He'll be home soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>A few times over the course of the day, I fill my thermos with hot tea and drink from a glass teacup bought in Turkey last year. The shape is perfect in my hand and for my mouth.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FqzEJSwAGdiBHspyE7Toi6Ekojun5jWnbRAhfdnuS-8f0O5Q4_pCyiGWz30ETQOTUT7aqH49EHFCA8dVD4DqKRLN-03BM6U6Yz8JWJ15soUxc4NYlHMxPGsZXjQSaPvOZNWrFt7J2jnEzSfdz_vwWokbHjYxPD_9Lt7A6Bia7FG2uMWU6XCWpU7y1cJY/s1516/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%201.48.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="1422" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2FqzEJSwAGdiBHspyE7Toi6Ekojun5jWnbRAhfdnuS-8f0O5Q4_pCyiGWz30ETQOTUT7aqH49EHFCA8dVD4DqKRLN-03BM6U6Yz8JWJ15soUxc4NYlHMxPGsZXjQSaPvOZNWrFt7J2jnEzSfdz_vwWokbHjYxPD_9Lt7A6Bia7FG2uMWU6XCWpU7y1cJY/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%201.48.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="300" /></a></div>From my vantage at the dining table, the room feels cozy and subdued. Gold and cream, pale pinks and blues, olive green, chocolate brown, and black = a strange combination?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IlBNQuG_xEKEJOOzM9qDYYNCcE-Er0pXvbUrjnWIMXCXSN0lEI5WvpSoiftJSjcjZVnMH210CR5V7nM-ph3tDuUJpngD8ymnZW0TXYVDyqFNHupHe2wB45S7nHdlZuyMner3hVh4GWSDNg_DrNy68EhzZ06epJ1QfEvi9ZFKT-M7KcxTKxCIeNJWTS9r/s1976/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%201.48.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1976" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IlBNQuG_xEKEJOOzM9qDYYNCcE-Er0pXvbUrjnWIMXCXSN0lEI5WvpSoiftJSjcjZVnMH210CR5V7nM-ph3tDuUJpngD8ymnZW0TXYVDyqFNHupHe2wB45S7nHdlZuyMner3hVh4GWSDNg_DrNy68EhzZ06epJ1QfEvi9ZFKT-M7KcxTKxCIeNJWTS9r/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%201.48.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>One throw pillow has most of the colors, which pulls it all together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKDNYV4B6-NLpMVlooV3oGwAZa1vFFvD28mOGmRObDyFcsuQzzcgnE6fFwPd9DyVRkjXP-4oLAxK6F1MAyGitMoHob9fuTblJ_uuIwphvh50KubCJR6trlNLos_gHq_xGDU2Yg21exfUHGsCooA7w9Synw2fnTSC0ZfpMaKnKzpu1iAQ9LkiSH8UqdvMS/s1816/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%201.20.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="1816" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYKDNYV4B6-NLpMVlooV3oGwAZa1vFFvD28mOGmRObDyFcsuQzzcgnE6fFwPd9DyVRkjXP-4oLAxK6F1MAyGitMoHob9fuTblJ_uuIwphvh50KubCJR6trlNLos_gHq_xGDU2Yg21exfUHGsCooA7w9Synw2fnTSC0ZfpMaKnKzpu1iAQ9LkiSH8UqdvMS/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%201.20.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>This beautiful pastel portrait has moved around the house: it's been upstairs and downstairs, in one room and in another. I liked it the minute it was spotted in a close-out sale at an art galley. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D6tBqz1S-E0F9l2zYp_GikOYbe2zUAFXHieFBgw-DNSbalkybljAmNOhe2JTB-ZxmEn8FLmEuQQ-7KSa-W5kBeI8-tb9K-2NFxaviqePSNBOJ58WSJOiOGCb56EGlOuqh1LKhGINqbb6NPZ8jzItYngokCDbhhqD-5IhVT7HYSoq4urAdGTriaTsFXmA/s1506/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%205.45.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0D6tBqz1S-E0F9l2zYp_GikOYbe2zUAFXHieFBgw-DNSbalkybljAmNOhe2JTB-ZxmEn8FLmEuQQ-7KSa-W5kBeI8-tb9K-2NFxaviqePSNBOJ58WSJOiOGCb56EGlOuqh1LKhGINqbb6NPZ8jzItYngokCDbhhqD-5IhVT7HYSoq4urAdGTriaTsFXmA/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%205.45.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="191" /></a></div><div>However, no matter where we set it, we had to go right up to it to see any details. We put non-glare glass on it as any reflected light made the face disappear. It finally found a place on the easel in a corner of the living room, lit by a Turkish mosaic lamp.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rlNYhYZ6v-OlCbK3SmqRbyCZOI5oVR0QHz-UYdHN93Ac_WTwE99YPGivx7X8apfmHxZkEpsctwiQ-fJutBnSQ0dk8fqIL7etzrd52xgTE6RXvZnakg5KKrDvSgO0BbFHBco8j2BRkSTNdYSK6nEQtan_3mlu8AMOE8OXigxPXoEBCYNNIYtPFYx3wzY8/s1480/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%201.49.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="1034" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-rlNYhYZ6v-OlCbK3SmqRbyCZOI5oVR0QHz-UYdHN93Ac_WTwE99YPGivx7X8apfmHxZkEpsctwiQ-fJutBnSQ0dk8fqIL7etzrd52xgTE6RXvZnakg5KKrDvSgO0BbFHBco8j2BRkSTNdYSK6nEQtan_3mlu8AMOE8OXigxPXoEBCYNNIYtPFYx3wzY8/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-17%20at%201.49.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="224" /></a><br /></div><div>Outside, a mass of dark clouds comes churning down the mountains. Thunder begins to rumble. Heavy raindrops slap the leaves and bend the branches. Last week, a footballer died from a direct lightning strike while playing a game in town. So we don't mess around when the weather comes in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>The dogs crowd into Bailey's medium-sized crate, appreciating the tight quarters as the storm shakes the ground. If I were afraid of the crashing, I'd be tempted to crawl in with them: it's so close. Gypsy has to come inside for 2 hours: he is terrified by the nearby FLASH BANG! of lightning and thunder.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Sunday</b></div><div>Our tech person and W are traveling. We have a wonderful sub - but before she arrives, the worried worship team asks for my help. HA as though I know anything! We video-call W and he explains the basics of what to plug in and turn on. Which of course doesn't work because ... (I tried to follow directions quickly and completely. Oh well.) Ivo to the rescue!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJel4DN1JQ7CrIGWg-ZcuFNaZ3_3OTFUEjsPY-OS2jpruOOq-TvN7vhvjWt397cxAxMGM10YYztCJBD-CVLOnYXGc6bTDapRpxNlpEd-2xFdWzcZIkka3hDzEz1SqpmniA4CeF0F9EZ65XMPL11xl9o-VdJ92hYjJdqUEULVro-dFUZtqun6wIemx8nFPa/s1422/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%2012.48.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1086" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJel4DN1JQ7CrIGWg-ZcuFNaZ3_3OTFUEjsPY-OS2jpruOOq-TvN7vhvjWt397cxAxMGM10YYztCJBD-CVLOnYXGc6bTDapRpxNlpEd-2xFdWzcZIkka3hDzEz1SqpmniA4CeF0F9EZ65XMPL11xl9o-VdJ92hYjJdqUEULVro-dFUZtqun6wIemx8nFPa/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%2012.48.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="244" /></a></div><div>Our topic from Acts 3 is divine healing and provision, in scripture and in the Church. We read a lot of passages and I speak and invite people to come forward.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJel4DN1JQ7CrIGWg-ZcuFNaZ3_3OTFUEjsPY-OS2jpruOOq-TvN7vhvjWt397cxAxMGM10YYztCJBD-CVLOnYXGc6bTDapRpxNlpEd-2xFdWzcZIkka3hDzEz1SqpmniA4CeF0F9EZ65XMPL11xl9o-VdJ92hYjJdqUEULVro-dFUZtqun6wIemx8nFPa/s1422/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%2012.48.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1086" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJel4DN1JQ7CrIGWg-ZcuFNaZ3_3OTFUEjsPY-OS2jpruOOq-TvN7vhvjWt397cxAxMGM10YYztCJBD-CVLOnYXGc6bTDapRpxNlpEd-2xFdWzcZIkka3hDzEz1SqpmniA4CeF0F9EZ65XMPL11xl9o-VdJ92hYjJdqUEULVro-dFUZtqun6wIemx8nFPa/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%2012.48.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="244" /></a></div>S mentions that it would be good to ask for volunteers each week so, "Hey, let's make a quick video and post that!" And we do, on the spot. The media crew can work on a nice formal one when they have time.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz75_vupetpxnOzlsyC3lT5dj7Zq5bLAfKuI637-Hx0VqA-m7CCCqwEKrZlFuYQasiAM0quDWV3fjn69SQrulouLRczEir7BbKVr_zkuxPav8DStIDbkdae85ObSmLfnsQyZhN-I3Kw6PaKpk5BasfE0N2juvKKW4-1AO0x4Yiho-ibkeUD5rYQCvop4_a/s1648/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%2012.48.36%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1648" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz75_vupetpxnOzlsyC3lT5dj7Zq5bLAfKuI637-Hx0VqA-m7CCCqwEKrZlFuYQasiAM0quDWV3fjn69SQrulouLRczEir7BbKVr_zkuxPav8DStIDbkdae85ObSmLfnsQyZhN-I3Kw6PaKpk5BasfE0N2juvKKW4-1AO0x4Yiho-ibkeUD5rYQCvop4_a/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%2012.48.36%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Laurel and I have a great lunch at Maxi's and then walk back to our neighborhood together. Waiting outside are the beautiful flowers from Ibu Titik. She's made 3 huge bouquets from about $12 worth of blooms. Her creative gift rivals any professional florist's. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoc9VN7VP47d6VvbI6j8qShqqxygF0Cm1td_OV1cVs5nndE71iTTCatlXMqv8j8jD7Tn_4LZVjBZ_2S-wxKD-iMM8_k4jAGHoUBRcZbrhXeTSnNuFy13Po6VStLpvLZaMsJzFy_MKUGDL7erleJdnUQ0Gmyv_f6N38CXG-fXpvbGi58ESsygl7Uww7UFoJ/s1386/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%2012.48.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1032" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoc9VN7VP47d6VvbI6j8qShqqxygF0Cm1td_OV1cVs5nndE71iTTCatlXMqv8j8jD7Tn_4LZVjBZ_2S-wxKD-iMM8_k4jAGHoUBRcZbrhXeTSnNuFy13Po6VStLpvLZaMsJzFy_MKUGDL7erleJdnUQ0Gmyv_f6N38CXG-fXpvbGi58ESsygl7Uww7UFoJ/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%2012.48.52%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="238" /></a></div><div>Every week, we get spoiled by the Sunday flowers. If someone lands in hospital, is ill at home, or celebrating, we pass them along. Otherwise, this gift of God is appreciated by our guests and us. When a flower droops, it gets recut and rehydrated until no life is left.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I take an arrangement inside for the entry table, balancing it on an old clay pot. The pot has long since lost its base but the sides (30cm/1' tall) make a good stand.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgID2W-vM8IORy_pnJyWFX20MkPmO6aZc31EHaeKts7SKUjFLzsjbcJuq2ZVM_aicHXmrHRHGOoM6W0GsIg58rCn15J6vuv1Tg1vUx9IVw_C3SqRkUrWF3vegt1SBzJg8PY6jeMyIAUeEoOY7yYKKJbuU-6wQSIUKbuF3epMzQMxQAXpBdtlfVrWUbnnjWL/s1878/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%2012.49.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1878" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgID2W-vM8IORy_pnJyWFX20MkPmO6aZc31EHaeKts7SKUjFLzsjbcJuq2ZVM_aicHXmrHRHGOoM6W0GsIg58rCn15J6vuv1Tg1vUx9IVw_C3SqRkUrWF3vegt1SBzJg8PY6jeMyIAUeEoOY7yYKKJbuU-6wQSIUKbuF3epMzQMxQAXpBdtlfVrWUbnnjWL/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-18%20at%2012.49.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The dogs are happy to see us and bounce around saying hello before eating their own lunch.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*[Job said:] <span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">I know that my redeemer lives, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">and that in the end he will stand on the earth. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">And after my skin has been destroyed, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">yet in my flesh I will see God; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">I myself will see him with my own eyes—I, and not another. How my heart yearns within me! Job 19: 25-27</span></span></div><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">*</span>So teach us to count our days that we may gain a wise heart. Psalm 90:12</span></div><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*If we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so then, whether we live or whether we die, we are the Lord’s. Romans 14:8</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>*</span>Be patient, therefore, brothers and sisters, until the coming of the Lord. The farmer waits for the precious crop from the earth, being patient with it until it receives the early and the late rains. James 5:7</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayers: Alpha and Omega, we recognize that all things come from you and will return to you. Help us to be careful that we live out our lives in a manner that is pleasing to you. </span></i></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>God, you are truly quite phenomenal! You are precious, and your patience and provisions are incomparable. Continue to deal bounteously with us; keep us faithful even as you are faithful. <span>For Christ’s sake. Amen.</span></i></span></p><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></div></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-16546552896218298522024-02-15T01:01:00.000-08:002024-02-15T01:01:51.663-08:00Elections galore and food to remember<p><b>Monday, February 12, 2024</b> - a birthday of remembrance for Dr Hanna, who would have been 81 today.</p><p>I leash Juno and walk her for a few miles. She remembers the instructions from last week and sits immediately when we stop. After a few adjustments - and boy, is she a heavy lunk! and hard to shift to my side, she plunks herself beside me the minute we stop.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVy8Tztpx4_sJ6p0kfvFylB71-EQnvqXJVklae7IWe3zkX9DX6WWnmqDrKKJVT0AGGpXj1s-1wZm0DUdG9Fp-RJPN4p934lzHQkg_l8wqIxhHYrMv2vxhkuWhCWACtRxYJacJZFpTPeTMpbMWVwrTVtYVc0O9BJ3GdlgmZkL2bLaGFDMjbH0GLd51iftdQ/s1606/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%204.01.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="1606" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVy8Tztpx4_sJ6p0kfvFylB71-EQnvqXJVklae7IWe3zkX9DX6WWnmqDrKKJVT0AGGpXj1s-1wZm0DUdG9Fp-RJPN4p934lzHQkg_l8wqIxhHYrMv2vxhkuWhCWACtRxYJacJZFpTPeTMpbMWVwrTVtYVc0O9BJ3GdlgmZkL2bLaGFDMjbH0GLd51iftdQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%204.01.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>So ... the not-sitting was because she didn't wanted to? Hmmm. I praise and pet her vigorously when she gets it right. One of the reasons I'm strict with our dogs is for their safety - and mine. She's strong and heavy so could probably pull me anywhere.</p><p>A few months ago, Juno spotted a cat, cutting across W's path as he was running. He tripped over her and skinned his face. Today, she pays attention when I preemtively say, "Leave it" as we pass some cats. She walks right by. Good girl.</p><p>It's a morning of meetings and writing. I'm speaking on divine healing for next weekend. I read an "oldie but goodie" about how God answers prayer, in addition to being captured by 5 stories of healing in the scriptures. What to keep, what to hold for another time?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIWnsW23x1lbP6Z-xVic7uYCEpgetBceuP8TaOn-1LBpOf0Z6IAx70bz8EDSv_Sr8P0wBVDoeePTdfMxMonAZ3gQpgqelIypisM-MxLs3TNEaKsslhc4F7QmmZXJNbDfaq1NjIRg9RNuueCbsCw5vn2Sl96BO6g4vPiW1lA9mZnQV_8jne0PWmLskcj7R/s1446/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2011.42.41%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1446" data-original-width="1100" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZIWnsW23x1lbP6Z-xVic7uYCEpgetBceuP8TaOn-1LBpOf0Z6IAx70bz8EDSv_Sr8P0wBVDoeePTdfMxMonAZ3gQpgqelIypisM-MxLs3TNEaKsslhc4F7QmmZXJNbDfaq1NjIRg9RNuueCbsCw5vn2Sl96BO6g4vPiW1lA9mZnQV_8jne0PWmLskcj7R/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2011.42.41%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="243" /></a></p><p>The political signs are coming down, 3 days before the election. I spot this one lingering in the neighborhood. There's a fine if the campaign is caught with a sign still up today.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFuTjfNfgAcNruU1dAt28LisEVO283hvZFYsvBij_1l_ZF6fevLCfJt-gpwA-vVF-5_WK8Iw8CTF045RrCwjZ35wREbbk4CWTl7T-EwqDPX-m2X-U5eDMe9UqOAmAb-ZYMSnUwnpTnynQre176ippZ5f8UJ6UMlNMKYka19WcsvrtP7yFfBpwFjbCUsSK/s1382/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2011.43.47%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="968" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKFuTjfNfgAcNruU1dAt28LisEVO283hvZFYsvBij_1l_ZF6fevLCfJt-gpwA-vVF-5_WK8Iw8CTF045RrCwjZ35wREbbk4CWTl7T-EwqDPX-m2X-U5eDMe9UqOAmAb-ZYMSnUwnpTnynQre176ippZ5f8UJ6UMlNMKYka19WcsvrtP7yFfBpwFjbCUsSK/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2011.43.47%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Parents take their kids to school while older teens and young adults head to work. There's a constant buzzing of motorcycles. Sometimes a whole family - dad, mom, school kids, and babies - rides on one bike.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLSfhXv15Piae9oexP_BDFt8qSK2hRAY9ZTh2ubUvAGoI1ESN39EQ2fch36MLFZJ8gSrqTfi3ztwnlGX3wxkPg2TUJ91tgLm6-EiAw70G92NjmYr7l2uRVYkGrKyDxPA3I2seWvc8nLy-bDL6EHcOM6HlNQDWq-ZjWWPdopgR1ANZ5s8SrJrSa9ENR5kR/s1298/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2011.42.56%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="1298" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBLSfhXv15Piae9oexP_BDFt8qSK2hRAY9ZTh2ubUvAGoI1ESN39EQ2fch36MLFZJ8gSrqTfi3ztwnlGX3wxkPg2TUJ91tgLm6-EiAw70G92NjmYr7l2uRVYkGrKyDxPA3I2seWvc8nLy-bDL6EHcOM6HlNQDWq-ZjWWPdopgR1ANZ5s8SrJrSa9ENR5kR/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2011.42.56%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>After Christmas, I chose subdued brown, red, and black batik fabrics for the table. I still feel the Seattle "winter" in the dark of rainy January, though it is warm and wet in Bandung.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2heiojHmZs5Wq3RwK4LAAIM8sNMgvmllrHy44tDGFUOV-wk59GTaj_XJHAKqGgfCcc3MWdhie0wYbHVbH8ZTaK093gRWXJySq7bZu5Y9XS8amg2u1FilxRWGVnufxpRRqVmUlL9lR-IdwQ-Wk6N7lns6vi7Jv6VvBRxA9VHlzYlIFeUl4iajBEvkrpSOF/s2012/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2011.42.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2heiojHmZs5Wq3RwK4LAAIM8sNMgvmllrHy44tDGFUOV-wk59GTaj_XJHAKqGgfCcc3MWdhie0wYbHVbH8ZTaK093gRWXJySq7bZu5Y9XS8amg2u1FilxRWGVnufxpRRqVmUlL9lR-IdwQ-Wk6N7lns6vi7Jv6VvBRxA9VHlzYlIFeUl4iajBEvkrpSOF/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2011.42.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Today, when the tablecloth colors change to white and blue, it brightly refreshes the dining area.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8zUxvxfgmUy7GnFac7_EHSfMLF5_Y-Du7BQeganUDZBC9VLDJe-E9iCeayTBVI7n3DemIGO0KaTCUMS38il_wqzJVf0Qh-FSBNKK8t_klRQw1-NDhEV6GhygWHtwlRQfCFFH6MiFJRenBiRuOVCqS_pa4oBry3U3TZHh_DaCdo0_gaBHtzVCpsVX6fCM/s1656/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2011.52.13%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="1656" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ8zUxvxfgmUy7GnFac7_EHSfMLF5_Y-Du7BQeganUDZBC9VLDJe-E9iCeayTBVI7n3DemIGO0KaTCUMS38il_wqzJVf0Qh-FSBNKK8t_klRQw1-NDhEV6GhygWHtwlRQfCFFH6MiFJRenBiRuOVCqS_pa4oBry3U3TZHh_DaCdo0_gaBHtzVCpsVX6fCM/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%2011.52.13%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div> Lunch is at Tizi's, our friend's favorite family restaurant. <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsREhX6hWG4A7hMse840jx9Iuz-VcdBA3yb_ebXj4WcY05y06Zul9sojsmSM2Bh8KUEodXL1h-OThrPfbnLzybpvTRctLu2FbNyuC6Sa8gpmiUzs9SCb356fD0D1a-9SEam6lKYlEsdltj8MxWVBye8eGFKZRvx9LNqoi_Z-hwKMTtThNutVJ2UzPwM00/s1962/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.28.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1962" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAsREhX6hWG4A7hMse840jx9Iuz-VcdBA3yb_ebXj4WcY05y06Zul9sojsmSM2Bh8KUEodXL1h-OThrPfbnLzybpvTRctLu2FbNyuC6Sa8gpmiUzs9SCb356fD0D1a-9SEam6lKYlEsdltj8MxWVBye8eGFKZRvx9LNqoi_Z-hwKMTtThNutVJ2UzPwM00/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.28.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>The place has been open since her daughters were little girls. They remember swinging in the courtyard as kids.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7XtZv9Hddwb5d_bNVGa11GVJXxap1CTS7r-V6_a0F_WDqfj7cNcmtmzbVhaln4c0BDBZw6ZP1GExQG6768I8_CRO4m3g10EYjYOxPoOmaBlWTKDbzS4lU2A6TzLrSuAMlSCGN1z9umAFIIk6Ugakmb1i0KRcwOgLLQrXtwIQNNxU_1NkQBZOVlwGin_Z/s1346/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%202.40.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7XtZv9Hddwb5d_bNVGa11GVJXxap1CTS7r-V6_a0F_WDqfj7cNcmtmzbVhaln4c0BDBZw6ZP1GExQG6768I8_CRO4m3g10EYjYOxPoOmaBlWTKDbzS4lU2A6TzLrSuAMlSCGN1z9umAFIIk6Ugakmb1i0KRcwOgLLQrXtwIQNNxU_1NkQBZOVlwGin_Z/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-12%20at%202.40.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="222" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At home, I clip some ferns that have seeded on the guava tree and give the daisies from last week's bouquets one more chance.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2SIZJbQGK64QayhPTw6xi2goqEVMyyOLnBLzk_SqLjLiYWfT4WFOo4AOx6ePi7-9y6NXEvhpdUaPEEFd-2emzZ94SNo97gvmsWD8Z_o0jZCY4kLu8jGHQeTCezweBfa8RmnYW29Qlkjo-V3NWlo43LkLWl3Zmk8RPJ1UTtTmL56Oe348C_VSpbaI5Fg3/s1452/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20at%2010.55.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1016" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_2SIZJbQGK64QayhPTw6xi2goqEVMyyOLnBLzk_SqLjLiYWfT4WFOo4AOx6ePi7-9y6NXEvhpdUaPEEFd-2emzZ94SNo97gvmsWD8Z_o0jZCY4kLu8jGHQeTCezweBfa8RmnYW29Qlkjo-V3NWlo43LkLWl3Zmk8RPJ1UTtTmL56Oe348C_VSpbaI5Fg3/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20at%2010.55.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="224" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Tuesday</b></div><div>The day starts with a 5:30 meeting before a walk and more meetings. Overhead, the vines are ablaze with color.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88qD4aXLeXw1TecGPTrB46KWiHi-iNPyXi3ZOxywOF0YRXOeH1SFadmHSPtKsEoNpUZiEFsY-4q-A-5lGJPy7st4VwMcgHkMq_FrBi3wD25L1Q-U19AmPWTRg-V3ITnEts3sVPiVMxeaOk4C7kHwqm6zfq7Detqyj1vZtMbrK1Pgnq5czXveKxUhCHys5/s1300/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20at%2010.55.23%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="1130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88qD4aXLeXw1TecGPTrB46KWiHi-iNPyXi3ZOxywOF0YRXOeH1SFadmHSPtKsEoNpUZiEFsY-4q-A-5lGJPy7st4VwMcgHkMq_FrBi3wD25L1Q-U19AmPWTRg-V3ITnEts3sVPiVMxeaOk4C7kHwqm6zfq7Detqyj1vZtMbrK1Pgnq5czXveKxUhCHys5/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20at%2010.55.23%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="278" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The old fig tree is dripping with inedible figs. Wow - it could feed us all if the figs were good.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbKOd3lb9fLd8asuhTvhOSKIVC3m8M4dB-FXQbBZgzjYSx4129Ah8sRDgJP1ZmD70CEsdEYSBD8J5X6PmV-W0OzSy9zCsuVMKwjarNUqLmPLQHx9a-ylM6dYXWSSBbRhSSRvNvkKE7BHpxQqXGravIj3nWuJ4tK70K-Yd4du6_12cvCCAvqL8hKa8_Dvk/s1440/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20at%2010.55.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1088" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivbKOd3lb9fLd8asuhTvhOSKIVC3m8M4dB-FXQbBZgzjYSx4129Ah8sRDgJP1ZmD70CEsdEYSBD8J5X6PmV-W0OzSy9zCsuVMKwjarNUqLmPLQHx9a-ylM6dYXWSSBbRhSSRvNvkKE7BHpxQqXGravIj3nWuJ4tK70K-Yd4du6_12cvCCAvqL8hKa8_Dvk/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20at%2010.55.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="242" /></a></div>I love the natural companionship of these nurses, on a loop walk from the nearby hospital. They hold hands and chat.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDC0ODDTcq9mSR0-8cB5DdM9eupKW7AV1lE8iF1xdKYHQjbw-ekVJBGn_ivBA6u06xPfk6KYaohwqL_KC9r7Zn2WQ5jNksiX5TNmWbaNjfxprT8Um1Safr-91zmmHgazfmGjPHxBwBpx-9T43qg4uiPSe9VN1BRyQ1DiL2F7IpQaX2vn5yGbVWaupImHHz/s988/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20at%2010.55.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="690" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDC0ODDTcq9mSR0-8cB5DdM9eupKW7AV1lE8iF1xdKYHQjbw-ekVJBGn_ivBA6u06xPfk6KYaohwqL_KC9r7Zn2WQ5jNksiX5TNmWbaNjfxprT8Um1Safr-91zmmHgazfmGjPHxBwBpx-9T43qg4uiPSe9VN1BRyQ1DiL2F7IpQaX2vn5yGbVWaupImHHz/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20at%2010.55.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="223" /></a></div>All of MS Word disappears on my computer and I have to call W to fix it - almost opposite me on the clock. "Activate Word 365," the only option, isn't working. Ugh.</div><div><br /></div><div>Laurel comes for lunch and then it's team meeting time.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFG54i9UmC-M4nhyphenhyphenNe8wWexL-grgKb4c5AAM9ZBWvD92ORHAi8133jyGyA_8pGWqQU23E32XtXDEFMXyPlNPjBtyN8QW5qB5NEh3w_ZBoD__de1b9-vwjoGZ7nThxHmHUENouD4lTwFuMSZlMMjFVne2Fv3sQYnJgB-0c_sFjETOD-QFYthjLG6gxfuY3S/s1290/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.28.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1290" data-original-width="680" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFG54i9UmC-M4nhyphenhyphenNe8wWexL-grgKb4c5AAM9ZBWvD92ORHAi8133jyGyA_8pGWqQU23E32XtXDEFMXyPlNPjBtyN8QW5qB5NEh3w_ZBoD__de1b9-vwjoGZ7nThxHmHUENouD4lTwFuMSZlMMjFVne2Fv3sQYnJgB-0c_sFjETOD-QFYthjLG6gxfuY3S/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.28.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="169" /></a></div>Supper is simple: egg salad sandwich on homemade bread.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5fIlPWXrQ493FeMZPZ1EIod_lEjbflbSzO93lmHD4k2xVdizJK9bSnAHjYE7kaoGeK9wTotBaFlpjwA5NWXuPbT6Ryun3bPhEE3CAotAppGeRtixeyUrSJ_NbsgAK1JwtII4dpauqHiquGF-6FbHL0Uc1vNRZkD43tx3AnG1Ghxf6nzdA9impas_q7oU/s1140/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.28.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1118" data-original-width="1140" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho5fIlPWXrQ493FeMZPZ1EIod_lEjbflbSzO93lmHD4k2xVdizJK9bSnAHjYE7kaoGeK9wTotBaFlpjwA5NWXuPbT6Ryun3bPhEE3CAotAppGeRtixeyUrSJ_NbsgAK1JwtII4dpauqHiquGF-6FbHL0Uc1vNRZkD43tx3AnG1Ghxf6nzdA9impas_q7oU/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.28.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><b>Ash Wednesday, Valentine's Day, Election Day</b></div><div>Kevin has sent his Lenten Devotional and we look forward to the daily challenges.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_e7XNrdYB8_IWUW1LGU85wgz9e7ION3npNOyS1HQEPMBLAw1LXqF7V0ugUDnJ5NqcuGxnq3rPvdCn0Wke5n0CUoNQDmlMQAKwY2MK3XE_tunkDBIoSXjiBIcudzLTdcvqsvJedK16TQq0hslPAG2E7xwim6GOleTQG-GSv72im62cYRZDwVMOtAP9B7AL/s1518/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.28.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1518" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_e7XNrdYB8_IWUW1LGU85wgz9e7ION3npNOyS1HQEPMBLAw1LXqF7V0ugUDnJ5NqcuGxnq3rPvdCn0Wke5n0CUoNQDmlMQAKwY2MK3XE_tunkDBIoSXjiBIcudzLTdcvqsvJedK16TQq0hslPAG2E7xwim6GOleTQG-GSv72im62cYRZDwVMOtAP9B7AL/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.28.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="253" /></a></div>W and I call each other, he at night and I in the morning. Across this country, it's election day. People vote from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. across the nation.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHDl3eYGGZ71nqNkQf5DvtQoKVb67oGVfCkSbOx8Sw4RXQIWu1yBch4QZjJdjqkAU6utiN1CUCbXTne4XaOxHFQs6wDwApG-wpUBRUA66edrBPOmas0KHa1y04hVlERGo9BO-P6-Hp6qCLxJwxXhZhnWftUPF55gkCKcToPXTZkkhAWVNliHrbzdVF5yr/s1966/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="1966" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggHDl3eYGGZ71nqNkQf5DvtQoKVb67oGVfCkSbOx8Sw4RXQIWu1yBch4QZjJdjqkAU6utiN1CUCbXTne4XaOxHFQs6wDwApG-wpUBRUA66edrBPOmas0KHa1y04hVlERGo9BO-P6-Hp6qCLxJwxXhZhnWftUPF55gkCKcToPXTZkkhAWVNliHrbzdVF5yr/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><b>Thursday</b></div><div>We hike the forest trails and the tea plantations. What a relief: it's been 4 weeks. I taught for 3 and last week was Chinese New Year traffic so we didn't go.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9TYAK8_mKTmTi2lw6DjWMHlwxjsFx2UPfYC0ENeNGFOkj5dwfaqbPNJDKaXZYYOSYGr2P0sF63aZCo1mGNJbMgd5ylEGxCVhI524iu-37HuE4wmJ3W1mBSLjv06X7b7s-fbM65Q2WDvsjagBYWEFgE5V0qhDs6jIfmpjSL1GVWWICyzlVT_5rBG4_58b/s1502/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit9TYAK8_mKTmTi2lw6DjWMHlwxjsFx2UPfYC0ENeNGFOkj5dwfaqbPNJDKaXZYYOSYGr2P0sF63aZCo1mGNJbMgd5ylEGxCVhI524iu-37HuE4wmJ3W1mBSLjv06X7b7s-fbM65Q2WDvsjagBYWEFgE5V0qhDs6jIfmpjSL1GVWWICyzlVT_5rBG4_58b/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="239" /></a></div>On this route, we stop for a photo under an enormous tree.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0VYx3_9YezD5MR0GudHVubA01FDPC1cPpwhEJtqXl7bKlMuMI6JyO9FhZJQIccrP1fg98L25KzTUkksH-_BKNgdRk9KjpPgvYokku266clLzHGgQy107Ecr9SqTqEMRGgrgoMpB-dQlS_sRoAtaYpwwfFYE-xXz2pFT3Ojb30Xcg1dHz-kexPRyZvhGZ/s1496/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.31.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0VYx3_9YezD5MR0GudHVubA01FDPC1cPpwhEJtqXl7bKlMuMI6JyO9FhZJQIccrP1fg98L25KzTUkksH-_BKNgdRk9KjpPgvYokku266clLzHGgQy107Ecr9SqTqEMRGgrgoMpB-dQlS_sRoAtaYpwwfFYE-xXz2pFT3Ojb30Xcg1dHz-kexPRyZvhGZ/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.31.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="242" /></a></div><div>Some long seed pods catch our attention. They'd be amazing on a table, filled with wax or votives. But I'm not in the mood to <i>schlep</i> them so they stay on the forest floor.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNHSAIuwqry3ThUeirjaFLbDQknjQBfDFIGBdZb1Unvz36Xem45cSST8m4o4hOItN7sax8xcr6gv1iPcs5T07lHVKqpdnPuwt8sR9lOImXSL1VPyCwZoVABdaiM_wixxO7umAkyB_S8nmvrJ4DnTos-jGf8DRhOE8SbraNee_LHadYjYsbCyritMYqUfh/s1452/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="1118" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieNHSAIuwqry3ThUeirjaFLbDQknjQBfDFIGBdZb1Unvz36Xem45cSST8m4o4hOItN7sax8xcr6gv1iPcs5T07lHVKqpdnPuwt8sR9lOImXSL1VPyCwZoVABdaiM_wixxO7umAkyB_S8nmvrJ4DnTos-jGf8DRhOE8SbraNee_LHadYjYsbCyritMYqUfh/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="246" /></a></div>The dogs are thrilled to be out walking. When they're out of sight, I whistle and they come running back.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighoS9e8fzMdh5R1b_WHW69QMKe3FhemSKuS7pnv8FSOs3-RVdKIH7YD0CRKn3LtXeIOx-q7nI_Y4PlFOntw5eknmGAA2UCdCTTOaffj8oDw2ZQZ9wSxAIce__7JmEAhLj15txCedcycN0QsfcqT7vdKYL-iYcLul_UPofKKNwlLY4NSVB776F1MYvU-7v/s812/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="812" data-original-width="462" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighoS9e8fzMdh5R1b_WHW69QMKe3FhemSKuS7pnv8FSOs3-RVdKIH7YD0CRKn3LtXeIOx-q7nI_Y4PlFOntw5eknmGAA2UCdCTTOaffj8oDw2ZQZ9wSxAIce__7JmEAhLj15txCedcycN0QsfcqT7vdKYL-iYcLul_UPofKKNwlLY4NSVB776F1MYvU-7v/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="182" /></a></div>We find a cave beside the trail but only 2 climb up the bank to it. It's small and empty.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZYhOIPwkKbguMIhD9lJpnGq7QGyaogOJ_PoZAOIplxRbkFMtLmpVKHMumaIWSLibfXSbWFdaVL-CD7e6LI63NcKUAkOc30_bq1lcZTAJdI1Qho3RGnfdJeI6pRw_Lu53dFGBnJAf97irUsFvJjJVHrxDiPnDI4a5BAch1LPxR-0wYRXZ1A6ryQGjPP5y/s1462/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="974" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFZYhOIPwkKbguMIhD9lJpnGq7QGyaogOJ_PoZAOIplxRbkFMtLmpVKHMumaIWSLibfXSbWFdaVL-CD7e6LI63NcKUAkOc30_bq1lcZTAJdI1Qho3RGnfdJeI6pRw_Lu53dFGBnJAf97irUsFvJjJVHrxDiPnDI4a5BAch1LPxR-0wYRXZ1A6ryQGjPP5y/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="213" /></a></div>About halfway into the hike, it starts to rain. Soon our shoes are full of water and the dogs are soaked.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uZO2GniUyBeVfZ9P_yn4qpAVXdL4wf8242QPSO_tWHT4d4ZDka2rZwhmLg85UtLHVHDloP9GT6EjPVyPaXCrZjNgaJW5qSRim8_UnKbEFA-Xo9pHUUICisYD49Rv4pKKeJaHPM45UNYf2LVxO35Bbmv9gIa3uxJs0BD8NxafHhVPt6LZyu9hSLL8tvIX/s1404/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1404" data-original-width="1054" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uZO2GniUyBeVfZ9P_yn4qpAVXdL4wf8242QPSO_tWHT4d4ZDka2rZwhmLg85UtLHVHDloP9GT6EjPVyPaXCrZjNgaJW5qSRim8_UnKbEFA-Xo9pHUUICisYD49Rv4pKKeJaHPM45UNYf2LVxO35Bbmv9gIa3uxJs0BD8NxafHhVPt6LZyu9hSLL8tvIX/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.29.54%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="240" /></a></div>Everyone has brought a raincoat. It was sunny when we left the city this morning but we know how unpredictable the mountain weather is.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYliz_TsSzLMqZRKkrJDEys1yPii6170t1cwapuioWMfw-H6poBVU20tV9Dhn_YHWR0noSDxE1XAp3k_8qf8eNXb2WbCjC-tbc5z9vG8As7uN-zDaaTNxqw3fCje5XWpI2NxEHqsGRrXmGUBVb_HXt-wDsxMXXLsfZVk7jq_6Q9dldJlQ5OtidbKwfkRQ/s1790/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.30.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="1790" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhYliz_TsSzLMqZRKkrJDEys1yPii6170t1cwapuioWMfw-H6poBVU20tV9Dhn_YHWR0noSDxE1XAp3k_8qf8eNXb2WbCjC-tbc5z9vG8As7uN-zDaaTNxqw3fCje5XWpI2NxEHqsGRrXmGUBVb_HXt-wDsxMXXLsfZVk7jq_6Q9dldJlQ5OtidbKwfkRQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.30.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>After, some of us eat lunch at Mandarin in Lembang. Delicious food, reliable service, free hot tea. What's not to love?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllN8FHrNqBDBEjLX1bzojLYQr1vl2loDBM11ol8Gc-tANpQ4WpU9tfsXfqy848uxBkUGk1B7rN_lC2mkvP6ATIg0w8D-E4KDAhj1MYSkxsQAvuhlWjHzdX7EHRJhDMMBDccyFFbLVaBkqlmOMLhz6zsycn5IKjexCtFZup59koUNl_Q3qOoKL6ltDjBuO/s1786/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.30.10%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1786" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgllN8FHrNqBDBEjLX1bzojLYQr1vl2loDBM11ol8Gc-tANpQ4WpU9tfsXfqy848uxBkUGk1B7rN_lC2mkvP6ATIg0w8D-E4KDAhj1MYSkxsQAvuhlWjHzdX7EHRJhDMMBDccyFFbLVaBkqlmOMLhz6zsycn5IKjexCtFZup59koUNl_Q3qOoKL6ltDjBuO/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.30.10%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>For the first time, I see this Aceh heroine (freedom fighter, says PakG) on a bill. Rp1000 is worth about 6c.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgXpuY9LbRiJKo_UxPpICdpo4wdLzg9eWY_Ff7XZYqY1_SVA8undG3p9I3N29e5uSWW25fwqzzk2tWKUYcWUAEO-cg7zuh8_KigChDpel2vdTtjzoUvQBlv8hJ19UpU_q6We8D6mbfCtgks4vwNb7Sc9a7d8d9TOrqojUr-GvjVPEabFkov37JCLglnAF/s2586/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.30.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="2586" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgXpuY9LbRiJKo_UxPpICdpo4wdLzg9eWY_Ff7XZYqY1_SVA8undG3p9I3N29e5uSWW25fwqzzk2tWKUYcWUAEO-cg7zuh8_KigChDpel2vdTtjzoUvQBlv8hJ19UpU_q6We8D6mbfCtgks4vwNb7Sc9a7d8d9TOrqojUr-GvjVPEabFkov37JCLglnAF/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.30.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The helper has been in the garden, gathering flowers to refresh a fading arrangement. Good job!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2p9fcCHNcBiPZouQhGuQYECd3P-dhQQsID1qWQO5R2cd5qWyBQ9Y6vr5eQnSbsd8595Qy2hbRzIG3fv_h_Yn5xHrBBGAFiuCuPXILdTB-M-F4v61YgbfcNOiEei8HBMJN-KqgiRsxmVnMMshV0WLVWhyphenhyphenAhTAY8qqpvtnhrbgdoLGD6ubLG5FxIIOChXz/s1410/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.30.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="952" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2p9fcCHNcBiPZouQhGuQYECd3P-dhQQsID1qWQO5R2cd5qWyBQ9Y6vr5eQnSbsd8595Qy2hbRzIG3fv_h_Yn5xHrBBGAFiuCuPXILdTB-M-F4v61YgbfcNOiEei8HBMJN-KqgiRsxmVnMMshV0WLVWhyphenhyphenAhTAY8qqpvtnhrbgdoLGD6ubLG5FxIIOChXz/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-15%20at%203.30.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="216" /></a></div>I warm up with a shower while PakG brushes the seeds out of the dogs' coats and ears. </div><div><br /></div><div>"Look for leeches," I say after finding one - fat and full - on my leg. Only one, though. Sometimes there are up to 10 after we trample through wet grass. We pull them off and splash the bloody holes with a traditional oil formula: <i>minyak gosok.</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div><div>W's buying American and European chocolate (TJ and Aldi) so I feel obligated to make a dent in the DairyMilk Kettle & salt bar at home. I sit and write, and brush ants off my face and chair. They come in all sizes and enter the house from the garden when it rains.</div><div><br /></div><div>Lenten blogs posted here: <a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/">https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/</a> <br /><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*My Spirit abides among you; do not fear. Hagai 2:5</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Jesus said, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” John 16:33</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*For we do not proclaim ourselves; we proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and ourselves as servants for Jesus’ sake. 2 Corinthians 4:5</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Spirit of God, your holy presence makes us confident in all things. We are assured that we do not need to fear because you have overcome the world. Grant us the strength to always trust in your abiding presence. Amen.</span></i></p></div></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-29040699980584063832024-02-14T15:35:00.000-08:002024-02-14T15:35:35.922-08:00Day 2, Lent 2024: What have I promised?<p>These daily posts are found at <a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/">https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/</a></p><p>----</p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px;">Decades ago, I promised God I'd follow anywhere he led, just like Jesus did. Then I would wince at the thought that the life of Jesus led to the cross. And I'd hope that suffering would be distant and my life wouldn't be painful.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Yet pain comes. Suffering comes. Distractions arise. And in daily life, we get diverted from our promises.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This Lenten season, I'm asking God to remind me of my promises. </span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I want to rest in the comfort Moses promised God's people if they would align themselves with God's nature and his plans: </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">"Be strong and courageous.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"> Do not be afraid or terrified</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"> because of them, for the </span><span class="small-caps" style="font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;">Lord</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"> your God goes with you;</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;">he will never leave you</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"> nor forsake</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 16px;"> you.” (Deuteronomy 31:6)</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><i>Challenge: </i></span><i>In what ways am I following through on what I have promised him? Do I trust him to fulfill his purposes for me?</i></span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(117, 117, 117); clear: both; color: #757575; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcfJe0O-nwJASNiHeXJWVsFIJcniivUBTDBf1vW3NK6X-tU5RqYbDOYPi6sWRcE29y_CpDQE8Vsbkxfwb0wOISWI41BX6ZI2H9Mxyidh_MZnRpK3OqCJZNRW6eB1cQpVy09tzR9oFaodaO6YbnaZ9ttjAOY06fYCzGjBq1wV5SZfpc2RRgoI4ELZ0400/s1430/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.31.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="background: none; color: #37afc0; display: inline-block; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="1068" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfcfJe0O-nwJASNiHeXJWVsFIJcniivUBTDBf1vW3NK6X-tU5RqYbDOYPi6sWRcE29y_CpDQE8Vsbkxfwb0wOISWI41BX6ZI2H9Mxyidh_MZnRpK3OqCJZNRW6eB1cQpVy09tzR9oFaodaO6YbnaZ9ttjAOY06fYCzGjBq1wV5SZfpc2RRgoI4ELZ0400/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.31.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="border: 0px; height: inherit; max-width: 100%;" width="239" /></a></span></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-22684508038101831312024-02-13T02:08:00.000-08:002024-02-13T18:39:46.209-08:00Ash Wednesday 2024: Giving it up<p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Lent has arrived more quickly than I anticipated. I post daily during Lent = through Good Friday (March 29) at <a href="https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/">https://simplelife-rosemarie.blogspot.com/</a> Use the posts to help you renew a sense of wonder at your salvation. (Subscribe if you want an automatic email.)</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: georgia;">---- Ash Wednesday 2024: Giving it up----</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Today around the world, the palm fronds from last year will be burned and the ashes touched to the forehead in the shape of a cross. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">During Lent, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">the next 40 days of meditation and prayer, </span><span style="font-family: georgia;">we remember that Jesus lived and died for us - . Typically, Christians choose a daily spiritual discipline - fasting, prayer, Bible reading, etc. - that turns our hearts toward God and his loving sacrifice for us. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Remember that the discipline does not make you more beloved or holy in God's eyes. You are already completely loved. And what Jesus accomplished on the cross makes you holy and righteous in God's eyes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;">Fasting is usually the discipline of Lent. You can limit food or drink (do a traditional fast), media, a habit, a routine, or ...?</span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: georgia;">Challenge: What will you give up for Lent to make space for spiritual growth? Or, what spiritual discipline will you choose to honor Jesus as your Savior and Lord? </span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbQmT-o-4zj8H05G1YU8EJ2lheVCc84QndOV1GLWzFMx-1f_L2FDUYUMAZdLu0odxGZ_eMzJbZUy9ETe2M4qtiSc_ezcvrZJgDseSDjIBLQbYFGcm6E_BF4b9vXIv85cQjRHwJq6piBMqdZZfw1wcZUgXecSNO5cwEmu8blLjaB_Wd8cWlbNJjljVPU_c/s596/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20at%2011.45.34%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="596" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsbQmT-o-4zj8H05G1YU8EJ2lheVCc84QndOV1GLWzFMx-1f_L2FDUYUMAZdLu0odxGZ_eMzJbZUy9ETe2M4qtiSc_ezcvrZJgDseSDjIBLQbYFGcm6E_BF4b9vXIv85cQjRHwJq6piBMqdZZfw1wcZUgXecSNO5cwEmu8blLjaB_Wd8cWlbNJjljVPU_c/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-13%20at%2011.45.34%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></span></a></p><p></p>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-1141070802625471772024-02-11T02:04:00.000-08:002024-02-11T02:04:34.772-08:00Creatures and growing things<p><b>Friday, February 9, 2024</b></p><p>A double walk with one dog is what I manage this morning. I leash Juno the labradoodle at 7:00 a.m. since she's most likely to howl if left behind. She trots at my side like a pony. Later in the day, I take Bailey the poodle on a loop. He is stroked by school children, who are normally frightened of dogs. </p><p>"He's like a little lamb, feel his coat," I encourage them. The brave ones go first. When we get home, he naps.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1COe-a-OpGy01-SwJwFTh_Wm6bQL6D2ZUKIcd6nUlgFRMC8wRdcbdx8cuZBbqG563EHC14QntfsUKPPFs11yPSyrCu8yLxMIHGG8tqvAjL_88LntpTylt8h2ytyITcw3ajlogGCY1QeilnZ-Uyodf1wOUgSNiul_MiTa2vaSjkUwDc1WkRTdhWHJqfzNE/s1776/bailey%20rests.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1776" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1COe-a-OpGy01-SwJwFTh_Wm6bQL6D2ZUKIcd6nUlgFRMC8wRdcbdx8cuZBbqG563EHC14QntfsUKPPFs11yPSyrCu8yLxMIHGG8tqvAjL_88LntpTylt8h2ytyITcw3ajlogGCY1QeilnZ-Uyodf1wOUgSNiul_MiTa2vaSjkUwDc1WkRTdhWHJqfzNE/s320/bailey%20rests.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Our houseguests have their own agendas so the house is quiet during the day while the helpers work. Ibu Siti the masseuse grinds the kinks out of my back.</p><p>Yesterday, Alaine my spiritual director led me through a body-awareness exercise to see where emotions are being carried. "Sometimes the body responds before the mind or spirit are aware of what you're feeling." Things grind to a halt mid-back.</p><p>Alaine encourages me to pay attention to what fear and joy and stress feel like. Then, when my body reacts, I can recognize the emotions I'm feeling. Good idea. Right now, the tangle of thoughts in my head is like these pea sprouts.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLKUewmsr7nb2dWDuVDk6Sxwv9Q6VV798GREYbPBSvabpur6_fMZtKCfxnFI0O7tOmPKoSgWcKyx-H8SuhT8Qma276QtI4_tXfZ1qGDGb4u2ERCIrKPtrvuUKuTbPFG-YXtJIhoAoj3IWQwRMsZHOQQlAUhAQtIvwkjzLg6LlXl-3w7rwD3NnJPe68mR8/s1478/Screenshot%202024-02-09%20at%205.32.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQLKUewmsr7nb2dWDuVDk6Sxwv9Q6VV798GREYbPBSvabpur6_fMZtKCfxnFI0O7tOmPKoSgWcKyx-H8SuhT8Qma276QtI4_tXfZ1qGDGb4u2ERCIrKPtrvuUKuTbPFG-YXtJIhoAoj3IWQwRMsZHOQQlAUhAQtIvwkjzLg6LlXl-3w7rwD3NnJPe68mR8/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-09%20at%205.32.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="246" /></a></p><p>"Name the block you're feeling, if you want to," Alaine says. "Identify what belongs to you or what the block is carrying for you. Then ask what you can offer up to God." Maybe she's expecting me to name the tension in my back: "stress," or "block," or some other identification.</p><p>But "Fred," pops into my head. I laugh aloud. I've been thinking often about Dad, who died 3 years ago, so I guess that's where that word come from. For decades, my dad assumed his middle name was Fred in honor of his uncle. He called his business AFD Enterprises - his supposed initials. But when he checked his birth certificate in his 50s., lo and behold, he had no middle name. There was no "Fred."</p><p>So the label FRED makes me laugh. It soon becomes an acronym for things in my life: "Family, Relationships, Emotions, Distractions." My amusement at FRED's identification entwines with sorrow at the complications of life. I was ready for spiritual direction and Alaine hears from God what can guide my journey.</p><p>And today, Siti the masseuse gives me a fresh start, grinding out the knots. After I'm relaxed and showered, the lovely Caron drops by to listen and give comfort after the strange weeks we've waded through. We drink tea and coffee (her treat) on the Porch and eat freshly-baked cookies made by IbuA and IbuS this week. Caron's visit assures me of God's sovereignty and love through it all.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDYwaLwx2cL7vVBc0c7nspzbzRloKF7kY7DhyZP3igKpq_PivmDYR0e-kYGbi8SKRJnLAPtOI8MQevjHgusTB-tffZ0zUMqpK-IqgpbmnP6YzvUkN-VnshT3dIE-DlOZssMT0vSn94ovOywmM5TZNj6r3j63BvyUwRYRTuXeeUqkQgsODdek1ShDxhTG6/s838/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.25.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="838" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiDYwaLwx2cL7vVBc0c7nspzbzRloKF7kY7DhyZP3igKpq_PivmDYR0e-kYGbi8SKRJnLAPtOI8MQevjHgusTB-tffZ0zUMqpK-IqgpbmnP6YzvUkN-VnshT3dIE-DlOZssMT0vSn94ovOywmM5TZNj6r3j63BvyUwRYRTuXeeUqkQgsODdek1ShDxhTG6/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.25.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>After combining bouquets to use in the hall Sunday, I finish grading class assignments from the past weeks. I drop the grades into a fresh Excel sheet. There's one more task - a long one - ahead before the class is done. I'll spend the next month correcting revisions and offering suggestions to make the student papers the best possible. This is an intensive class for the lecturer but if the students improve their writing, I'm happy. No free passes though. No excuses. They have to do the work.</p><p><b>Saturday - Lunar New Year</b></p><p>The best thing about any beginning is the hopefulness about what may lie ahead. Melvi, Laurel, and I walk a few blocks to see Alice and her family. We've just eaten but they serve lychee and rose tea - the same blend we drank the last time I visited their mom. They offer delicious snacks: banana chips and spicy bbq chips.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTG2JaZedqmLyowULhPMPavr4xeQDnSGDKFitK4pWZfYjahQVvGBiG_hDzorpzkGjh6udkBoCvxGqEOUqOihfgmqxeVfcmJjEDE4n5BEXKdHaK8p78Qty9m3_4KV_4STwVuKeni1grrAA7c2quUDS1n08rMFbWKSAijHQ6jjyRTv7vq8geNbnl9B5-hzji/s1812/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.25.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="1812" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTG2JaZedqmLyowULhPMPavr4xeQDnSGDKFitK4pWZfYjahQVvGBiG_hDzorpzkGjh6udkBoCvxGqEOUqOihfgmqxeVfcmJjEDE4n5BEXKdHaK8p78Qty9m3_4KV_4STwVuKeni1grrAA7c2quUDS1n08rMFbWKSAijHQ6jjyRTv7vq8geNbnl9B5-hzji/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.25.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The waterlilies are blooming in the pot beside the Porch when we get home.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kB-GXCQurbBCxQ3OB87FZfUY4bJhav5GStfP7ah7ZiqgBecNYtpVUXiuzbwhqo1VT3u5rXr02c2hbfjvWMhrEl3KFa3IJkFM2Ho1LQZwiikKeJ8u5dkdNw6TpRo8G6EwPY6UTKKJiBRJ9M-mTmO1UVNKJkVZiyJeqsqr3O0cv4hQWZcLGPptA9PrqKEr/s1114/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1052" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1kB-GXCQurbBCxQ3OB87FZfUY4bJhav5GStfP7ah7ZiqgBecNYtpVUXiuzbwhqo1VT3u5rXr02c2hbfjvWMhrEl3KFa3IJkFM2Ho1LQZwiikKeJ8u5dkdNw6TpRo8G6EwPY6UTKKJiBRJ9M-mTmO1UVNKJkVZiyJeqsqr3O0cv4hQWZcLGPptA9PrqKEr/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="302" /></a></div>One little durian falls off the tree. We don't have helpers here today (New Years vacation) so we send it off to the first neighbor on the list. The whiteboards and other supplies for Tanikota's English Program arrive via truck: shipping is cheap. It costs only a few dollars to move things across Java.<br /><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHJV_XL8q7d09mzmEeng49mndfWQTaedtg76zj-WJxke1JOWNd239UJ7x2TnDsIHaS9X46okV43CPiDqVuLEovnkY7PPjSb_uQp2u4s7bRIgv23lMbSx4AvACBimv25CN_nbraBWo6yfZJV575xhRH1vbMtv-gvyipyM_oG9Lo-dFG7v3fPC6krWNPxH8/s1274/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1274" data-original-width="1002" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXHJV_XL8q7d09mzmEeng49mndfWQTaedtg76zj-WJxke1JOWNd239UJ7x2TnDsIHaS9X46okV43CPiDqVuLEovnkY7PPjSb_uQp2u4s7bRIgv23lMbSx4AvACBimv25CN_nbraBWo6yfZJV575xhRH1vbMtv-gvyipyM_oG9Lo-dFG7v3fPC6krWNPxH8/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="252" /></a></p><p>Saturday is usually a sabbath. When I wake at night I ponder how I'm living out the resolutions and promises I've made in years past. Realignment would allow God to pour out more abundance and grace. There's internal work to do, clearly.</p><p>Though it's the middle of the night, I start writing my annual Lenten blog. If I don't follow the prompting, there's no trace of the ideas in the morning.</p><p>Some Lent or Advent seasons, I write each day, exploring whatever I'm experiencing in this life of faith and discipleship. Those years, writing is a discipline of daily observation and recording.</p><p>This year, I'm apparently writing ahead of time - blindly listening - and trusting that each daily post will be the challenge God has for me that day. I ask God to speak through the words he's putting on the page. I finish a week's worth and turn in to bed, to continue sleeping.</p><p><b>Sunday</b></p><p>Laurel preaches her heart out on the meaning and significance of the Church. She's amazing, a gifted communicator.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVkYM4iCNhHKVoHhaP-A-c7PP36N8xg9hwtEEJE3l6ujTyBc1cRsBIzy6OoCmo4ZbijtFKLnMKGDklgL5jrPeahVELUNL48jy5l1M8B1Br-PJFTGx3V-ZKWf5n1z7pPCore0_3Sj89jqM9EnCFWd9LDtK9eDIiik5arIuLF1Q_V1R8eVFYFSNRsBbGkM6/s1016/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1016" data-original-width="822" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUVkYM4iCNhHKVoHhaP-A-c7PP36N8xg9hwtEEJE3l6ujTyBc1cRsBIzy6OoCmo4ZbijtFKLnMKGDklgL5jrPeahVELUNL48jy5l1M8B1Br-PJFTGx3V-ZKWf5n1z7pPCore0_3Sj89jqM9EnCFWd9LDtK9eDIiik5arIuLF1Q_V1R8eVFYFSNRsBbGkM6/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="259" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">The young people head off to lunch together. They come from almost every continent.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL49kvfx4jf0IxUVtsoYlaUvHt8uyKAiaBuHRoj3z4ra6sF9xHpAAWpftK6Q9v9U4e-w2zcMLSOm6KaKvUe_x5lTVj-99VKiyEUv5ycRUjCDvvI6HowzmhbgtfO-420oGRHFUOO87vf160ryje3AVeAN6RLxJ1OeQ_DY4TkxNdh98LcYyIXymFuhLP404a/s1404/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="736" data-original-width="1404" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL49kvfx4jf0IxUVtsoYlaUvHt8uyKAiaBuHRoj3z4ra6sF9xHpAAWpftK6Q9v9U4e-w2zcMLSOm6KaKvUe_x5lTVj-99VKiyEUv5ycRUjCDvvI6HowzmhbgtfO-420oGRHFUOO87vf160ryje3AVeAN6RLxJ1OeQ_DY4TkxNdh98LcYyIXymFuhLP404a/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">It's great fun to see their friendships develop.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCv2Kn0MpOGvJZMNdewEhuSH5nsZ6yy4LE-xdlMArooG-RfIonQ7BlsOI4ENqUvJqxHrhyx3uewXRgdHGl5ARaOzOJDlLPh5qkMHSliIflbH1Yge9ez7mbRqX9M0D8VSAkPHA9lGONiJY_pvugWyFRrwZkURIdi57OXKCNXXp0bJdJg8UzYGPVyxEtcPzQ/s1368/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.34.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1368" data-original-width="1092" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCv2Kn0MpOGvJZMNdewEhuSH5nsZ6yy4LE-xdlMArooG-RfIonQ7BlsOI4ENqUvJqxHrhyx3uewXRgdHGl5ARaOzOJDlLPh5qkMHSliIflbH1Yge9ez7mbRqX9M0D8VSAkPHA9lGONiJY_pvugWyFRrwZkURIdi57OXKCNXXp0bJdJg8UzYGPVyxEtcPzQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.34.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="255" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">It's also treat to meet Vanessa, visiting from a "sister" IES congregation in Jakarta. Turns out that we know many of the same people.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDvQI-_2TnUKmTRYxqr1Vv9kKNjYG_G_Wzrr_hyLrmwhS_hSuMMNAI2Jko-PmKdblpOhuEAeXXmdKI8_vR2zEHOAzN608JjbQqw57SE4YgKEqG10xzvQG2UgSRQIoo1zwohOg9ZZdvcuEzBs9_DpSLt1_pbuqVMHhovTgk4csd6Nve7m3Y6GJxhmvdPqQ/s1444/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="1444" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNDvQI-_2TnUKmTRYxqr1Vv9kKNjYG_G_Wzrr_hyLrmwhS_hSuMMNAI2Jko-PmKdblpOhuEAeXXmdKI8_vR2zEHOAzN608JjbQqw57SE4YgKEqG10xzvQG2UgSRQIoo1zwohOg9ZZdvcuEzBs9_DpSLt1_pbuqVMHhovTgk4csd6Nve7m3Y6GJxhmvdPqQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Lunch? A wonderful <i>Mushroom Rules</i> pizza at Miss Bee Providore. I eat a few slices and pack the rest up for later.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp08Bs1e3wU_uoKzSlArK8xiqIGJNMo0txNet3Oo3oZ04i0Ec1Uc7KAL9jXnUZr52OirV70SyurNw3D3ZYh83Y6cbtxwCAXYyeohcrrRKxO4RJL1VJwhbT5ud9TiK_iZ9KER4Z4-yTh10qM-ctnToOKdwPh1mvnindRzbJ5prgR0AD_jQcFlk-awjfSfSu/s2028/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2028" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp08Bs1e3wU_uoKzSlArK8xiqIGJNMo0txNet3Oo3oZ04i0Ec1Uc7KAL9jXnUZr52OirV70SyurNw3D3ZYh83Y6cbtxwCAXYyeohcrrRKxO4RJL1VJwhbT5ud9TiK_iZ9KER4Z4-yTh10qM-ctnToOKdwPh1mvnindRzbJ5prgR0AD_jQcFlk-awjfSfSu/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%2012.26.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">The dogs are happy to see me and sprawl nearby in the sun and wind. W's asked me to edit a chapter he's writing but I have no capacity to find the original document. I change out of "Sunday" clothing and relax on the Porch with the dogs around me. Periodically they run around the yard, barking up a storm - and then they come back to rest. Good doggies.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNjC4SvQwTgU8jyTPis2lX0Rlym98idJhIGqu_NeS5xCy6DkOH7FDWWEn-zuNlGJYozLsW5l5qOeBtZI3-_RXybB4bep8VT7AljWCaNA40EvBysUzPDlhyftQzVsmiYlhcIZhwjrwr0AwwmB4Cn1vx0k0IeBy6inwB90TkFOowDoqj_rlrLpgfu9cNZQE/s1496/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.34.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="1496" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDNjC4SvQwTgU8jyTPis2lX0Rlym98idJhIGqu_NeS5xCy6DkOH7FDWWEn-zuNlGJYozLsW5l5qOeBtZI3-_RXybB4bep8VT7AljWCaNA40EvBysUzPDlhyftQzVsmiYlhcIZhwjrwr0AwwmB4Cn1vx0k0IeBy6inwB90TkFOowDoqj_rlrLpgfu9cNZQE/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.34.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">When the clouds and rain roll in, Gypsy hangs out by our room. When someone comes to the gate, he's off in a flash to make sure no one comes in uninvited. Then he settles down nearby.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqb0ao1NH_ttj5aitFTFZ1Pem8XboWRIbC1VxbSqgaQLHxNMC8yWmjXLIBASheGtnSywvTSp554sI2L07xACH6EizhkMfCOpiOlZY42PEMhTaxbjAtYf7BWxjJJiijx2Arf1bPe02wI_qip5WhgPurmbs3Pia-7b5bPIErp2kxhUjYPotu7cO1WgG1poX8/s1506/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1210" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqb0ao1NH_ttj5aitFTFZ1Pem8XboWRIbC1VxbSqgaQLHxNMC8yWmjXLIBASheGtnSywvTSp554sI2L07xACH6EizhkMfCOpiOlZY42PEMhTaxbjAtYf7BWxjJJiijx2Arf1bPe02wI_qip5WhgPurmbs3Pia-7b5bPIErp2kxhUjYPotu7cO1WgG1poX8/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="257" /></a></div>I'm working my way through the most recent Morning Pages journal. I have about a dozen of these. Most are in Seattle but a few have filled up here. <div><br /></div><div>HINT: If you wonder who you are and what your gifts are, watch to see what you do without thinking or hesitation. I write. I dabble in art and I think a lot about decor - but I always write.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BeCkE-hUffk_WjvbDG3RjRfuNzKyuFKVVev7P1-iTmn0OXvXoUNwG7_DKv4_w4NCXJzfJZlJocxKHu0m1jMR_rsDrC_90fg08Ajy_iIuR9FKsgairQibR_N5VAsOUhM02hMbFYmBnVZKRbVbvNTKTp2XRvfsnoCktghec-0XLY6l0bcO7YvVBN8oc7eR/s1506/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.33.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1178" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6BeCkE-hUffk_WjvbDG3RjRfuNzKyuFKVVev7P1-iTmn0OXvXoUNwG7_DKv4_w4NCXJzfJZlJocxKHu0m1jMR_rsDrC_90fg08Ajy_iIuR9FKsgairQibR_N5VAsOUhM02hMbFYmBnVZKRbVbvNTKTp2XRvfsnoCktghec-0XLY6l0bcO7YvVBN8oc7eR/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.33.57%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="250" /></a></div>With high humidity and rain, many plants thrive. I got this ivy from a friend last Easter. It hasn't taken off like the ivy does in Seattle but it's still sending out vines.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XfiH_Ex9LlO6PfyJSHJwMWN7BVftcpgC7YhZeezwNbAScjEpSzPypGvRDi0LwnJ2cJG1ky-lgPAUicMltwLDAUMUulDc9nlTFVUuLlhRn4Y4JpQ6SZQm9hi97tCRUq2YQVoGNc-1tD7Ti-ptXpYrq-bURcaifRfIiSg3hKAGKyZUCh62bive1BYmV7_W/s1474/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="1430" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XfiH_Ex9LlO6PfyJSHJwMWN7BVftcpgC7YhZeezwNbAScjEpSzPypGvRDi0LwnJ2cJG1ky-lgPAUicMltwLDAUMUulDc9nlTFVUuLlhRn4Y4JpQ6SZQm9hi97tCRUq2YQVoGNc-1tD7Ti-ptXpYrq-bURcaifRfIiSg3hKAGKyZUCh62bive1BYmV7_W/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="310" /></a></div>On the other hand, the green wall is filling up with ordinary ferns. They need to be culled - maybe for a flower arrangement - before they crowd out the orchids, birds nest ferns, and staghorn ferns.<div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EH2IYIDnAA_mIjn111RmC8zKLvzvVMqkydzxz2gb7SMUbi236BsJA2a_Hbd-tqv9obpksEhvfOCehUk55judhE6OPT_hVF26kgZ7FCuw_LHgjQBHtgvlFryAXV3hDVxOgoxMBQnxnVWhfzzOlpflHjilXg3baMjRJydOttEox3d02n2jVYDDg8h6RVZM/s2012/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="2012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4EH2IYIDnAA_mIjn111RmC8zKLvzvVMqkydzxz2gb7SMUbi236BsJA2a_Hbd-tqv9obpksEhvfOCehUk55judhE6OPT_hVF26kgZ7FCuw_LHgjQBHtgvlFryAXV3hDVxOgoxMBQnxnVWhfzzOlpflHjilXg3baMjRJydOttEox3d02n2jVYDDg8h6RVZM/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Beside the Porch, the papaya tree sends out a continual parade of edible flowers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnqsKr92-XjnLpAUY2roHHn1wsM3Fma-5ONXcRoabKnKcpb9BFNhUfKrh3J-OlfIF9Cpyyn7md5flcE-pADVumvOQCi7nu3-ROdvzYmedXtcA9aEDZaiTos8VDVqX9JrP2if8j1JzSxAvHpMe9Q27DRBbSj60wnVEqalhSlKKfN9JVrPkfpWmgFf5i3Db/s1340/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivnqsKr92-XjnLpAUY2roHHn1wsM3Fma-5ONXcRoabKnKcpb9BFNhUfKrh3J-OlfIF9Cpyyn7md5flcE-pADVumvOQCi7nu3-ROdvzYmedXtcA9aEDZaiTos8VDVqX9JrP2if8j1JzSxAvHpMe9Q27DRBbSj60wnVEqalhSlKKfN9JVrPkfpWmgFf5i3Db/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="268" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The canary sings his heart out as soon as the rain starts to hiss through the garden. The creatures great and small, the Lord God made them all.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBSm0Vsz990gPftNJAybl_QPgV5H6QIwL-znzsL1lXR1USDsFGri0gdAQU6MycMFBhExasfKbaKgajyzsyhJ1EXaUlSbVTXoERSORXgjZQNG7Ju8jrnwO1Qv2gGkGd9UwrBn6hP16_8Ed_hdEsh_e5vCt3k9Bd8mQimeFsMtA6v0WH5WE0iuUVDgBc8wP/s2018/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="2018" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJBSm0Vsz990gPftNJAybl_QPgV5H6QIwL-znzsL1lXR1USDsFGri0gdAQU6MycMFBhExasfKbaKgajyzsyhJ1EXaUlSbVTXoERSORXgjZQNG7Ju8jrnwO1Qv2gGkGd9UwrBn6hP16_8Ed_hdEsh_e5vCt3k9Bd8mQimeFsMtA6v0WH5WE0iuUVDgBc8wP/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-11%20at%204.35.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in Christ’s name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25412be3f12f176a80007153c%26id%3Deb4c1e924b%26e%3Dc118c1b83d&source=gmail&ust=1707562206416000&usg=AOvVaw1bG2x6sZDdILHz3UFEhy7N" href="https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25412be3f12f176a80007153c&id=eb4c1e924b&e=c118c1b83d" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Luke 24:47</a></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*It is good that one should wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25412be3f12f176a80007153c%26id%3D7c80a17567%26e%3Dc118c1b83d&source=gmail&ust=1707562216387000&usg=AOvVaw3lze2GYiTTNxTZ2G45c1sg" href="https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25412be3f12f176a80007153c&id=7c80a17567&e=c118c1b83d" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Lamentations 3:26</a></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Jesus says: <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(13, 12, 12); color: #0d0c0c;">“Abide in Me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in Me. I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing." John 15:4-5</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25412be3f12f176a80007153c%26id%3Dc1e84dd703%26e%3Dc118c1b83d&source=gmail&ust=1707562216387000&usg=AOvVaw0GYekrnxze8WA0n8U6KHfL" href="https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25412be3f12f176a80007153c&id=c1e84dd703&e=c118c1b83d" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Hebrews 12:1-2</a></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Faithful Companion, we thank you for your constant presence while we run this race. May your presence rejuvenate and strengthen us on this journey as we anticipate our salvation in Jesus Christ.</span></i></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Gracious Redeemer, sometimes we take for granted how powerful it is to be pardoned of our sins. Help us to always embrace this blessing and proclaim the joy of sins forgiven with confidence to the whole world. Amen.</span></i></p></div></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-64802766356267265702024-02-08T01:27:00.000-08:002024-02-08T02:27:52.056-08:0012 things we're still learning<p><b>Thursday, February 8, 2024</b></p><p>The house is full of friends staying over, while W's on his way to the USA for a theology meeting. He doesn't mind long hours of travel and considers layovers an adventure. I'm happy to stay home after the recent goodbyes of various sorts - team changes, relationship changes, and the loss of our dear coworker and friend Dr Hanna last weekend.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9cVmQwPJGi4K3Ty3Jnc46Gr2odZRCs3FJIAn7Zo1384V15g83IFKfwKtJhxC4YPa7PI4MPGsT_x56Vd9ej1pAzA3UsNAXP7acjQjN5XnmZwpIIbYmh_ewN7gtU9JR2zNMpGAth363yaLPYwfmTeAgnOq0-7N_LdBercd96DHQnN2MZqlwQD6B5zE8KPY/s1494/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.30.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1132" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiI9cVmQwPJGi4K3Ty3Jnc46Gr2odZRCs3FJIAn7Zo1384V15g83IFKfwKtJhxC4YPa7PI4MPGsT_x56Vd9ej1pAzA3UsNAXP7acjQjN5XnmZwpIIbYmh_ewN7gtU9JR2zNMpGAth363yaLPYwfmTeAgnOq0-7N_LdBercd96DHQnN2MZqlwQD6B5zE8KPY/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.30.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="242" /></a></div>The chimes from Singapore, Bhutan, Malaysia, and the USA ring out as the wind blows through the yard.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEwded1-dLlXI1ShZEM6OXXWcMRRk5CTOv66sax5CoWE3gLkkikbKuIytzLve1CdEKC655ZqLs60xhTRSDDEPsAoak8HtBOqrrDiagVEOZ5BAUNADIB4hioCBxZ53SP42KiMwnT8f6MtdxNlQ1GY6MyWRMFxDWb6SMPQ81FMyB3dEhp1btnlgZ1t9EIWa/s1452/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.30.19%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1452" data-original-width="988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLEwded1-dLlXI1ShZEM6OXXWcMRRk5CTOv66sax5CoWE3gLkkikbKuIytzLve1CdEKC655ZqLs60xhTRSDDEPsAoak8HtBOqrrDiagVEOZ5BAUNADIB4hioCBxZ53SP42KiMwnT8f6MtdxNlQ1GY6MyWRMFxDWb6SMPQ81FMyB3dEhp1btnlgZ1t9EIWa/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.30.19%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="218" /></a></div>There a continual rotation of beauty in nature, no matter what the heart is experiencing.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkoI5aRMz5ZP9R48sfwylpm9J8Zt8d4JlBlCL-xiqdewZXygNEd-2k5Rbrwe5hCS5qetffeGNslmvL6qjKkJMSO7dKWj9cUM2qwX3qvRtl8DTj4mjC7oEdDHYm3g4wkKbS6TsIqOJTvE4N2JCqxTYClW-d1zGYWUCk6_Yq0Q78D9v_SqMrmurQMGD0p1n/s1308/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.30.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="1128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKkoI5aRMz5ZP9R48sfwylpm9J8Zt8d4JlBlCL-xiqdewZXygNEd-2k5Rbrwe5hCS5qetffeGNslmvL6qjKkJMSO7dKWj9cUM2qwX3qvRtl8DTj4mjC7oEdDHYm3g4wkKbS6TsIqOJTvE4N2JCqxTYClW-d1zGYWUCk6_Yq0Q78D9v_SqMrmurQMGD0p1n/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.30.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="276" /></a></div>In shade or sunshine, something's always blooming.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FNzMT1dLIsaCHNorwCa_SCmnvPGxXuoGqPuTn_h_btlssvJyp5Vd86_U4mN59s63Y_DTRBcQUsww-aMBjOj6mv7AsKoqTsVaTJU-zJKAC3ZJ1Whvmur2HHaI_64mp7K5qGydxJ9-BVsJlosSDTTxCnt27FP3xz3oRliioE03o8W7f_SWawo_tjkYaV4y/s1510/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.30.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FNzMT1dLIsaCHNorwCa_SCmnvPGxXuoGqPuTn_h_btlssvJyp5Vd86_U4mN59s63Y_DTRBcQUsww-aMBjOj6mv7AsKoqTsVaTJU-zJKAC3ZJ1Whvmur2HHaI_64mp7K5qGydxJ9-BVsJlosSDTTxCnt27FP3xz3oRliioE03o8W7f_SWawo_tjkYaV4y/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.30.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="238" /></a></div>The bromeliads are multiplying in the big guava tree beside the Porch.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwryKLcEPA6BHcL69cs4MVMjD_1tCGqqptdxqp_9woXsUB3u-lZLFffAfaJqToxeeysWX2t_yHnIj2TTz1EWqzhRmWa19ZQJAJwv-aBZQXwv3Gn3w3-Pg0F1cGbY08WTstqUf-3JavZk41CbLbx92cldvv6mEIMXOGBU-EJlvu65_zWxALZ8_F11KZwVn/s1250/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.30.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1250" data-original-width="1128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWwryKLcEPA6BHcL69cs4MVMjD_1tCGqqptdxqp_9woXsUB3u-lZLFffAfaJqToxeeysWX2t_yHnIj2TTz1EWqzhRmWa19ZQJAJwv-aBZQXwv3Gn3w3-Pg0F1cGbY08WTstqUf-3JavZk41CbLbx92cldvv6mEIMXOGBU-EJlvu65_zWxALZ8_F11KZwVn/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.30.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="289" /></a></div>Other bromeliad flowers brighten the bare limbs of the frangipani trees.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnfIdLNXhWHETxbp6FdRApNsK5h0OvXUZfTzb_hZSvM3I8D40YGyHCzRsX46WnhWX3VQentXXwfY2KAgaAO0rJ5P911wYfKn4w4z59slGkdfNM6pIS-9MKnG1HxxJ0Up-TWcS7-YWY-MO9E55TXI5Wtago7K29rpFChDsllCkhix5f3Nk7L4Qn-WnXyfx/s1430/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.31.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="1068" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnfIdLNXhWHETxbp6FdRApNsK5h0OvXUZfTzb_hZSvM3I8D40YGyHCzRsX46WnhWX3VQentXXwfY2KAgaAO0rJ5P911wYfKn4w4z59slGkdfNM6pIS-9MKnG1HxxJ0Up-TWcS7-YWY-MO9E55TXI5Wtago7K29rpFChDsllCkhix5f3Nk7L4Qn-WnXyfx/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.31.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="239" /></a></div><p>We've learned many things in the last month or two.</p><p>1) <i>A graceful goodbye</i> validates work done together in the past and releases everyone to a new and wonderful future. It may be a little messy in process, like this FB photo - but you can't get where you're going until you release what is no longer working.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUfBYPBH_waWK0Bz2hlteZHfd-0vhFnc_IQcnmhY34k4AorR6Esxo2tkgkRUpHt2p2u_NnjaR5_Cqq7ZkIvRdEiJdIoOPBI6Zouix2rJBiEs8-JcajCFxhYOiFjDNIGureRJNnXn9dMDSHV14egj7aTyRUiPN6bSzlk2SbWO1vDa11fSv6Mzf9Yq8i0mu/s826/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.42.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="826" data-original-width="620" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUfBYPBH_waWK0Bz2hlteZHfd-0vhFnc_IQcnmhY34k4AorR6Esxo2tkgkRUpHt2p2u_NnjaR5_Cqq7ZkIvRdEiJdIoOPBI6Zouix2rJBiEs8-JcajCFxhYOiFjDNIGureRJNnXn9dMDSHV14egj7aTyRUiPN6bSzlk2SbWO1vDa11fSv6Mzf9Yq8i0mu/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.42.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="240" /></a></div><p>2) <i>Chinese memorials</i> can last a week. Our friend's family hosted 4 days of visiting in the funeral home, with cremation on the final day. Meals and snacks are provided each day for people who sit with the family and reminisce on the precious life and interaction.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAV4e-VU5YwPAk5WcCNCJTjvYqif2k2_L5ryFj2zovzcpbewtZN9STxfy7wJlT-SYupfUzanaJuhItfqNOorslvzawzxiwiXVXsTPeP0GDAk_YksNZWGPTzAIzd3iQms4fqb36N3OjK7XCdiyN-Rn1tpGdP7rri59awe2wjBoaolUrO7A6I3QGEPdccPW/s1412/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.45.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1142" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfAV4e-VU5YwPAk5WcCNCJTjvYqif2k2_L5ryFj2zovzcpbewtZN9STxfy7wJlT-SYupfUzanaJuhItfqNOorslvzawzxiwiXVXsTPeP0GDAk_YksNZWGPTzAIzd3iQms4fqb36N3OjK7XCdiyN-Rn1tpGdP7rri59awe2wjBoaolUrO7A6I3QGEPdccPW/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.45.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="259" /></a></div><p>3) <i>Love expressed bring life to the soul.</i> Listening to the tributes and words of comfort, experiencing the hugs and hands held in sympathy, smelling the beautiful roses and lilies ... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSRglsjw-iRUpPSvjG_retXaVcvUSeM8bmzVlYtJsm38WGNc-IhQlBV9s-4iwQstKIIxvxd-S5cM6iyWdI9VfJA8znbA4s_BjfgCxNcbWAr1s-Lbq6lTBU-kg6E-eW5YvKjy3qpcLjYfrP9fXZ5tJxxF0gJ2Hoxg339qQVBEYD-EU6NdBOddeIYulsX8A/s1496/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.31.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1132" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSRglsjw-iRUpPSvjG_retXaVcvUSeM8bmzVlYtJsm38WGNc-IhQlBV9s-4iwQstKIIxvxd-S5cM6iyWdI9VfJA8znbA4s_BjfgCxNcbWAr1s-Lbq6lTBU-kg6E-eW5YvKjy3qpcLjYfrP9fXZ5tJxxF0gJ2Hoxg339qQVBEYD-EU6NdBOddeIYulsX8A/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.31.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="242" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The many ways of expressing sympathy and condolence keep the heart beating when it is breaking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEERP-bkAjLVssKIe6Q3v9OAMy8FKBTKGPr3MWjud0jIkslQbwmGNNRmadyutzTYxxUZXvz6dLzhx_S6o-xCgyAYmHtfp0PjBtIeZiPDtPeI02fiP069Bo2SojmEMyaMJD58zhCRw1Il50XdHhpIKzjULpv8IPXnEG6T3qXQSEC0ZtkMdFcLFbendNOk4l/s1348/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.49.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="1132" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEERP-bkAjLVssKIe6Q3v9OAMy8FKBTKGPr3MWjud0jIkslQbwmGNNRmadyutzTYxxUZXvz6dLzhx_S6o-xCgyAYmHtfp0PjBtIeZiPDtPeI02fiP069Bo2SojmEMyaMJD58zhCRw1Il50XdHhpIKzjULpv8IPXnEG6T3qXQSEC0ZtkMdFcLFbendNOk4l/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.49.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="269" /></a></div><p>4) Cremation is the normal practice for many Asians, especially those with a Buddhist or Hindu background.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfLRbkH3BPgsFfLb1FOc2iqnGPodJn07mMbjQ21_vfoY9503L36BT8g9PQpaMRgY9qsoDtEDoyTgt_4QxFwe-lOpziWSP7Xh7LQOVnbpA_5CuftMkhQxpMj0YxPpIw6xIKL2_8knutXm61AI7bkFiNSvwFmZwB3184tl_mUmIFIyR6_ouGuBOPEfozSk1/s1508/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%201.23.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYfLRbkH3BPgsFfLb1FOc2iqnGPodJn07mMbjQ21_vfoY9503L36BT8g9PQpaMRgY9qsoDtEDoyTgt_4QxFwe-lOpziWSP7Xh7LQOVnbpA_5CuftMkhQxpMj0YxPpIw6xIKL2_8knutXm61AI7bkFiNSvwFmZwB3184tl_mUmIFIyR6_ouGuBOPEfozSk1/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%201.23.46%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="238" /></a></p><p>The family is given the privilege of igniting the furnace at the crematorium. Near us, a man tells his son, "Someday you must do this for me." The child looks at his dad and nods.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaqDJjmqm09NzxAGwXiGn3_RSu2-EmZf-nWFg1TnVUIE45uht7qCV3O_18LuaYod0zcEfGzvR_nq6KK5mxLwMu3p0_5ri_sBqdkaH-agZy_99o0Mewni2Z0NzERN094TaSTq4Bb7kD5UrODjPZlfTn2tw5OeQ1JIRxkovF4-OPy0wBYriV1RblqSOOOde/s850/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%201.24.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="850" data-original-width="802" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaqDJjmqm09NzxAGwXiGn3_RSu2-EmZf-nWFg1TnVUIE45uht7qCV3O_18LuaYod0zcEfGzvR_nq6KK5mxLwMu3p0_5ri_sBqdkaH-agZy_99o0Mewni2Z0NzERN094TaSTq4Bb7kD5UrODjPZlfTn2tw5OeQ1JIRxkovF4-OPy0wBYriV1RblqSOOOde/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%201.24.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="302" /></a></div><p>5) <i>Life goes on</i> but it isn't easy after a terrible loss. This is a difficult time for DrH's family and other friends who have lost their mothers this week. Please pray for them because of two dates coming up: Chinese New Year is this weekend; in addition, Dr H's big 80-81 birthday celebration was scheduled in 2 weeks. The calendar is relentless; every morning we miss her and think of what she meant to us - but the new day dawns anyway.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAoFDCFF-JhN5VwHVH0H6edDvhAOE4HoC6Cu8YOd0xFGBzlzZP564ycPS6hF24rV0rRPhCyYkXNWw4kneHqrhfPyJBgb9biCoxrnUa1iRMgfoT-Y19IRyVBNiMazuWrbEu4QwEsuy9h9d74wqB-5Mu25mLg80sb_RXs0BLY4F2WYeeOMDv2f-3fnXzjCa/s1476/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.48.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1086" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAoFDCFF-JhN5VwHVH0H6edDvhAOE4HoC6Cu8YOd0xFGBzlzZP564ycPS6hF24rV0rRPhCyYkXNWw4kneHqrhfPyJBgb9biCoxrnUa1iRMgfoT-Y19IRyVBNiMazuWrbEu4QwEsuy9h9d74wqB-5Mu25mLg80sb_RXs0BLY4F2WYeeOMDv2f-3fnXzjCa/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.48.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="235" /></a></p><p>6) Just because you are happy to stay behind doesn't mean you won't miss going. <i>Not seeing our kids and grandkids? </i>Rated: 1/10 (1 being lousy-EST.) And sometimes the best view is from an empty place. (Chinese tomb overlooking Bandung.)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCQ-vjC2nWzmIRcHeVd5MiysIWQacc1-VXF38ECZAyZP8m3gvJEX0yOYHIn1QvLkvebkOSCAbYbcvX7EwLBRioH2gDRbCtI6ByoxFXlL1kwfDLMX121sxU6oZ_DVO6XUpYKqiBnJuGNWlmHKeX2R8-mJ1bXbZywQ6kMV1fG6EkMJ4hyphenhyphenapC1s4rAMeSDn9/s2024/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.47.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="2024" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYCQ-vjC2nWzmIRcHeVd5MiysIWQacc1-VXF38ECZAyZP8m3gvJEX0yOYHIn1QvLkvebkOSCAbYbcvX7EwLBRioH2gDRbCtI6ByoxFXlL1kwfDLMX121sxU6oZ_DVO6XUpYKqiBnJuGNWlmHKeX2R8-mJ1bXbZywQ6kMV1fG6EkMJ4hyphenhyphenapC1s4rAMeSDn9/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.47.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">7) <i>No matter what, self care and rest are vital.</i> Yesterday, we stopped on the way home from the cremation to nourish body and mind. Alan and Jani's #Ethereal restaurant is a feast in many ways. This burger really is 6" high. W helps me eat it. My appetite is still returning after the bout with COVID.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEu5Z-RZHLonpjqe4giiNsvP9ThQGesEh-za7KmDhHr_rK2szgII9fBaIouhw7cmRuGocUFHxkfgnybJJDPGvFQuFwaZeHV6jx0pu0QRNR8sKTjq2_MDPy5VQq2hM7nFFLS9XP4nPeAZQ5pLVLhkf9iCejuitM8tEJ8FuCDP_LelGatIjufqT6wGwJc8w/s1006/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.47.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="968" data-original-width="1006" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHEu5Z-RZHLonpjqe4giiNsvP9ThQGesEh-za7KmDhHr_rK2szgII9fBaIouhw7cmRuGocUFHxkfgnybJJDPGvFQuFwaZeHV6jx0pu0QRNR8sKTjq2_MDPy5VQq2hM7nFFLS9XP4nPeAZQ5pLVLhkf9iCejuitM8tEJ8FuCDP_LelGatIjufqT6wGwJc8w/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.47.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>He orders the best fish and chips in town. The real potatoes are fried in home-rendered beef tallow.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fDtqlR0d9OXHBUb4F0hIgirnzxVzWSKcCioNO9kRKQ_w1jCVNWV-atu2NOv9MZddzJJg9nQHCqV6WSB-hSQSOJ3vejBEMy9gvherXHRwhpi_KybL9zyDIyPxpBUhyphenhyphenWVBTW3FeLtXJmWYCW_6fMe0QfNXup6rzjsvKVCSoHSqK_qA9sOtnVYV83CFarDD/s1118/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.47.42%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1118" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6fDtqlR0d9OXHBUb4F0hIgirnzxVzWSKcCioNO9kRKQ_w1jCVNWV-atu2NOv9MZddzJJg9nQHCqV6WSB-hSQSOJ3vejBEMy9gvherXHRwhpi_KybL9zyDIyPxpBUhyphenhyphenWVBTW3FeLtXJmWYCW_6fMe0QfNXup6rzjsvKVCSoHSqK_qA9sOtnVYV83CFarDD/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.47.42%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>It's important to pause for small pleasures when the world is racing around you.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIF1O3RWTQ6jWvbgO-_2sTXZRAW305YIezWMuP1dooz74EH9CCggc5hfgq8CzoyeTLT-HR0WP5aebTogCAtYhcksdU5fkO1sUx6fvp8YnoJkNbuEHcv_XSgduF6oJ7eQK05oDmmpe_lrCpskziw2JbRLddmR4z0qtIsoD2c2vcLt7t0n3Sc4YPslKLW-8/s1414/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.47.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1414" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIF1O3RWTQ6jWvbgO-_2sTXZRAW305YIezWMuP1dooz74EH9CCggc5hfgq8CzoyeTLT-HR0WP5aebTogCAtYhcksdU5fkO1sUx6fvp8YnoJkNbuEHcv_XSgduF6oJ7eQK05oDmmpe_lrCpskziw2JbRLddmR4z0qtIsoD2c2vcLt7t0n3Sc4YPslKLW-8/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.47.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>8) <i>Compromise and tolerance make life possible.</i> A friend accuses me of <span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">"intolerance</span></span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">and an unwillingness to discuss" when I </span></span><span style="font-size: 15px;">respond</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"> to his post with a different view of theology. He dismisses our discussion ... because he doesn't agree with my POV. Sigh. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">Tolerance? Discussion. I'm for it. </span><span style="color: #050505; font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The world is a better place for it. You can't be hard-nosed and call everyone else "</span></span><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">intolerant and colonialist" because they don't reinterpret ancient documents (in this case, scripture) in light of current culture, the way you want to.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Tolerance is a two-way street. Sometimes the road is </span><span style="font-size: 15px;">narrow = like this one yesterday. Our bus driver backed the bus up to an intersection to let the little car pass so we didn't crash into each other. That didn't mean the whole busload of people had to pile into the little car and go where it was going. We let it continue its journey and we went on our way. That's tolerance and compromise.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegCe-6z_NTVrDYPsl-kwkHWp346BTm1tQ7nGUNkBQj7jc4liDFdMpGejVPxNRjxWQZw6Uh9qXIOBOBaOfpuYoWSZCQwfz_GVktKaom406E96ORdjVYPvKdGeaCsl5JN5133o-kbPS-cSw7_X4wkZT0iQgp5v3Nb84FeU2CsHfB6sHrmktJ397aR_6Ogjc/s1358/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%201.24.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="978" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjegCe-6z_NTVrDYPsl-kwkHWp346BTm1tQ7nGUNkBQj7jc4liDFdMpGejVPxNRjxWQZw6Uh9qXIOBOBaOfpuYoWSZCQwfz_GVktKaom406E96ORdjVYPvKdGeaCsl5JN5133o-kbPS-cSw7_X4wkZT0iQgp5v3Nb84FeU2CsHfB6sHrmktJ397aR_6Ogjc/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%201.24.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="230" /></a></p><p>9) <i>Good work continues. </i>Meanwhile, the new whiteboard markers and erasers arrive for Tanikota, the English program that Dr H helped replicate around the city. The volunteers work faithfully to serve a few Bandung villages.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdNWeR_7CRpfXUiOIzD9DTZTXLFQMxNQJxYAwY-ionxc59QI_uWrG8058HRX9N7qZjhMdj3G9Xr-csqxhe-X6r2XKJp6eTIWV66XZZMuwrz3bPYlE6r5S4e2OdS1tHRhQI7f6-Ok8aUSwnzmLfVe4hKccmlbp1YofFG_N6yOU26mFrpfaW12VT1hPEdZr/s1338/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.48.19%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="1074" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdNWeR_7CRpfXUiOIzD9DTZTXLFQMxNQJxYAwY-ionxc59QI_uWrG8058HRX9N7qZjhMdj3G9Xr-csqxhe-X6r2XKJp6eTIWV66XZZMuwrz3bPYlE6r5S4e2OdS1tHRhQI7f6-Ok8aUSwnzmLfVe4hKccmlbp1YofFG_N6yOU26mFrpfaW12VT1hPEdZr/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.48.19%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="257" /></a></div><p>10) <i>A new day is God's beginning, for as long as we live. </i>This morning, Melvi walks the dogs, who love her gentle touch.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXbz09pKpPyQOrGYaetJOzomPlEuTFqpZmrxWbKohzKiAx1u7W-2o8-K6Gqrl8HrkRSPUKpUGJawSiY0ar-1-x0zhme0OTwqfg1vioA-pXeoW3wozV1UtQbdbSRms9mnjcwLhZzN8k6Ll3oyrzk4sURlmzCDZa6PXvOALDEyX5jLx1RIKYbjgGAQ8P0Mp/s1096/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.48.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="670" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipXbz09pKpPyQOrGYaetJOzomPlEuTFqpZmrxWbKohzKiAx1u7W-2o8-K6Gqrl8HrkRSPUKpUGJawSiY0ar-1-x0zhme0OTwqfg1vioA-pXeoW3wozV1UtQbdbSRms9mnjcwLhZzN8k6Ll3oyrzk4sURlmzCDZa6PXvOALDEyX5jLx1RIKYbjgGAQ8P0Mp/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.48.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="196" /></a></div><p>At Nara, W and I order our usual "popcorn shrimp." Our date morning offers a familiar rhythm in a set of turbulent weeks.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVXMYi6PxoLlgOV8jE8utsAfUOHZ9r4WPkBjtx6oIYIr7uiUoW5plH7TXVRb3Jp7uxtFvwAOOCR4G1ltPfmtoHXvNYVLSIsEe3X4mCN2KPcXnCDXOzvjeTezLVVVMmzZViY0yhP-a3_hWL1Zy4_VCmfxrOGBzqxdPdY2DRHqgtkcTNLPtROyHztAmLGkv/s1276/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.48.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1134" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVXMYi6PxoLlgOV8jE8utsAfUOHZ9r4WPkBjtx6oIYIr7uiUoW5plH7TXVRb3Jp7uxtFvwAOOCR4G1ltPfmtoHXvNYVLSIsEe3X4mCN2KPcXnCDXOzvjeTezLVVVMmzZViY0yhP-a3_hWL1Zy4_VCmfxrOGBzqxdPdY2DRHqgtkcTNLPtROyHztAmLGkv/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.48.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="284" /></a></div><p>12) <i>There's always motion and good work to be done. </i>A young friend drops by for tea and a chat on the Porch. She'll be the guest speaker at IES Bandung this weekend.</p><p>I've asked DrH's seamstress Dina to replicate my favorite-fit blouse. I took most of my short-sleeved blouses to Seattle last autumn, awaiting this year's summer trip. Now I keep looking for things to wear. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLij-In1u0qIcIm7J8Du8qyRkqtFJzZ3JIPqMznBvjg0SDcxArrJBTOU8gWmURQFZxNas4RqRTptQnXFM0ec7rkbBp-SoCn8aC88g5oiiHHAkBx4e00jxJ_Ri_uM_6jRlpTq001XcZepISVnV47r4vkA6EHG0JQfwFI-findUQUnW003u0-_VI-RtXqRKd/s1154/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.48.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLij-In1u0qIcIm7J8Du8qyRkqtFJzZ3JIPqMznBvjg0SDcxArrJBTOU8gWmURQFZxNas4RqRTptQnXFM0ec7rkbBp-SoCn8aC88g5oiiHHAkBx4e00jxJ_Ri_uM_6jRlpTq001XcZepISVnV47r4vkA6EHG0JQfwFI-findUQUnW003u0-_VI-RtXqRKd/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-08%20at%2012.48.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="313" /></a></p><p>Last year, Mom sent along buttons and more buttons from the collection in her sewing room because her sewing days are over. I go through them and have many options. Cool! </p><p>I've purchased various fabrics over the years and pull out a batch to see what would be pretty. The cottons are washed and ironed and the buttons matched to them by the time Dina comes to pick up the lot in mid-afternoon. With one call after another, the days ahead fill up with people and responsibilities.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Technically it's a long weekend, with Mohammed's ascension day (Muslim) celebrated tonight. Imlek or Lunar New Year (Chinese) happens on Feb 10. However, thousands of election workers are gearing up for the national election on Valentine's Day. Up to seven levels of senators and the President/Vice President will be elected on Feb. 14.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In reality, it's no vacation for election workers. All advertising must be removed 3 days prior by a party official and a government monitor. There's a fine if something is left behind. I hope they're recycling the huge vinyl placards and bamboo structures. "It will probably be burned somewhere," comments an Indonesian. "Otherwise someone can accuse you of stealing the posters." That would be a shame to put those fumes into the air when many people could use them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Every neighborhood council sets up the election: they have meetings and more meetings over a few weeks, collect and pass out information and ballets, and build voting booths in every neighborhood in case of rain.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> God - and Life - are good, even when things feel hard at the time. At 4:00 p.m., the wind whips up the hill and the cloud cover makes the house as dark as night. The leaves flutter and the wires sway overhead as the rain storm comes near.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Read more:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">The Lord is compassionate and gracious, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">slow to anger, abounding in love. He will not always accuse, nor will he harbor his anger forever; he does not treat us as our sins deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his love for those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us. Psalm 103:8-12</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">*</span>Many peoples shall come and say, “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob, that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” Isaiah 2:3</span></div><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain, and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. And he began to speak and taught them. Matthew 5:1-2</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Great Teacher, thank you for lovingly and patiently teaching us, so that guidelines are clear as we seek to walk in the ways you have carved out for us. May we demonstrate these principles in our lives, for Christ’s sake. Amen.</span></i></p>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-61676189735939840242024-02-07T03:09:00.000-08:002024-02-07T03:09:20.454-08:00Goodbye, dear friend: a tribute to Dr Satyawati Hanna<p><b>Wednesday, February 7, 2024</b></p><p>Sunday, our friend and coworker Satyawati Hanna (Dr Hanna) passed away. She leaves behind a colorful life of memories!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmlBQVyEOdjafADLpUhAvRdkqHRqtkk2Z18zHrOsxrLVVwz_Jmv4JXDhY1ky459cSSxWdCsrKlp5tQLXq6e6btHA4UJQesIh2GiohrwQGLCnXdQnLEyD0BjIk9xIwOJDDraWwhPTsriPiqVVXswr50quXTCZ2ylqsrixuwjWd-t5VhvLIResnRxEky1WI/s1944/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.03.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1944" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmlBQVyEOdjafADLpUhAvRdkqHRqtkk2Z18zHrOsxrLVVwz_Jmv4JXDhY1ky459cSSxWdCsrKlp5tQLXq6e6btHA4UJQesIh2GiohrwQGLCnXdQnLEyD0BjIk9xIwOJDDraWwhPTsriPiqVVXswr50quXTCZ2ylqsrixuwjWd-t5VhvLIResnRxEky1WI/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.03.59%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>We had been in Bandung one day when someone called out my name in a clothing outlet store. I'm not much of a shopper - and hearing my name in a shop that Friday was a shock. We'd only been in Jakarta for a month and a half before moving to Bandung. Who knew us?</p><p>Alice and a few friends from IES Jakarta were on a shopping trip when they spotted Waldemar and me and said hi. Alice asked where we were living and said I should meet her mom, who lived around the corner from our new address. I thought that would be nice.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92eHxiX9vEevbgjfpRcXxeqNTdcI28DulJUuT0xFVNF6UI4YlNfp33ZQknP4a-rOt35pte8E1TZt1TbEa0JPBNnBm6tNwCZ23LdQU52V-887w9tl5Q885308DI2CJVtKjH6y0ee3leDR2z0OLLJhy_dttWuk1Kc6zftaeNxCxMrVgAEwpBC9kqThxSR9e/s1324/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.58.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="918" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj92eHxiX9vEevbgjfpRcXxeqNTdcI28DulJUuT0xFVNF6UI4YlNfp33ZQknP4a-rOt35pte8E1TZt1TbEa0JPBNnBm6tNwCZ23LdQU52V-887w9tl5Q885308DI2CJVtKjH6y0ee3leDR2z0OLLJhy_dttWuk1Kc6zftaeNxCxMrVgAEwpBC9kqThxSR9e/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.58.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="222" /></a></p><p>2 days later, it's Sunday. We were walking to catch an <i>angkot</i> (public transport van) to church when someone behind us called: "Rosemarie, is that you?" It was a beautiful lady in her early 70s - Hanna, headed for the same English service at the Baptist church downtown. That's how we met.</p><p>Our <i>angkot </i>driver took an alternate route while we were chatting so we missed the stop. We climbed out further downtown, hailed a taxi, and eventually got to the service. It was a memorable beginning (even for someone like me who remembers few details.)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQGIc-JZwB-bOJbJ5QdEM5yTqArO8iN-u9vk4MckZFO_yPK_U4sZ0lfPk_vcfCtLdetumKM4Tg0L4ZA6lMep-10cp4hfsujojqMi5m3OMOkv291RvcdSj4LDIJu4zzlbAJwV21f8CQ2FUYuv8pyyVMHqWn3xZdYo4Lp_hqy3ZMPQCL3sr8beCeE05ANNl/s1496/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.04.19%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1128" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtQGIc-JZwB-bOJbJ5QdEM5yTqArO8iN-u9vk4MckZFO_yPK_U4sZ0lfPk_vcfCtLdetumKM4Tg0L4ZA6lMep-10cp4hfsujojqMi5m3OMOkv291RvcdSj4LDIJu4zzlbAJwV21f8CQ2FUYuv8pyyVMHqWn3xZdYo4Lp_hqy3ZMPQCL3sr8beCeE05ANNl/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.04.19%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="241" /></a></p><p>I called her "Dr Hanna" over her initial protests. "Just call me Hanna. No one knows me except as the daughter of my famous father, who was a headmaster of an elite school." Many Bandung professionals grew up with Hanna under his supervision. So she knew "everybody" since childhood.</p><p>But she was a force of nature in her own right, who earned the honor of a title many time over.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskNL91IBw0Awzw3pNtXsQ4xEFxICaTnaecPVvs2HHN0fz3PpvYLHZPdEqgcoVz-PQYJ63AzwI_s3Ad3KzcBkpyZuUEgbxO4HyF8os2cgdwn5wS1d716-5pzYT_VBuhxpG734hN1vAeqW_d-ULujFfNbxOWJuAM-Mk3szsdW73K4SwLoVRPJdbw63s7OvK/s1150/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.59.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="984" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhskNL91IBw0Awzw3pNtXsQ4xEFxICaTnaecPVvs2HHN0fz3PpvYLHZPdEqgcoVz-PQYJ63AzwI_s3Ad3KzcBkpyZuUEgbxO4HyF8os2cgdwn5wS1d716-5pzYT_VBuhxpG734hN1vAeqW_d-ULujFfNbxOWJuAM-Mk3szsdW73K4SwLoVRPJdbw63s7OvK/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.59.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="274" /></a></p><p>Before she retired, she'd been a distinguished WHO and UNICIF community doctor with a heart for people and their care. We asked if she'd join the fledgling IES Bandung team. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIqxR1N5fWiKX0mS7kYJjbQGvvLaPiSPKCR4pHLqHu4mbQfFljTpEVjPmfK75Ep0OXTy1IvbsmbXEE4B8cAZAdeYD4Fh6y7N_yifjTc-KuL3Fbz8oogLEb7zN-WQ2muTJjuikxNikYzk6q5Oezj3__0zynstcyY5wlsVY2A5S3JtaWKc_Yi_uagQ2Wna_/s1902/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.04.44%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1292" data-original-width="1902" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcIqxR1N5fWiKX0mS7kYJjbQGvvLaPiSPKCR4pHLqHu4mbQfFljTpEVjPmfK75Ep0OXTy1IvbsmbXEE4B8cAZAdeYD4Fh6y7N_yifjTc-KuL3Fbz8oogLEb7zN-WQ2muTJjuikxNikYzk6q5Oezj3__0zynstcyY5wlsVY2A5S3JtaWKc_Yi_uagQ2Wna_/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.04.44%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>We didn't know then how well she connected to others or how big her heart was.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZxv1-jtb5gVXdq57nVNT8UAuq4D5ua1TSUaQl3DJDsQc_-gESrBty3FxRvhQtWA87CmipykmgqjO3k9rqrpLdHhf6k1hJhk7xYVuYrCerA1HfNnlfvXoOGRGTLZAeYBWunJh8j8Ty3Go_IlkFjz51Tn0Dql9wsEmvSf2TDKe-BktehgUTKRxs3Qy-c15/s1692/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.00.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="1692" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZxv1-jtb5gVXdq57nVNT8UAuq4D5ua1TSUaQl3DJDsQc_-gESrBty3FxRvhQtWA87CmipykmgqjO3k9rqrpLdHhf6k1hJhk7xYVuYrCerA1HfNnlfvXoOGRGTLZAeYBWunJh8j8Ty3Go_IlkFjz51Tn0Dql9wsEmvSf2TDKe-BktehgUTKRxs3Qy-c15/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.00.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>"What would I have to contribute?" she asked with surprise. She became our community liaison as an outspoken champion of the disadvantaged. She was brave and adventurous, whether on a hike or in supporting a project.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXiikNt87Yq2iAkO6p-Fl5oHr1UuCLOKMZs_fJOZh0XZjjgVVG0VaYQI0d6CUTPKaKYxO5mblelfXfpzZwDuQ5Mw46fbSiRXP3ajIe1xJYFXCg6wd_jtpEqIAslzX8i48u8bZLC7oAtKDd-BFCIz5pPJ0sfniWwVdYy5-CIuOXJkkq4nIev07gfZ72pwSt/s1296/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.57.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1296" data-original-width="1122" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXiikNt87Yq2iAkO6p-Fl5oHr1UuCLOKMZs_fJOZh0XZjjgVVG0VaYQI0d6CUTPKaKYxO5mblelfXfpzZwDuQ5Mw46fbSiRXP3ajIe1xJYFXCg6wd_jtpEqIAslzX8i48u8bZLC7oAtKDd-BFCIz5pPJ0sfniWwVdYy5-CIuOXJkkq4nIev07gfZ72pwSt/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.57.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="277" /></a></div><p>She connected quickly with team members from Australia, Austria, Uganda, Tanzania, Europe, and Russia. Everyone loved and respected her. She was FUN.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyV1IX8bMPtDt9ad3qOqCb9nzqv67WtF7ejIn_rL6KEIRVsiZGsZICLre1zoWiHJzTCcy3lqMvtIjUnURgPgQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p>It wasn't long before the name stuck and she became "Dr Hanna" to everyone who met her. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixal1vb7Hd1ml9vEmOOUj4gRFECqVaGx2d06Q8ouv1X3q2BCLy63A2pF42QbNEICkXoaitaQpBNDtyZHvUCDMj_CKYTfP0-di3CZpH3uPkcQfh2ZFVfunPu0RnccZwMZoS6dOejRi17rAbPZ-caJsti-QbSsqak1M_bmttrve75pr8oyDlwxgYIjgfgwuH/s1996/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.58.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1286" data-original-width="1996" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixal1vb7Hd1ml9vEmOOUj4gRFECqVaGx2d06Q8ouv1X3q2BCLy63A2pF42QbNEICkXoaitaQpBNDtyZHvUCDMj_CKYTfP0-di3CZpH3uPkcQfh2ZFVfunPu0RnccZwMZoS6dOejRi17rAbPZ-caJsti-QbSsqak1M_bmttrve75pr8oyDlwxgYIjgfgwuH/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.58.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>Many of us said, "You are the busiest elder we know!" as she kept working. And connecting. And recruiting. Her goal was the benefit and health of others. She encouraged young and old to volunteer, set up mentorships for students, and kept track of dozens of young adults at a time. She was their liaison (and ours) for healthcare.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiul9_orz39fDIByVB7GCiZ7BcfJeHUVPFMQ_vgyZW6vXRAU4oyOhYhjzoqUUWMmSpIwBtccweizYAbDimmO6utk8H0efU6AhfpXK_plJ-LctXe7WnhZBHY9GTzQkk4iqyJIHb-MbwN8nM3JlaTT7WCmwO62F7Lr6jIGXSRiLxRyDsuYjMR6Mrk-ujr6Umz/s1542/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.59.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1542" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiul9_orz39fDIByVB7GCiZ7BcfJeHUVPFMQ_vgyZW6vXRAU4oyOhYhjzoqUUWMmSpIwBtccweizYAbDimmO6utk8H0efU6AhfpXK_plJ-LctXe7WnhZBHY9GTzQkk4iqyJIHb-MbwN8nM3JlaTT7WCmwO62F7Lr6jIGXSRiLxRyDsuYjMR6Mrk-ujr6Umz/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.59.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>She was a supporter of the arts, whether it was the symphony or an art show.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-XXKzEEpXjHK68DH1pYQ2lQgGaXWroAxBaPEFMFg4JD2htwGg3NW1x83sub9Z7zAFahM5m2_PnsZZYAkOFd9fOKIWN_bNnQiYrDwhIWL7Ywl7p9bDVqCCn3ymD87GwWujFnHIIG05Abg3z2N_OclxCboz5bN_nFL0rHdJak0VOS4Lakjc2SgNOZix0ye/s1734/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.57.42%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1734" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO-XXKzEEpXjHK68DH1pYQ2lQgGaXWroAxBaPEFMFg4JD2htwGg3NW1x83sub9Z7zAFahM5m2_PnsZZYAkOFd9fOKIWN_bNnQiYrDwhIWL7Ywl7p9bDVqCCn3ymD87GwWujFnHIIG05Abg3z2N_OclxCboz5bN_nFL0rHdJak0VOS4Lakjc2SgNOZix0ye/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.57.42%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>She never slowed down. "When do you sleep?" I would ask with concern for her own health. Sometimes it was a short night, she admitted, filled with study, writing updates, and drafting fundraising proposals that were passed around her organizations as models.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgy1aAK-Bg8BGTWvrtmTDRWdrNmgZA9jWPJEtdNIRGUJrqsdnItDeLh4b6vi_J3tSHgYNAfX_7jU-qJwLHnOFs9PVQ3vJOWNr8eDYobCKJzw5laETuvHEDbRQxPYoPorQVU_nz7i1xEBKDxeHyI5shEqs8SucPkxsK07Yovquk1akwgNNa-5zelojcAR7/s1494/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.58.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1494" data-original-width="1446" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRgy1aAK-Bg8BGTWvrtmTDRWdrNmgZA9jWPJEtdNIRGUJrqsdnItDeLh4b6vi_J3tSHgYNAfX_7jU-qJwLHnOFs9PVQ3vJOWNr8eDYobCKJzw5laETuvHEDbRQxPYoPorQVU_nz7i1xEBKDxeHyI5shEqs8SucPkxsK07Yovquk1akwgNNa-5zelojcAR7/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.58.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="310" /></a></p><p>She earned a stellar reputation through her love for God and others, studying scripture and leading Bible studies. She prayed for her colleagues and co-volunteers and cared when they suffered. She read scripture at IES Bandung and attended faithfully.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHP9FFH_x1BpLwL_Lrqv3oOkgX9q3qtmKvW-kh-FAKCjqIwdKnLmfWeUlRCk34IDb-Zhfp2kZbthq5rC29AuwEqsbcAI_J7felqSxshz1Q1OSm-ukys9OmYuD-pt2u8nTkuPNcQttlAdq8EbA1TBv0C4Km6c7f5SzRqSa7qiTbOfYMReVQPlqP0YKn3_QB/s1396/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.34.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1396" data-original-width="648" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHP9FFH_x1BpLwL_Lrqv3oOkgX9q3qtmKvW-kh-FAKCjqIwdKnLmfWeUlRCk34IDb-Zhfp2kZbthq5rC29AuwEqsbcAI_J7felqSxshz1Q1OSm-ukys9OmYuD-pt2u8nTkuPNcQttlAdq8EbA1TBv0C4Km6c7f5SzRqSa7qiTbOfYMReVQPlqP0YKn3_QB/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.34.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="149" /></a></p><p>She thought the world of her daughters, son-in-law, and grandson and prayed for them every day.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwOYIHxASC8tUaMpaR7xVIu5cMA_TmggHB3rvBTkiGXFsbROJNbBsr8-ts7R-ihR6MJkJIQtRTYNqqvF9djd5dmYmIDuZuiooExBvs87u3jHYX690Y5uQkBwGOy3Uw2j06_84ZBiP1PtDbCrib91hJF1zEUg2qULPD-TWZ64wWyMgiiIbWsSaEKEvpIam/s1484/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.03.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="1106" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIwOYIHxASC8tUaMpaR7xVIu5cMA_TmggHB3rvBTkiGXFsbROJNbBsr8-ts7R-ihR6MJkJIQtRTYNqqvF9djd5dmYmIDuZuiooExBvs87u3jHYX690Y5uQkBwGOy3Uw2j06_84ZBiP1PtDbCrib91hJF1zEUg2qULPD-TWZ64wWyMgiiIbWsSaEKEvpIam/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.03.50%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="238" /></a></p><p>She followed through on her promises. She was well-known for integrity and good works. She spent 10 years as president of <a href="https://www.yayasanjari.org/">Jari, an outstanding charity</a> that advocates for impoverished families and children's health.</p><p>She was a careful dresser, stunning us with beautiful clothing from Bangladesh and custom outfits sewn with batiks acquired over the years. At church, I'd look to see what outfit she had chosen - such creativity.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmy4vFLsSgvDqCKCysa_O6lY1BZNCnTG9in86-omhr2SIEaPILffeqWv02o49Xu7PQ9aVPNRfJwE5N_6QX0PqcDg0BT8UbRglNB6tiS6pM4xThfNnVo4h2Vg0R3cvb9oufBu-_Bu731Dt4dYTMKDBzpm9tr05SZGnEcn3lDNi8ZoKcoAdSsX-HalSFFZKg/s1160/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.58.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="938" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmy4vFLsSgvDqCKCysa_O6lY1BZNCnTG9in86-omhr2SIEaPILffeqWv02o49Xu7PQ9aVPNRfJwE5N_6QX0PqcDg0BT8UbRglNB6tiS6pM4xThfNnVo4h2Vg0R3cvb9oufBu-_Bu731Dt4dYTMKDBzpm9tr05SZGnEcn3lDNi8ZoKcoAdSsX-HalSFFZKg/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.58.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="259" /></a></p><p>Her home displayed treasures inherited from her family and collected from the places where she worked. When she'd invite you over, you never knew how she would have decorated the house, whether it was Christmas, Imlek (Chinese New Year), or another occasion.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-GUYLCSxJfjP8WxZERpYuP4pitbtfJCVgwkw398EKgl6h6_AaXraUUMhPyylPsU3nijBpI5AM9CRyY8tt7TX6eB_PJbqamH_bd3R6iGjWagz-hWJjHaIfyBSuiy62N77E7Ni1d6tB8xeW3QN2WQxQhVKNMDjfhKCcJRxzpjyj-33_1JMHrl1_t5DfRGp/s1852/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.04.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="1852" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis-GUYLCSxJfjP8WxZERpYuP4pitbtfJCVgwkw398EKgl6h6_AaXraUUMhPyylPsU3nijBpI5AM9CRyY8tt7TX6eB_PJbqamH_bd3R6iGjWagz-hWJjHaIfyBSuiy62N77E7Ni1d6tB8xeW3QN2WQxQhVKNMDjfhKCcJRxzpjyj-33_1JMHrl1_t5DfRGp/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.04.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>Hundreds were recipients of her warm hospitality and good food in her art-filled home. And she loved to give gifts: food, fabrics, art, and other goodies.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWPEd8u9hfi-E1YS5AkUEAoxG-u2ERPZ8m2uflZVgsKplFyGutL9HEyyRdM1gB4Bq0G40Xb7ZmbFdo8XwAi4NihQ55XlkN50ZzKWJ6Q5HyeEYQLGR39SQWycwDLAdzb7Q2DgDlUFkfu6Bwv_UycNw98VTua_nJnEnC9Jh5UPOlZyT3W5QBLMMCklUPXsg/s1898/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.04.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1898" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZWPEd8u9hfi-E1YS5AkUEAoxG-u2ERPZ8m2uflZVgsKplFyGutL9HEyyRdM1gB4Bq0G40Xb7ZmbFdo8XwAi4NihQ55XlkN50ZzKWJ6Q5HyeEYQLGR39SQWycwDLAdzb7Q2DgDlUFkfu6Bwv_UycNw98VTua_nJnEnC9Jh5UPOlZyT3W5QBLMMCklUPXsg/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.04.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>In the almost-decade of our friendship and work together, we watched in awe as her faith grew. She blossomed into a mature disciple of Jesus, shaping her decisions around what would please God and serve others. It was amazing to be a bystander as she transformed into someone we wanted to follow.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSKiu1AbPSxixlMCU8DkV4XFEdohOSWe-MzWgcmlh7AYnQ10kYMOLtXIeDg52YUTFSy4gnJA-12Gai7HfQLr7IbhZbeaC8xuMR6GxHwguPf6-W4rlpwVYForS7aRfZHRNyooK-enEkK8yOYF-6yLNWEme7gMSFMvU2DqxjTEKpVS1_r127yYdT5v7CBLf/s1688/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.59.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1688" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSKiu1AbPSxixlMCU8DkV4XFEdohOSWe-MzWgcmlh7AYnQ10kYMOLtXIeDg52YUTFSy4gnJA-12Gai7HfQLr7IbhZbeaC8xuMR6GxHwguPf6-W4rlpwVYForS7aRfZHRNyooK-enEkK8yOYF-6yLNWEme7gMSFMvU2DqxjTEKpVS1_r127yYdT5v7CBLf/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.59.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>DrH, we will miss you. For Waldemar and me, she was a dear friend as well as coworker. She was our trusted cultural monitor. ("Better to say ... than ..." or "when this happens, it means ...") She asked thoughtful questions and gave good advice on every side.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULhjOshPW-i-cH0KMfCBmqSvge0OWDtAqpQVKW58ZBvkPPF4rYnHzcj12c6ypmnBCRP_wJcTr-1qchLRFLr-VLCp71YIs7sapu6pzUgoXWE8HYn762WcHEzuahX8Q2h7oi1cOkJZMp5K6vvFtdQOGmlc98AzG9Je_WsRhA7Vde1JjsFpCBrJl76ob1SUK/s1804/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.03.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1804" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjULhjOshPW-i-cH0KMfCBmqSvge0OWDtAqpQVKW58ZBvkPPF4rYnHzcj12c6ypmnBCRP_wJcTr-1qchLRFLr-VLCp71YIs7sapu6pzUgoXWE8HYn762WcHEzuahX8Q2h7oi1cOkJZMp5K6vvFtdQOGmlc98AzG9Je_WsRhA7Vde1JjsFpCBrJl76ob1SUK/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.03.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>What I will remember from this week of memorials and tributes is the wide reach of one woman. One person devoted to God and the good of others. She was a person who loved and gave herself wholeheartedly, whether you were old or young.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8gT4czH67iZLHosMSA6b83kYm0LzeQFaCEKNdeomVvQ8gWLxmkdlFKAYv_y113WaoOFfHztl_8rUgqGKYgMmDJDEGL0mxPvnthPFe3fH7Bpo-9vl-XJxLbQQBu8ZSXKSKZ_RoeSaz3AMDYt7kY_mG2J36Gq8q52ftnFaz_M2OIAR19UKF7yRq38faLbl/s1952/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.04.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="1952" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj8gT4czH67iZLHosMSA6b83kYm0LzeQFaCEKNdeomVvQ8gWLxmkdlFKAYv_y113WaoOFfHztl_8rUgqGKYgMmDJDEGL0mxPvnthPFe3fH7Bpo-9vl-XJxLbQQBu8ZSXKSKZ_RoeSaz3AMDYt7kY_mG2J36Gq8q52ftnFaz_M2OIAR19UKF7yRq38faLbl/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.04.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>I'll remember the comments and the tears this week. The warm words of young friends she mentored and old friends to whom she remained faithful and connected.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCPQEySDrOcKSrMvGu_Vjt89NVMQKvl3Peqv_F82fbmK40sW5ZM5TObp0T6SLvjG5Yx7E038XF3ReQNHAjPqTBIqlz7jH5XQaDHnIpqy0lP08tXgTKy1Z-fqMeWKLoDImRtJ0P1rCW5F08BpLQcZg4EuB2qE13wRssRs33DkML37087TG-kHN6PX-_fYa/s1420/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.03.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="1136" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCPQEySDrOcKSrMvGu_Vjt89NVMQKvl3Peqv_F82fbmK40sW5ZM5TObp0T6SLvjG5Yx7E038XF3ReQNHAjPqTBIqlz7jH5XQaDHnIpqy0lP08tXgTKy1Z-fqMeWKLoDImRtJ0P1rCW5F08BpLQcZg4EuB2qE13wRssRs33DkML37087TG-kHN6PX-_fYa/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.03.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="256" /></a></p><p>Dr Hanna - you had a unique place on the planet ... and in our hearts.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pRr9_JsoThIrl4t7R-mR0wVlbeBAluccKl8vFzFce6lDSMBTBakb4BiU5M7sLBLh8ApYdd516ZMqULiUIft0VVLG1yk3wvW3XOVQ_eReA-pgkh3CSJ9gK2wHZ91xa7MVZkts7IdDCE0RXbLJG9uWKfVd213mMqACOhLq72c4Ra45fDw_ywQEzAllCoX4/s1966/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.59.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="1966" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pRr9_JsoThIrl4t7R-mR0wVlbeBAluccKl8vFzFce6lDSMBTBakb4BiU5M7sLBLh8ApYdd516ZMqULiUIft0VVLG1yk3wvW3XOVQ_eReA-pgkh3CSJ9gK2wHZ91xa7MVZkts7IdDCE0RXbLJG9uWKfVd213mMqACOhLq72c4Ra45fDw_ywQEzAllCoX4/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.59.40%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>At the end of his life, Joshua the successor of Moses and leader of Israel said, <span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px;">"Now I am about to go the way of all the earth.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> You know with all your heart and soul that not one of all the good promises the </span><span class="small-caps" style="font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: small-caps; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal;">Lord</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> your God gave you has failed. Every promise</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, Arial; font-size: 16px;"> has been fulfilled; not one has failed (Joshua 23:14)."</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yIdyKztsfcGi-Xw9RqVqNKCdCxbDXvlAVDEv7eOtUdIqEmFlqdofuh1-kIXssqNpSCo593g8Ru6hVe5K0ltPexIfRR839wk9fjZThWxleTQ2UB8EgLwCQ31txq7WD_S7FfDOypnhgkpULS8qxSBRtEYngN_DS5R2omBv8kKjZsJ7FZp3i21PAKWROtJ4/s1946/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.00.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="1946" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3yIdyKztsfcGi-Xw9RqVqNKCdCxbDXvlAVDEv7eOtUdIqEmFlqdofuh1-kIXssqNpSCo593g8Ru6hVe5K0ltPexIfRR839wk9fjZThWxleTQ2UB8EgLwCQ31txq7WD_S7FfDOypnhgkpULS8qxSBRtEYngN_DS5R2omBv8kKjZsJ7FZp3i21PAKWROtJ4/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%205.00.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>That is true of our friend as well. She followed her father and mentor into a life of service and blessing. We were recipients of the goodness of God through her. We love you and will never forget you. (Her book club friends put together this bouquet.)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwK_lXC_QWJXGeqagf_PGZ7h0g5i1Ok5OVSWGK2fGBTEq0DfhDHvv6Xq5vfBTk6Ht_IfEtP9gpwoiwr5fKZ9llI7-HmxyAQi0P_sHNTNePPfQlyENfrkwea2o0BHlp-rJVRfpt6ajntAyCay6vPqyiAcHtAdNHW_amstjEFzK71s5hvsKq_92zmGmWv7WD/s2182/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.35.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1406" data-original-width="2182" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwK_lXC_QWJXGeqagf_PGZ7h0g5i1Ok5OVSWGK2fGBTEq0DfhDHvv6Xq5vfBTk6Ht_IfEtP9gpwoiwr5fKZ9llI7-HmxyAQi0P_sHNTNePPfQlyENfrkwea2o0BHlp-rJVRfpt6ajntAyCay6vPqyiAcHtAdNHW_amstjEFzK71s5hvsKq_92zmGmWv7WD/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.35.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Many other flowers came to the hall.<div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JySgIx8jZML6pvFZe18CBkML5L95CuUX5viS7zY3DN8XGfGwhVDW31fz57cehthP33T5CA-A34BGpGvLlxoFcZSwgQLVJRLyIb4SOiau2l23gg42b3SYSlsVPPqS7zvN3YfN0iR-K67QBikMbZB64muZ_8Uc0aedsCWisPi55-lywlTgkh0wrb1TllwN/s2596/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.35.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="2596" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JySgIx8jZML6pvFZe18CBkML5L95CuUX5viS7zY3DN8XGfGwhVDW31fz57cehthP33T5CA-A34BGpGvLlxoFcZSwgQLVJRLyIb4SOiau2l23gg42b3SYSlsVPPqS7zvN3YfN0iR-K67QBikMbZB64muZ_8Uc0aedsCWisPi55-lywlTgkh0wrb1TllwN/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.35.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The entry hall was filled with flower boards.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVn_0XnGzj9Knr-6F_lOLk7xcLNw06XfJ1LdsJdMsKbzPZ4iufONHtZ3lHEgv_tVcuZS79FiQB2JFRQEtm0dNC3KeEW6sv-mR_kJXo8CNyLEvQ-_vVvh6ue6cKg-AkMMk2RqPOa2DrfEAvVAO9OMA9cgGdAQyUA5pItTVyexwQdHBMv8Zf6BrFAURIDvR/s1984/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.34.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1984" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsVn_0XnGzj9Knr-6F_lOLk7xcLNw06XfJ1LdsJdMsKbzPZ4iufONHtZ3lHEgv_tVcuZS79FiQB2JFRQEtm0dNC3KeEW6sv-mR_kJXo8CNyLEvQ-_vVvh6ue6cKg-AkMMk2RqPOa2DrfEAvVAO9OMA9cgGdAQyUA5pItTVyexwQdHBMv8Zf6BrFAURIDvR/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.34.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">At least 4 Rotary clubs sent their own tributes, since she'd alternated her service as President and Secretary for many years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ88is2pKS1ts084tZ_UZ3DzRS9Y8VfLEZtVw5XZEYhnR_slhn8ijKSxYjU_DuN06PqqoiHgnUndJm_dIzMOVCafCAK2sPrWoB9nVGrGxLa9BcLm8OyGr28ZFJrn9_PmHfsZA-jBOCKGZE1hVMDx5ZC022YY2Y_YvCf8t91QRySw53fj96sgvbcXuxDKq/s1802/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.34.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="1802" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhZ88is2pKS1ts084tZ_UZ3DzRS9Y8VfLEZtVw5XZEYhnR_slhn8ijKSxYjU_DuN06PqqoiHgnUndJm_dIzMOVCafCAK2sPrWoB9nVGrGxLa9BcLm8OyGr28ZFJrn9_PmHfsZA-jBOCKGZE1hVMDx5ZC022YY2Y_YvCf8t91QRySw53fj96sgvbcXuxDKq/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.34.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">Many from her charity groups came to honor her.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07aub-DW4gH4z_cAcZXQpYC71TBRTBSd9xYwCbUYvSfo6ltJPg_5G7bJBgN0eDH7GolSgVe2ZdSwq-NMnpEr_QF8YCLT5tna7s-qsiG6aamj1zmTtPjCAEQrA3E3U-S8M-Hg-SCJbGEnvHHU6R-tnHR56_WONl2KXui1qzva7n3DeeUDCqSIpuqOpAvH9/s2018/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.35.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="2018" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj07aub-DW4gH4z_cAcZXQpYC71TBRTBSd9xYwCbUYvSfo6ltJPg_5G7bJBgN0eDH7GolSgVe2ZdSwq-NMnpEr_QF8YCLT5tna7s-qsiG6aamj1zmTtPjCAEQrA3E3U-S8M-Hg-SCJbGEnvHHU6R-tnHR56_WONl2KXui1qzva7n3DeeUDCqSIpuqOpAvH9/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.35.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Her friends and church members showed up at the funeral home to on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fWD2Cw3pdosB9A-3hOorc3mNqy3Ztoe6d5MEjLpQ8y4-7ekfUhOwLSMyfly6Jo1I5aHJXIhEojaF6IYefYoK5U_lMt1MlBqt8aXFNhkgDs8J7cx_0D2E8zPbqi0lEuOPAOyCvoV3_ZyWcwz26ntPEmNYPmFpBc188MXXOcqiyX18qA2Kz-Km6j84BEB1/s1736/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.36.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1736" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2fWD2Cw3pdosB9A-3hOorc3mNqy3Ztoe6d5MEjLpQ8y4-7ekfUhOwLSMyfly6Jo1I5aHJXIhEojaF6IYefYoK5U_lMt1MlBqt8aXFNhkgDs8J7cx_0D2E8zPbqi0lEuOPAOyCvoV3_ZyWcwz26ntPEmNYPmFpBc188MXXOcqiyX18qA2Kz-Km6j84BEB1/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.36.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Young and old came to say thank you - and farewell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeJhl5J19n0E3a4dAhXDqNt-Y7g26TrPDfNaR1L9gAWolorTAwPwYgysnwYZTLlAiQHXOI8wtNckbtcStuUbcMer8VCuGNGfU74nVov56PtuL8kKeeUIADr0J-ZBIJmcgQNYFLNe04UbZvSygI5AyBDnnIqKJi8TcSTKIMs9IKIZvyndqzjd3IiildgvuR/s2004/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.34.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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He also preached Wednesday before her cremation.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtHl7mIBauGF5xFqlnBcUN8y2L-JQ1M1hxGmyUF9jV8Lr1czrxVP-NAjowQbPkcQjwnaqCS5wMmipO0XrOx0p0ukmQ5zg2e_U_01knkLc2n_lYOVqbsfEiyqCrrFcCuq2c8qhEHMeW-keZ84KvpQ3ydti1Edg-kVhe1CrxaWWVnRfGhONDwJcC68hBuZf/s1986/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.36.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1986" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRtHl7mIBauGF5xFqlnBcUN8y2L-JQ1M1hxGmyUF9jV8Lr1czrxVP-NAjowQbPkcQjwnaqCS5wMmipO0XrOx0p0ukmQ5zg2e_U_01knkLc2n_lYOVqbsfEiyqCrrFcCuq2c8qhEHMeW-keZ84KvpQ3ydti1Edg-kVhe1CrxaWWVnRfGhONDwJcC68hBuZf/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.36.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Wednesday, a good group went to the cremation hall, scattering rose petals on her coffin.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-bSvUvQroMLoXsUWYQ0WrkpXQt5LmV5_uLzvNNgAcebTk_xsDt1GM9Df2-kW6bpxT5qKfsOajSczL_ZYzvv_Kjbj7-p_lAhkdIZHxSrNfVGFPRY6M2DLJvrXzXct008zP8E6ADY2IGhFWzTilRTF49FfbBEZi1c-UUBol4lp4TSwtVMSGyVl3mSUOrYa/s2254/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.36.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="2254" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-bSvUvQroMLoXsUWYQ0WrkpXQt5LmV5_uLzvNNgAcebTk_xsDt1GM9Df2-kW6bpxT5qKfsOajSczL_ZYzvv_Kjbj7-p_lAhkdIZHxSrNfVGFPRY6M2DLJvrXzXct008zP8E6ADY2IGhFWzTilRTF49FfbBEZi1c-UUBol4lp4TSwtVMSGyVl3mSUOrYa/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.36.12%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We stood beside her one last time before the final goodbye. Rest in peace, Dr Hanna. Your work is done. And we already miss you so much!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp6qy8Nmaf1kTplVCRyO6IhhWMYSSttKhD0FznaL8blIKmoKNvwCTiRS7f1ybau2KGbGTtG_yCeWu9RdlkFz6cjAUw2coVTwemKsQonslt4kvfQapPOtTwMqzqRvas9LftO9O_N_AUkRQHMhbmym2Ufk2FK12GNpOItQFVLvwNXeUdherQkgquXwMYUDo/s2626/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.36.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="2626" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkp6qy8Nmaf1kTplVCRyO6IhhWMYSSttKhD0FznaL8blIKmoKNvwCTiRS7f1ybau2KGbGTtG_yCeWu9RdlkFz6cjAUw2coVTwemKsQonslt4kvfQapPOtTwMqzqRvas9LftO9O_N_AUkRQHMhbmym2Ufk2FK12GNpOItQFVLvwNXeUdherQkgquXwMYUDo/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20at%204.36.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>[If you want to know more about Dr Hann's faith and the Savior she loved, please contact me by leaving a comment.]</p><p><b>Read more:</b></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;">*The Lord waits to be gracious to you. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25412be3f12f176a80007153c%26id%3Da9312b7eeb%26e%3Dc118c1b83d&source=gmail&ust=1707349464171000&usg=AOvVaw0DXdkYiTjCRwtDwyb14Qtq" href="https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25412be3f12f176a80007153c&id=a9312b7eeb&e=c118c1b83d" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Isaiah 30:18</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;">*We believe that we will be saved through the grace of the Lord Jesus. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25412be3f12f176a80007153c%26id%3De872004ed1%26e%3Dc118c1b83d&source=gmail&ust=1707349464171000&usg=AOvVaw1693cNRE5arn8WaFzaTCug" href="https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25412be3f12f176a80007153c&id=e872004ed1&e=c118c1b83d" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Acts 15:11</a></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i>Moravian Prayer: Gracious Redeemer, we are humbled by the depth of your love for us. We thank you for your sustaining grace that has safeguarded our salvation. Help us never to take your gracious kindness and compassion for granted. Amen.</i></p></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-1366713464722246832024-02-02T17:23:00.000-08:002024-02-02T17:29:39.119-08:00Sometimes it's night<p><b>Wednesday, January 31, 2024</b></p><p>W and two IES Bandung media volunteers are in Jakarta overnight for a seminar about social media. The dogs make sure no one comes into the yard. They're especially protective in the rare case that one of us is home without the other. Our neighbors are a shout away if we need something, too.</p><p>It's calm and quiet. Pieces of broken mirrors and soft lamps glow in the nook after sundown. I love the golden light of dusk and dawn.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaxR8ZMJe_AcBLWtaA4PdMVwDDlYzM3dUc_ifTSVTBnGBIx5YA7CeLY7b3PE8g88zR1yJHmQ6hi68UZfFqByAR25v6Arvt80AMoNvTcGjY_rUHt8LK8Xq4eRExn1lE5teYHBnbpdjtB8nwTjJboCk_Y98zelLVrGPU16OM9RSH8Wr-58fskzifZLy_QvM/s1486/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.47.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="1148" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaxR8ZMJe_AcBLWtaA4PdMVwDDlYzM3dUc_ifTSVTBnGBIx5YA7CeLY7b3PE8g88zR1yJHmQ6hi68UZfFqByAR25v6Arvt80AMoNvTcGjY_rUHt8LK8Xq4eRExn1lE5teYHBnbpdjtB8nwTjJboCk_Y98zelLVrGPU16OM9RSH8Wr-58fskzifZLy_QvM/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.47.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We're arranging October speakers. A few more connection and the year will be planned through November. December means Advent ... and that's where my head stops.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iQ81flUzlKOdjvvKz0b7zQ3xi614frDOm8AGk9JtFR08oY3FS9jPaghIqfetEKtRv88gxFGqhKy11ZfIn55R8D8KC12-Cb4CnNc8Gv0GrK_JFx5FSeojLfhbiE0AeoTv4Sr230i-xUdi6NI7gONuz_pqbVd6AF4TT2tAgc-Ntv5XloM9HWTtxUesw3sf/s966/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.35.04%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="656" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iQ81flUzlKOdjvvKz0b7zQ3xi614frDOm8AGk9JtFR08oY3FS9jPaghIqfetEKtRv88gxFGqhKy11ZfIn55R8D8KC12-Cb4CnNc8Gv0GrK_JFx5FSeojLfhbiE0AeoTv4Sr230i-xUdi6NI7gONuz_pqbVd6AF4TT2tAgc-Ntv5XloM9HWTtxUesw3sf/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.35.04%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="217" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">IbuA goes into the garden and makes her own flower arrangement. Pretty! The helpers are more and more creative.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKNsI_xVWpOBjCwAsbN81tuIq_FVnP2NVfF8aVs0SnGhN3P5mQqJRj0w3by7zVk-lE31OqLvOIMhyphenhyphenONC6YwsoCclFVRJhBiCZnmgUdgSYxiUwX-S7Tmu1xNKqv_141sw5xSrOMGNpmmRhqAvc6gwRDPBMHIAI5gUattXf_NNmpYV6wbh7fN-0n9VenTXX/s1790/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.35.30%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1790" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGKNsI_xVWpOBjCwAsbN81tuIq_FVnP2NVfF8aVs0SnGhN3P5mQqJRj0w3by7zVk-lE31OqLvOIMhyphenhyphenONC6YwsoCclFVRJhBiCZnmgUdgSYxiUwX-S7Tmu1xNKqv_141sw5xSrOMGNpmmRhqAvc6gwRDPBMHIAI5gUattXf_NNmpYV6wbh7fN-0n9VenTXX/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.35.30%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Thursday</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I decide on a different route for my walk, which adds an extra half-mile. But I come back the same way. This streets buzz with motorcycles before 7:00 a.m. and empty once students get to school.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjIrAZxwXD03f4a-xoFyomXgsm4bKRmfAlqKwelVeYOUSy4_bYkTrz6eXBFqJ4eFkSXnVzvEnWOII3kxXfnyH_Ps6InJqDH7syXk62irIV_C1vUuLXtM1cpqNQjZRtACJNsoE_fQ2epL-MEzjOvy3IISe0hSqYaWTqm_-PRunBqa_aoX3bwNqjOf_1e5j/s1326/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.37.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1062" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqjIrAZxwXD03f4a-xoFyomXgsm4bKRmfAlqKwelVeYOUSy4_bYkTrz6eXBFqJ4eFkSXnVzvEnWOII3kxXfnyH_Ps6InJqDH7syXk62irIV_C1vUuLXtM1cpqNQjZRtACJNsoE_fQ2epL-MEzjOvy3IISe0hSqYaWTqm_-PRunBqa_aoX3bwNqjOf_1e5j/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.37.05%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="256" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A blaze of pink blossoms hang over one neighbor's gate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8brvwQ_bD4vkFJu-yMvjetnxyob_T9ehftP4a9ijXFzvNlHxGBna7_dUyynsahzHBBqM0t5cNEpoPnzTAWWr8S7Zh0QVYSaAXyD34bzNDJJje3MprAQbD2W4FW3AP-cwPvDRt-LAqZ_s65qjgKGc2VW07ij7nDvedgP3SS8CceJ97yHR_i1Ghpei-lR75/s1414/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.36.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="1002" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8brvwQ_bD4vkFJu-yMvjetnxyob_T9ehftP4a9ijXFzvNlHxGBna7_dUyynsahzHBBqM0t5cNEpoPnzTAWWr8S7Zh0QVYSaAXyD34bzNDJJje3MprAQbD2W4FW3AP-cwPvDRt-LAqZ_s65qjgKGc2VW07ij7nDvedgP3SS8CceJ97yHR_i1Ghpei-lR75/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.36.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="227" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another has a hedge of white flowers attended by bees.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2wV-wQBw4bpCEJvz_sehZV0yOUJmEtUNaDsISEs0FHnBDBPw9Xu0yqnZaNZE6Q5ZOwAxMq5tSTLu5ogipDeZLbr6g_nLuKkOQzpdbCUdDlcnQ_jYHb2Gp3WMN8pmRIZ2HDwN9w_ThWWjfUWVraFuF39uLUeGmNTBRGIFJive8OI2CnjIuMmZNQskDlDF/s1380/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.36.53%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1380" data-original-width="966" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-2wV-wQBw4bpCEJvz_sehZV0yOUJmEtUNaDsISEs0FHnBDBPw9Xu0yqnZaNZE6Q5ZOwAxMq5tSTLu5ogipDeZLbr6g_nLuKkOQzpdbCUdDlcnQ_jYHb2Gp3WMN8pmRIZ2HDwN9w_ThWWjfUWVraFuF39uLUeGmNTBRGIFJive8OI2CnjIuMmZNQskDlDF/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.36.53%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="224" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's semi-cloudy; everything is growing in the garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYkW7w4roxPCu1n5ctDa-QrITllqQuXT4_4emDmUMichZLSduCVJ3a5ZiqkMl7SBPfUTiCx6OaDI9-rRgMvHqG9B3oa9jIUDFIXn8zytEWj8GTt9aJCiFcbv7yEovDrY_8zA7Ln9fhdxjmACl3Bzmh8bKO-Vu-F0OO52vBV2ktp8NFPL-uFaPvFc8ivo_/s2032/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.36.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1418" data-original-width="2032" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwYkW7w4roxPCu1n5ctDa-QrITllqQuXT4_4emDmUMichZLSduCVJ3a5ZiqkMl7SBPfUTiCx6OaDI9-rRgMvHqG9B3oa9jIUDFIXn8zytEWj8GTt9aJCiFcbv7yEovDrY_8zA7Ln9fhdxjmACl3Bzmh8bKO-Vu-F0OO52vBV2ktp8NFPL-uFaPvFc8ivo_/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.36.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div>Grading. There are many edits on many assignments and revisions for this class (Study and Research Writing.) It's easiest to hand-write current grades into a notebook. I'll put the final grades into their folders.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDmCa0_xdHd2eC2oxT-jAftU3Gt-B260W9mrh8F9tRWyHXPjyiL5ukP7xjuK0IhJBwyqNDzjIal9K8qqDHumO8z8tjZES9w3Hc4iBjBzh-kzicpmzHTvgbS-kOL2G4WJ2mo_NLNcB-5Vsv8nmrMOe4hL8qsxWIC5kEHpl1KT_YoDneMKs4_gIJ1iLAETn/s1960/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.35.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1960" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXDmCa0_xdHd2eC2oxT-jAftU3Gt-B260W9mrh8F9tRWyHXPjyiL5ukP7xjuK0IhJBwyqNDzjIal9K8qqDHumO8z8tjZES9w3Hc4iBjBzh-kzicpmzHTvgbS-kOL2G4WJ2mo_NLNcB-5Vsv8nmrMOe4hL8qsxWIC5kEHpl1KT_YoDneMKs4_gIJ1iLAETn/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.35.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's a relief to leave the office behind and move onto other things. Like calling Mom each morning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXLjEzcft2vC2pXmf9wTW_Ib7pCfH7L0WXnnyiI_-mNvQtyGFi3d6U__prKFy3IGGt7HxFuot18ZazN6rXi2o-Skenp22XPS5De3tnHL6kPSXoMdEFrnzyv-W1dH0UiNMi6rhF_Veo2wAd10FCI4vUvc59LKdgOo2FN0SqPKkbGoMu-xag6wd0xPWDanc/s1516/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.36.15%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="1076" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMXLjEzcft2vC2pXmf9wTW_Ib7pCfH7L0WXnnyiI_-mNvQtyGFi3d6U__prKFy3IGGt7HxFuot18ZazN6rXi2o-Skenp22XPS5De3tnHL6kPSXoMdEFrnzyv-W1dH0UiNMi6rhF_Veo2wAd10FCI4vUvc59LKdgOo2FN0SqPKkbGoMu-xag6wd0xPWDanc/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.36.15%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="227" /></a></div>I scramble eggs over mashed potatoes and sprouts for breakfast. It tastes good with <i>sambal </i>(spicy sauce.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsJR4-gBJgaKwYBK5VEOrFBce0xe46Q31pGgvUpo7347suY1Twwor_zqXhkJEyLV5hcESYvcqDsZznexSD1lduzuVj7dwv9zqfg8YTGEYo7-OK-wpyMogR95Mwif_8kFJ_6Px3Hbt6ft74AM02j7DMH96wKfoSKUzWxUK8AXAbuKFKJn6j4z-tndiCdug/s1478/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.36.04%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1106" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKsJR4-gBJgaKwYBK5VEOrFBce0xe46Q31pGgvUpo7347suY1Twwor_zqXhkJEyLV5hcESYvcqDsZznexSD1lduzuVj7dwv9zqfg8YTGEYo7-OK-wpyMogR95Mwif_8kFJ_6Px3Hbt6ft74AM02j7DMH96wKfoSKUzWxUK8AXAbuKFKJn6j4z-tndiCdug/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-01%20at%209.36.04%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Friday</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I walk, have a few meetings in the morning, and set up the final version of the class PPT: it's posted after the final session. A ripe durian has fallen and is opened for lunch. When I come out of my room, the whole house smells foul. "Oh wait, it must be the durian." The powerful odor travels.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZzhFH69Oypq2qqO9ZPaKR0XfHmsK_39_h8sOiFFc1_-OPQXZtzElZkbp-igGpzRHcTqISNfamcahxtfXbW_LS5m40QRUMBAmFwjTPbcOwQvpD0cR35gY0T4AUBKHlMK60_1UQVGUkg4naMMoKm1JCwXd5BBsipB8Ex_Tcu8hJqC1IrXXOcjC6wZcIxK6/s1430/Screenshot%202024-02-03%20at%207.54.01%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1430" data-original-width="1072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZzhFH69Oypq2qqO9ZPaKR0XfHmsK_39_h8sOiFFc1_-OPQXZtzElZkbp-igGpzRHcTqISNfamcahxtfXbW_LS5m40QRUMBAmFwjTPbcOwQvpD0cR35gY0T4AUBKHlMK60_1UQVGUkg4naMMoKm1JCwXd5BBsipB8Ex_Tcu8hJqC1IrXXOcjC6wZcIxK6/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-03%20at%207.54.01%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="240" /></a></div>The interior is creamy and custardy. PakG says it's not a special kind. "Just the common Indonesian version," he says. The dozen or so in the tree are spoken for. W and I will pass them on.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRNtij0M_j_PoUmEdebqO2EZ89JTRx0bDgI1hbuU9pMU8pM_2noXlbbcfYqjquDR62tbWIswiRwNiKF0SyHamEHzMsctqFnEaGU1WYKAicjpHSPYfIVGEHVkXR44ViZnnMU8ag4Lv76ztTARnZQW_gtzzxA_GXAKo90DS9TEQ4rdY6xmckKVt6G0vXwS_/s1444/Screenshot%202024-02-03%20at%207.54.08%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="1384" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcRNtij0M_j_PoUmEdebqO2EZ89JTRx0bDgI1hbuU9pMU8pM_2noXlbbcfYqjquDR62tbWIswiRwNiKF0SyHamEHzMsctqFnEaGU1WYKAicjpHSPYfIVGEHVkXR44ViZnnMU8ag4Lv76ztTARnZQW_gtzzxA_GXAKo90DS9TEQ4rdY6xmckKVt6G0vXwS_/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-03%20at%207.54.08%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="307" /></a></div>It's the last day of teaching, after which grading, revisions, and returns happens for a month. When someone asks for an extension after a month of this, I tend to say no. Get your work done early "just in case." I've never taught a class with so many excused absences, power outages, and internet challenges for the students. I have to grade as though they were sitting in class all 3 weeks, which is what they signed up for.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw8bHbZdsqApKAvDqWAkx_sTHwmPv7o3H7O4IMjmHYAXKdFzRNBV0MTwymp5mXeF8EZlhuzMg5U0eZlSBUgVkJ0mp9lzi6Ldm5DXuOqowyJYAOK4SitRpuhNyV1OV46qKfuAT7icWSCi5LM6SdM2KnEpIrbIQNRR-FfQHbE9lb_DGi73O4Pn2E9FH3pNIV/s1930/Screenshot%202024-02-03%20at%207.54.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="1930" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw8bHbZdsqApKAvDqWAkx_sTHwmPv7o3H7O4IMjmHYAXKdFzRNBV0MTwymp5mXeF8EZlhuzMg5U0eZlSBUgVkJ0mp9lzi6Ldm5DXuOqowyJYAOK4SitRpuhNyV1OV46qKfuAT7icWSCi5LM6SdM2KnEpIrbIQNRR-FfQHbE9lb_DGi73O4Pn2E9FH3pNIV/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-03%20at%207.54.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The view from my office window is quiet. I have to get up twice to retrieve our labradoodle. She keeps pushing aside the neighbor's gate to go inside. The neighbor is raising goat kids for the upcoming Idul Fitr (feast after 30 days of Ramadan). The animals will be slaughtered as a reminder of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son (assumed to be Ishmael by Muslims).<div><br /></div><div>My test is negative! hurrah - Covid's done with me. I call several working teams with updates on a resignation. Sometimes leaders fix things. Sometimes they let things go. Sometimes they give reports. I love our teams, who hear from God and do hard work.<br /><div><br /></div><div><b>Saturday</b></div><div>Starting with a 6:00 a.m. meeting, the day unfolds. I make peanut butter toast and have breakfast during our discussion. After 10 minutes, I eat some little ants before I notice. They are swarming the bread. Ugh. I shake off and squish the rest when I see them. (Obviously, we've lived here a while.)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5h6sTRb2HxwkgBn1Rg8oDGKKw8-7us4oTsffjQdgjO0EWW24d9z9lzU9N0GUoJhBzTVi0LyPS7IZmeaLoR35oNd9pj7C4swDnV3oH-lLwkmTiFpIKCTfvlstWPDiFnz4N6J376DMVjkjbVyoGFCd3VvGlsLPSDm9_zaIEZpRVqerNsWrw-Rfht0XiHfC/s1504/Screenshot%202024-02-03%20at%207.53.47%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga5h6sTRb2HxwkgBn1Rg8oDGKKw8-7us4oTsffjQdgjO0EWW24d9z9lzU9N0GUoJhBzTVi0LyPS7IZmeaLoR35oNd9pj7C4swDnV3oH-lLwkmTiFpIKCTfvlstWPDiFnz4N6J376DMVjkjbVyoGFCd3VvGlsLPSDm9_zaIEZpRVqerNsWrw-Rfht0XiHfC/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-03%20at%207.53.47%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="240" /></a></div><div>I walk up to the laundry rooftop to see what improvements the handymen made last week. The runoff has soaked the interior whenever the gutters overflow. hopefully that' fixed it. The workmen have raised the height of the gutter that drains the roof. The clay tiles stretch by the thousands to the peak of the roof.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0wKhb4sjVsdBC3d1PYjKlHzYirWe_wa8yCsyQQj9OUWT2qZGq7li9MZC_HQ2qgiM5dkjQHx1o7AcdTy3hcfC4hGUWChxrnjyiGbKdKXkqvfRlReuCuI-xxdnQerci9sOFeV3ioKIPaol62XKjePoIEnD26QJtcobw_5NIFnEEa8b7LVXHdFAkd-1Lqd-/s2020/Screenshot%202024-02-03%20at%207.54.29%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="2020" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho0wKhb4sjVsdBC3d1PYjKlHzYirWe_wa8yCsyQQj9OUWT2qZGq7li9MZC_HQ2qgiM5dkjQHx1o7AcdTy3hcfC4hGUWChxrnjyiGbKdKXkqvfRlReuCuI-xxdnQerci9sOFeV3ioKIPaol62XKjePoIEnD26QJtcobw_5NIFnEEa8b7LVXHdFAkd-1Lqd-/s320/Screenshot%202024-02-03%20at%207.54.29%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><b>Read more:</b></span><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*All the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other. 1 Kings 8:60</span><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Jesus said: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit and teaching them to obey everything that I have commanded you. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25412be3f12f176a80007153c%26id%3D57e6412a9c%26e%3Dc118c1b83d&source=gmail&ust=1706842744997000&usg=AOvVaw3_skWJ69NrKfckNJBjKH17" href="https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25412be3f12f176a80007153c&id=57e6412a9c&e=c118c1b83d" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #20124d;">Matthew 28:19-20</span></a></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer; Sending God, when we become comfortable with watching and not doing the work of ministry, remind us we all have a role to fill, a part to play, and gifts to use, and that even small parts are essential. Amen. </span></i></p></div></div></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-75259962796038176362024-01-30T02:10:00.000-08:002024-01-30T02:10:32.108-08:00A pretty weekend and a quiet start to the week<p><b>Saturday, January 27, 2024</b></p><p>It's a quiet day. Many Saturdays, W's self-care is exploring Bandung. He likes being among people, riding the <i>angkot</i> busses, studying scripture over lunch with friends, and walking miles.</p><p>In contrast, my Sabbath is staying home with no schedule but my own. No helpers to assign chores. No one expecting meals at a certain time. No one asking questions. I usually read, rest, and do something creative - and I write. (I always write.)</p><p>The wind picks up as the weather changes: the Bali beachgrass chimes sing cheerfully as the breeze sweeps across the mountain slopes. Gypsy tries all the door handles to see if he can sneak inside, away from the storm. If he can, we find him under the back staircase, in our shower, or under a desk. It's like he read and adapted an earthquake safety manual.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReD79yhVhDYAG5luF92wQID7J20fHCT8jL_zCBmnWoaT10hBekRhCNbM_TBOsIK8ZkBW5AvYYV9lot8VoQRc77qfGGXAoykoZHAu6FUyQK1xJ9aUlrXUbDMWI6JymWsgHsuaDBy0DME3_nhQ8hP1u6l03WQ4YrQZe3isLTNNZ6vGD-jZA-MetW0bhuzKo/s1514/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.00.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1038" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReD79yhVhDYAG5luF92wQID7J20fHCT8jL_zCBmnWoaT10hBekRhCNbM_TBOsIK8ZkBW5AvYYV9lot8VoQRc77qfGGXAoykoZHAu6FUyQK1xJ9aUlrXUbDMWI6JymWsgHsuaDBy0DME3_nhQ8hP1u6l03WQ4YrQZe3isLTNNZ6vGD-jZA-MetW0bhuzKo/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.00.33%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="219" /></a></p><p>Today, I'm flashing hot and cold as Covid begins to relinquish its grip. At noon, my appetite is coming back. I enjoy the pho W ordered yesterday. The broth soothes the throat. I taste the salt and not much else yet.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefW9hgdbTv0M0UdWne10fVJgqOZVG5JTiBuS8pFUG3iegl3Nijr8fKVEl66sSFl774ULZ83ivwreIxLFHdhqBA6jC7iTPB5onCO4-XG-rgdPaWest9DzKhWN8VSIu5FpOCcfS4EtCNgpIemxkN3xzwcmtmXXkiKOFDuOJN59qa_nXJK3Lfe7BkAvmEKDQ/s1136/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.49.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="976" data-original-width="1136" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhefW9hgdbTv0M0UdWne10fVJgqOZVG5JTiBuS8pFUG3iegl3Nijr8fKVEl66sSFl774ULZ83ivwreIxLFHdhqBA6jC7iTPB5onCO4-XG-rgdPaWest9DzKhWN8VSIu5FpOCcfS4EtCNgpIemxkN3xzwcmtmXXkiKOFDuOJN59qa_nXJK3Lfe7BkAvmEKDQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.49.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>Lunch generates enough brain power to edit an academic paper for W. Then I walks around the yard to make sure all is ready for tomorrow's Hangout. The tropical fish snap up the food pellets tossed into the ponds (repurposed antique flowerpots.)</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fq0r5yjZduKV-ojqezukNwo5DMAIB6YW15pkPAROkUeBiAF-TfuNJbhHFwWjmQrnKBZGz6rIouiIrgyqzAuZ8aWnqbrhIOQliWHoymXzeDutMWNnC_QlN1QxhRcE5VmNUVqsKnFkY0yfuNfKV1G0WX_hS9e9cKatwNBpQzdG89fsNUBlFuIAUfhDdIly/s1768/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.01.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="1768" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fq0r5yjZduKV-ojqezukNwo5DMAIB6YW15pkPAROkUeBiAF-TfuNJbhHFwWjmQrnKBZGz6rIouiIrgyqzAuZ8aWnqbrhIOQliWHoymXzeDutMWNnC_QlN1QxhRcE5VmNUVqsKnFkY0yfuNfKV1G0WX_hS9e9cKatwNBpQzdG89fsNUBlFuIAUfhDdIly/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.01.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>With daily rainfall, the plants rocket upwards. It's a gardener's Eden during this season, when hot sunshine also peeks through the clouds nearly every day. The flowering papaya tree is ready for picking.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXrhIRbD97WqmIrjTDJ7vrmmrfHzocFkr_73v2acQE_XETriWcMuZ4V1KwBb1TpVYwLgkugOBfb9assQy6QbGePbaRLr9WsTzl2UAWlb4C5GXy1qGt5ifO8PvHJ0bpg_aB1ly9eo7j0bpUNnSMOWbiQXoaWnNpDLAFTrc-Lp4_sImZdQFWqxtX8F69Sfc/s1066/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.00.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1054" data-original-width="1066" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnXrhIRbD97WqmIrjTDJ7vrmmrfHzocFkr_73v2acQE_XETriWcMuZ4V1KwBb1TpVYwLgkugOBfb9assQy6QbGePbaRLr9WsTzl2UAWlb4C5GXy1qGt5ifO8PvHJ0bpg_aB1ly9eo7j0bpUNnSMOWbiQXoaWnNpDLAFTrc-Lp4_sImZdQFWqxtX8F69Sfc/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.00.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's a burst of color: pinks, purples, and yellows edge the Porch.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcC7UH1oj_ekp3MTBr9HmunxY2LI7AWvgy4kTApDL8GOUIJf2Fu23-iWbDfm6a94Hu_SsTS8Ggll1iFHo1c3EMm8hg8nc-f7W2riSJom22vBIE8g4PHrW5hyIlS0AJciCncVYdJ-LcJg9H7SAa-ZGRHydg4bnDVs9qfDUOBIOwiOW_AnwnbAeMZgxLfRtk/s1278/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.01.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="962" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcC7UH1oj_ekp3MTBr9HmunxY2LI7AWvgy4kTApDL8GOUIJf2Fu23-iWbDfm6a94Hu_SsTS8Ggll1iFHo1c3EMm8hg8nc-f7W2riSJom22vBIE8g4PHrW5hyIlS0AJciCncVYdJ-LcJg9H7SAa-ZGRHydg4bnDVs9qfDUOBIOwiOW_AnwnbAeMZgxLfRtk/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.01.52%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="241" /></a></div>Across the lawn, 8'/2.5m -tall yellow blooms climb toward the sun. They self-seed among the false bird-of-paradise, roses, and herbs.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWWwtsvpbfJ2PHWfxR1_Qc5q8NaJuWdPLgKJPfbFArTW8qszlooR9fhgYFxUVMhHCwAv3r89TFWEXwxQeWRmJuoUB8VgUuR6GsLsjTbRFdt7w09cpczFfv2c5tA50NI2IHLOotlUdqPE1kBkaAwdI9VO4912i6XqsQwV9q_d1H6Q9ujPLsNRqqYigCBie/s1458/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.01.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="1132" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDWWwtsvpbfJ2PHWfxR1_Qc5q8NaJuWdPLgKJPfbFArTW8qszlooR9fhgYFxUVMhHCwAv3r89TFWEXwxQeWRmJuoUB8VgUuR6GsLsjTbRFdt7w09cpczFfv2c5tA50NI2IHLOotlUdqPE1kBkaAwdI9VO4912i6XqsQwV9q_d1H6Q9ujPLsNRqqYigCBie/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.01.20%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="248" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">In contrast, these delicate white flowers peek through the coleus. I use their tiny pops of white in lieu of baby's breath in arrangements.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYoCKaOLaXOieBtYj9ZwcwjENjV4cVyN2JZ0xCDJ52IoDsZ0Q24nT0rOWufyugUyIK38mS9VweuB8c6QJxWSubqR4dfRj1V5QL8z41Sr4phOk7y-1qi4bli3jhyphenhyphensy9MKuyvjppHJdsxQsX4_qIBM4uVABRU0iDpCz0k5-99ngeREnqCPonjLiUfQfLssv/s1408/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.00.55%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1408" data-original-width="1112" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYoCKaOLaXOieBtYj9ZwcwjENjV4cVyN2JZ0xCDJ52IoDsZ0Q24nT0rOWufyugUyIK38mS9VweuB8c6QJxWSubqR4dfRj1V5QL8z41Sr4phOk7y-1qi4bli3jhyphenhyphensy9MKuyvjppHJdsxQsX4_qIBM4uVABRU0iDpCz0k5-99ngeREnqCPonjLiUfQfLssv/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.00.55%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="253" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Even the aquarium plants are going wild in the humidity. (Scale: the glass is 15" tall.)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JlLxWZVNyiKM4gJ9Bz0Y0Eeq_4RiGzqvCWY8rhaaeYMGALqOplmrRcu01ScGxwoKY8rDKFTVcXB_WKysdlaY_3lWlmucAHkJ2aGq9bcsGX2neMnQpH4ihXxX2Xa0VPUccXTxtRMjWDqLW___w-joJPo0Z1Qn33P4PpdKGxxi2w16bex61W1Sc66l1oz-/s836/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.48.54%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="604" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0JlLxWZVNyiKM4gJ9Bz0Y0Eeq_4RiGzqvCWY8rhaaeYMGALqOplmrRcu01ScGxwoKY8rDKFTVcXB_WKysdlaY_3lWlmucAHkJ2aGq9bcsGX2neMnQpH4ihXxX2Xa0VPUccXTxtRMjWDqLW___w-joJPo0Z1Qn33P4PpdKGxxi2w16bex61W1Sc66l1oz-/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.48.54%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="231" /></a></div><div>The ants aren't shy about working either. Their mounds look like poop all across the lawn. We let the rain beat the soil back down.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWGYgH7PteOeQUYsuXvu5vI8XeVuVxqpx8o70GBDWK8jPt5GiNb5BIJbQdeJNJCu62sDuiCoj48ix7QbKzWigdXbVohyphenhyphen01NsQqiucCkkM3brDWTNKiJ7SVi3oG-sKPnz5H-O6XWDsh2BE15XmHUFp-z1ph5d0ab6bv45xcUGEeeHcZ3s-0qSUe9aOL-9q/s1466/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.00.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1160" data-original-width="1466" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijWGYgH7PteOeQUYsuXvu5vI8XeVuVxqpx8o70GBDWK8jPt5GiNb5BIJbQdeJNJCu62sDuiCoj48ix7QbKzWigdXbVohyphenhyphen01NsQqiucCkkM3brDWTNKiJ7SVi3oG-sKPnz5H-O6XWDsh2BE15XmHUFp-z1ph5d0ab6bv45xcUGEeeHcZ3s-0qSUe9aOL-9q/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2011.00.45%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">You know who has the gift of care when you receive a basket like this. Thanks, Sayaka and family. I manage a delicious pear with yogurt for supper.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9-GzsBgCs36AzbP2slMGxrYIh9Aqe6sVvo0lNZ9LWvz24JAO3oSnQNgn1qqSxD1Rmeyy20GRNyyWkbg5YKpbFY4L46X6XQW_ZMqFirSunYuiYsWzkAvRjEsFVfpTxSQ36MwEm08bb6J_Q-95We29xjxi8i8TwPzRwORAFozGxU0gbjK7VKwL_sm69IFU/s1482/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.50.27%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1482" data-original-width="1290" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9-GzsBgCs36AzbP2slMGxrYIh9Aqe6sVvo0lNZ9LWvz24JAO3oSnQNgn1qqSxD1Rmeyy20GRNyyWkbg5YKpbFY4L46X6XQW_ZMqFirSunYuiYsWzkAvRjEsFVfpTxSQ36MwEm08bb6J_Q-95We29xjxi8i8TwPzRwORAFozGxU0gbjK7VKwL_sm69IFU/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.50.27%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="279" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Night descends quietly on the Porch at 6:00 - sundown.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6F0t4RJH1I74Qzx4m9Gl4M1buTI7uAVT1c-5VimlVCHLmQAetb2TYrELHWLZGrpfZ_JGGs0dktwYwQ9itLU5GuhQEJitvKENVEUy9SJXWAFkj7ZCtqqKG3j10mC8ZOHaXxif9Yw6GBdpY1Fgjel-zMb52hUBL-Lf9bWyYsVp1tTKH-wt3UqeR2DXftDy/s2006/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.49.14%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2006" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV6F0t4RJH1I74Qzx4m9Gl4M1buTI7uAVT1c-5VimlVCHLmQAetb2TYrELHWLZGrpfZ_JGGs0dktwYwQ9itLU5GuhQEJitvKENVEUy9SJXWAFkj7ZCtqqKG3j10mC8ZOHaXxif9Yw6GBdpY1Fgjel-zMb52hUBL-Lf9bWyYsVp1tTKH-wt3UqeR2DXftDy/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.49.14%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><p><b>Sunday</b></p><p>And before you know it, the sun's up again. Soft light bathes the reading nook. How I'd like to be with the IES Bandung family. Not today. My chair is ready to <a href="https://bit.ly/3l62Gg8" target="_blank">watch the Gathering</a> online.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyHu4A_SY12dkU_LBf-6Kh7O9Jt6agdGKHYsMjq0Cb-377SGiJVPLxOwdYCS8T15BZV0c_meF4LSNI-T0s5jTCvQbfrgdDomYao7KKtVDXyPPot3nIFJGJ8DMzRrUlH_sNv4755dFpzq1v3J-4DwLCSHhuLD2GgFkUZQ1e3k0TCF4Bs60h_8VxBDm_Na1/s2020/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.49.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="2020" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDyHu4A_SY12dkU_LBf-6Kh7O9Jt6agdGKHYsMjq0Cb-377SGiJVPLxOwdYCS8T15BZV0c_meF4LSNI-T0s5jTCvQbfrgdDomYao7KKtVDXyPPot3nIFJGJ8DMzRrUlH_sNv4755dFpzq1v3J-4DwLCSHhuLD2GgFkUZQ1e3k0TCF4Bs60h_8VxBDm_Na1/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.49.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>First, I make one last round of the yard and clip a few flowers. Today was my turn to arrange hall flowers so I sent a silk/dry grass arrangement ahead of time. This bouquet is for the house: after being inside most of the week, I need some color. The cuttings are submerged to hydrate and drown caterpillars and ants. The bouquet starts to find its shape with green coleus.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslGGgW0vhrZYb4uD-54O5qnIT9uIPUvsUwcOPPuCzF7242hJ7Cw-heQxB5pbnGe7wcS7CrAJP92OH47jSu_3Cq6Zu-u9RR9u1yIcf5uL-8LKFYMEbix1R5UsCvvFI0MBVNfiLFsLzTmMIRth-iwHLD4lAvWnQUnLjvyRaK7nNx_BwHXP-jMZ_jazM7Sl9/s1324/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.49.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="1114" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhslGGgW0vhrZYb4uD-54O5qnIT9uIPUvsUwcOPPuCzF7242hJ7Cw-heQxB5pbnGe7wcS7CrAJP92OH47jSu_3Cq6Zu-u9RR9u1yIcf5uL-8LKFYMEbix1R5UsCvvFI0MBVNfiLFsLzTmMIRth-iwHLD4lAvWnQUnLjvyRaK7nNx_BwHXP-jMZ_jazM7Sl9/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.49.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="269" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">The yellows still look wilted when I place the arrangement in the entry, but the leaves and flower heads will revive within the hour as they drink and settle in.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlhzR6S2CDSYSA3VbxHBX3OJymHg8YHtXIOky2iUzO2vYxY5f7TbcKGYAYB43yXLWCWlVxizA_FHRjLM-_Exf2wEoXocmC5FewRcRYGxt6Lh1rgAP1tEVKRC5waFW6xn2IqSy62gfLR1SCEgFqoeuupcpuHU_WHXfcKa1I6-CIWgfZnlUl-8LXGHJ8b77/s1500/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.50.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1248" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIlhzR6S2CDSYSA3VbxHBX3OJymHg8YHtXIOky2iUzO2vYxY5f7TbcKGYAYB43yXLWCWlVxizA_FHRjLM-_Exf2wEoXocmC5FewRcRYGxt6Lh1rgAP1tEVKRC5waFW6xn2IqSy62gfLR1SCEgFqoeuupcpuHU_WHXfcKa1I6-CIWgfZnlUl-8LXGHJ8b77/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.50.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="266" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Living things are amazing! I give it a quick turn to put the perked-up fronds on the side rather than front and center.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2NUmMfqW7skmaxtASIh9V5aemv5X6iSudt_bAnpns6M5Lops6bcs5Hqp3C6OueMjVWfnE8EWRuLc6SgEkgdhCw9GSoal0xRGa4PreXXu-H1z_FDGMwyxYeGqy0lFpdauf17AGXpAGpSC_9-K_BJIfX7JTss3hgpyXSFaS1munNl_P00CUFdtKh4inbB4/s1520/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%203.56.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI2NUmMfqW7skmaxtASIh9V5aemv5X6iSudt_bAnpns6M5Lops6bcs5Hqp3C6OueMjVWfnE8EWRuLc6SgEkgdhCw9GSoal0xRGa4PreXXu-H1z_FDGMwyxYeGqy0lFpdauf17AGXpAGpSC_9-K_BJIfX7JTss3hgpyXSFaS1munNl_P00CUFdtKh4inbB4/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%203.56.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="237" /></a></div><p>How odd to watch the Gathering online. Don't get me wrong: I am grateful for technology. However, it's not the same as meeting in person. You can't shake hands with those who are grateful for the week's blessings or hug those who need prayer. Sometimes they are the same people.</p><p>The congregation prays over Martin, joining the team at IES Bandung with the unique calling God has put on his heart. He reads the scriptures this morning.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kruxGWR2UpVhxRDh83uLDaUVAl38PDU15mUPgtB-Js9s8HcUeCKSbw_034w-2Qj3zTDAkTpHpaTnw30VRjUJ-tWL8l26pvDFjimrUwFMT8p77pjEbl1fK4Ieaj9jLweDvVGCSazNefm-IoQjgSfVx65vhHJv5_w3GP6OOM9UGBnadIVeQms2OCHFBCIF/s1190/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%209.38.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1190" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7kruxGWR2UpVhxRDh83uLDaUVAl38PDU15mUPgtB-Js9s8HcUeCKSbw_034w-2Qj3zTDAkTpHpaTnw30VRjUJ-tWL8l26pvDFjimrUwFMT8p77pjEbl1fK4Ieaj9jLweDvVGCSazNefm-IoQjgSfVx65vhHJv5_w3GP6OOM9UGBnadIVeQms2OCHFBCIF/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%209.38.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">We pray over Rob and Wina who have served with us since they landed in Bandung a year ago. What a help they have been to us. They now transition to full-time work in a global organization. We'll miss them! and their cheerful attitudes.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_MJPwi4dHo1AoWP7-N_uw1yEfVH_kGCu_X1uKJ1eJcyemcf7ELq2S1B7UXIpM1zafmBY6wiPVeaAH-1HxdnJutOxMXQEo1fRds6AscUNHt4WC2l-B5ms1_-2e5N5Ycc0j5TXtUlRnYmRK2OYDeO8Wxi51zEzFbMvOB5bD_btRYzAyOJ_jC-BrqkwdyyM/s1844/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%209.35.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1844" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL_MJPwi4dHo1AoWP7-N_uw1yEfVH_kGCu_X1uKJ1eJcyemcf7ELq2S1B7UXIpM1zafmBY6wiPVeaAH-1HxdnJutOxMXQEo1fRds6AscUNHt4WC2l-B5ms1_-2e5N5Ycc0j5TXtUlRnYmRK2OYDeO8Wxi51zEzFbMvOB5bD_btRYzAyOJ_jC-BrqkwdyyM/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%209.35.25%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The Hangout crowd meets on the Porch for the first time this year. What a treat to hear their muffled conversation and laughter from my perch inside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlxlITQ-8Tl5cObr638B-YrGrDCCd1ffjAxcHdyZYSYMbrwnSffV-3pRstaUb8plB0ahLifgks4mwPRdrwS6YUub7fmZJ2wjib9kMt_MM90JkCGnJxlimdl7C8dF3eL-ERQk1FeXBaBN0N-NXSrWRbfPFnB4HRbEVPEZcMnBxUcMrRdvm1qaPzr3iN0PK/s1368/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%204.25.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1076" data-original-width="1368" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlxlITQ-8Tl5cObr638B-YrGrDCCd1ffjAxcHdyZYSYMbrwnSffV-3pRstaUb8plB0ahLifgks4mwPRdrwS6YUub7fmZJ2wjib9kMt_MM90JkCGnJxlimdl7C8dF3eL-ERQk1FeXBaBN0N-NXSrWRbfPFnB4HRbEVPEZcMnBxUcMrRdvm1qaPzr3iN0PK/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%204.25.20%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>Their lunch is the same as ours: <i>Hanemum</i> takeaway: Korean-ish deep-fried sesame chicken and rice. I peel off as much of the fried coating as I can, manage some rice, and feel sleepy.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqIwwgzzhvmJLrLROnIZ8bl4q2otZX8-3MNukGViXzTtyn28fU9-hJp61Gl1u70gsfQCBRFC67H9fRTxHke7SOVCqpx8VIWQUuscVQW8luRZxuIvQQ7vBw5GkbzjWQnwIF8aEMRFcGnt83C_92qZZOyz_Sp3yk7hIosTe44jk7WAgRy8IJk5fjFYmbWmN/s2024/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2012.00.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="2024" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqIwwgzzhvmJLrLROnIZ8bl4q2otZX8-3MNukGViXzTtyn28fU9-hJp61Gl1u70gsfQCBRFC67H9fRTxHke7SOVCqpx8VIWQUuscVQW8luRZxuIvQQ7vBw5GkbzjWQnwIF8aEMRFcGnt83C_92qZZOyz_Sp3yk7hIosTe44jk7WAgRy8IJk5fjFYmbWmN/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2012.00.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">As I age, my tastebuds are becoming more and more like Dad's were. A 'little sweet' after a meal feels like a necessity rather than an option. A thoughtful soul sends this treat home with W. Perfect. He takes a few mango slices before handing me the packet. I LOVE Philipino dried mangoes, the sweetest in the world. (Perhaps it helps that mangoes are my favorite fruit.)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp3D4sXMZsjMcH_uB1kchaSsc-460Dz4SxvejmFEdiaXu6RO37bU7Y_hkW34NCwl0LWWYb5QOYcJFY1c_jusN1mXb8lc9fjJf206Ba2Ul9Kz35RzozExbOq_wtDttRGPGQx9Rh775DupOQa1nkTmfKBlam30kNi9fJGHQlyvjbhk-r4sVPQrj0yr-LGnB/s1506/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2012.29.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1168" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKp3D4sXMZsjMcH_uB1kchaSsc-460Dz4SxvejmFEdiaXu6RO37bU7Y_hkW34NCwl0LWWYb5QOYcJFY1c_jusN1mXb8lc9fjJf206Ba2Ul9Kz35RzozExbOq_wtDttRGPGQx9Rh775DupOQa1nkTmfKBlam30kNi9fJGHQlyvjbhk-r4sVPQrj0yr-LGnB/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2012.29.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="248" /></a></div>By late afternoon, the Porch is empty. Various windchimes swing in the breeze. Branches lift and dip. I've been drawn to plants since I was a toddler, says Mom. Here, the leaves - from the 6'/2m elephant ear plants to tiny spiky leaves on a shrub, would be enough to fascinate me. (Flowers are bonuses.)</div><div><br /></div><div>The spindly Benjamina potted plant that kept dropping its leaves on the Porch? In 4 years since its transplant into the garden, it has swelled into a huge tree. We planted it 6'/2m from the wall so its roots wouldn't disturb the wall. I'm not sure that was far enough. </div><div><br /></div><div>"Why did you plant that in a garden?" our friends ask. Because it's ubiquitous in indoor public spaces in Seattle? Keeping one alive there made me happy? I can't remember. It was miserable in its pot.</div><div><br /></div><div>In our Bandung garden, we hack trees back when they're wide enough to shade the flowerbeds underneath. We prune when branches begins to hang over the 10' green wall into the neighbor's yard or get tall enough to shade the neighbor's patch, since they love to garden. It's time to do that again! </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjd_rhq9_qlA4FKThWFGR13X2g2K0uIA_TPFZsrCWZtjzQ4gjm03R8os_sxn3TyXDkU_xRa3l2MUZFM4zi6ttwUzwc77f9vZVChnWWPKZiAZDCesdxcN1f0rCk3dJtwPZqMOLl_3NxVXMxAVNgaLnI8-ZyL4ABMbDS1GEGhupbsz7MWzp52TihgWJ73Gn/s1956/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%204.06.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1956" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIjd_rhq9_qlA4FKThWFGR13X2g2K0uIA_TPFZsrCWZtjzQ4gjm03R8os_sxn3TyXDkU_xRa3l2MUZFM4zi6ttwUzwc77f9vZVChnWWPKZiAZDCesdxcN1f0rCk3dJtwPZqMOLl_3NxVXMxAVNgaLnI8-ZyL4ABMbDS1GEGhupbsz7MWzp52TihgWJ73Gn/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%204.06.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>(In Seattle, our former neighbor got angry and maliciously planted a tall hedge to block the view and only southern exposure on our acre. The fruit trees we espaliered against the southern wall of the house never bear fruit in the shade. So we have sympathy for those living beside us now.)</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>For a few weeks, there's been a lot of banging going on next door. We hear the crashing of hammers from their other side of the shared wall. Today drills or sanders are whirring. Last week, our neighbors tolerated our handymen repairing the gutters, too. So we can't complain.</div><div><br /></div><div>The tropics are hard on houses. Like our old house, theirs must need a major fix every few months. Everyone's up before sunrise in this neighborhood of mostly old people. We allow no construction noise before 7:00 a.m. but based on the enthusiasm coming our way shortly after 6:00 some days, it depends on when one's work crew arrives. We're mutually relieved when repairs are completed.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Monday</b></div><div>Misery of cold sweats, so I rest. No work. I venture outside to feed the fish and admire the vine torn off a neighbor's overhanging greenery a year or two ago. It has finally bloomed in a 8" pot on the driveway curb.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MuscndysrocqtUWq3X7RB3gcCeKBXX_8lXwGzDQs7pmE5MX3cAs23KzVQrxi6JvV_mLc8YeIxicyaxZL3XCnDFT_Gg9QNgz4PGVdYNZARqfEnYhbwqEwoysw1y2-NeDt91LPXcpZnRkP4AIeb6Lx6y3B0thy9VKljVaXC16SPowjMs2o0JJHMLImFShZ/s1460/Screenshot%202024-01-30%20at%2011.44.00%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="966" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0MuscndysrocqtUWq3X7RB3gcCeKBXX_8lXwGzDQs7pmE5MX3cAs23KzVQrxi6JvV_mLc8YeIxicyaxZL3XCnDFT_Gg9QNgz4PGVdYNZARqfEnYhbwqEwoysw1y2-NeDt91LPXcpZnRkP4AIeb6Lx6y3B0thy9VKljVaXC16SPowjMs2o0JJHMLImFShZ/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-30%20at%2011.44.00%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="212" /></a></div><div><b>Tuesday</b></div><div>I eat a big spoon of overnight oats on a chopped apple and am not hungry until supper. Enough fooling around. The usual to-do list has grown too long to ignore. 2 calls. 2 newsletters to write. Student papers to grade. A team meeting to lead. Nap. Show the yardman which trees need severe cutting back. Check on a friend. Pass along a to-do for hall display.</div><div><br /></div><div>We're saying our team farewell to Rob and Wina, who have blessed us and many others the past year.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmua8iIExdALFiiLc6NDdEfVglnsKKCY4ca_pTEZiKNYqFk00Dkq8J1_pC0pwiWpaOzuplBfobaVk77o8TdxQkNUpLIQJMiy6bqwRD8d4ZoJN36Qi-K0_K6XAkaL38hqCA6z9Xlo9TNLvlZ0zGLz-H8Z5dZx74npL7oJQyJsU_H1RuLYRlwQuId_S4n6P8/s1828/Screenshot%202024-01-30%20at%203.54.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1828" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmua8iIExdALFiiLc6NDdEfVglnsKKCY4ca_pTEZiKNYqFk00Dkq8J1_pC0pwiWpaOzuplBfobaVk77o8TdxQkNUpLIQJMiy6bqwRD8d4ZoJN36Qi-K0_K6XAkaL38hqCA6z9Xlo9TNLvlZ0zGLz-H8Z5dZx74npL7oJQyJsU_H1RuLYRlwQuId_S4n6P8/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-30%20at%203.54.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>For supper, W orders pho - beef soup with vermicelli. That's enough. The evening Covid test makes me happy: the "positive" line is very faint. Almost there! And my checklist is finished, along with a slew of messages flying in and out. The clouds roll in as night approaches.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Read more:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*God said to Solomon, “Because you have not asked for yourself long life or riches or for the life of your enemies but have asked for yourself understanding to discern what is right, I now do according to your word.” 1 Kings 3:11-12</span><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Paul wrote: Do not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewing of the mind, so that you may discern what is the will of God—what is good and acceptable and perfect. Romans 12:2</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Does it humor you, our patient God, when we think we know it all, only to realize we don’t know as much as we thought? Help us to recognize the limits of our knowledge and abilities, and trust your wisdom. Amen.</span></i></p></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-42103797010738418422024-01-26T04:31:00.000-08:002024-01-26T04:50:26.057-08:00Not again! a third round of Covid, and a global classroom<p><b>Saturday, January 20, 2024</b></p><p>"The third week of Ordinary Time," says the Jesuit reader on the daily devotional. What? We're in the third week of the year already?</p><p>It's my sabbath day, when I don't work and don't grade papers. How kind God is, to give a day off to his people! Some random person wanders over to our porch. </p><p>"What are you doing?" I ask her.</p><p>"Playing with the dogs," she says, coming up on our porch before following the dogs onto the steps. I can't imagine wandering into the neighbor's property and making myself comfortable by their house without permission. I shoo her back to her friend's place.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijH1t_TD9K4UBmQA_vwfV9CPEHCf5yN3tTT5I5mAhYHvPt6zSGL8S0cFJlEN3c1pc7oySYa7ge6G6EnGlL29BbXRQ90hBLK4mdpW6pzu4o5Sfi-CG7U_YPUK1xObkdnJr7rW6UsHs_8nXcqTbR1IlQ6ViAj1sZWJhAxL-t1ka_w5qGU-IQrfmXOb4GxL79/s1090/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.56.30%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1090" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijH1t_TD9K4UBmQA_vwfV9CPEHCf5yN3tTT5I5mAhYHvPt6zSGL8S0cFJlEN3c1pc7oySYa7ge6G6EnGlL29BbXRQ90hBLK4mdpW6pzu4o5Sfi-CG7U_YPUK1xObkdnJr7rW6UsHs_8nXcqTbR1IlQ6ViAj1sZWJhAxL-t1ka_w5qGU-IQrfmXOb4GxL79/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.56.30%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><p>Is that a horse coming through in our neighborhood? Hmmm. New route? along with motorcycles and cars and more.</p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IbIS4qEj-7KS9rQSnvUdZYfvoeuYaiWVdQd70_7KzCN4EiZ6tx4PEVNgMzDQk-jP6_qojm2Y0cupoEgGivf_GynsezyqIvnGZiUV7KlmnUrNHoknx3IqRDtcm4AWxIZGEuHY8b2wxNh74FLTqy608s7cPnFtyPDoWyxjWXluOZFELinE0UseEOwnaKN2/s1058/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.57.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="1058" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_IbIS4qEj-7KS9rQSnvUdZYfvoeuYaiWVdQd70_7KzCN4EiZ6tx4PEVNgMzDQk-jP6_qojm2Y0cupoEgGivf_GynsezyqIvnGZiUV7KlmnUrNHoknx3IqRDtcm4AWxIZGEuHY8b2wxNh74FLTqy608s7cPnFtyPDoWyxjWXluOZFELinE0UseEOwnaKN2/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.57.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><b>Sunday</b></p><p>We're saying hello and goodbye at IES Bandung this morning. Our new team members include Daniel, Martin, and Hanny. We pray over them together.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqIKFkKVo2sFfpHb5d-3laIm1ffHBGPPqdO5vJCgbaYoUA2_yDw-7NfG-nmxXk7yhZnHntCV6XCVM74aGyL9v2bq1fpKf-HanfezFhqn6oIZx59wiHwlnR-j87HbJoR1tlWMqZwbQlaRFL6YgP7wM7II8z7-82jzgZUbEnFpowli31XNegQgdbw08RDyY/s1230/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.57.55%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="1230" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqIKFkKVo2sFfpHb5d-3laIm1ffHBGPPqdO5vJCgbaYoUA2_yDw-7NfG-nmxXk7yhZnHntCV6XCVM74aGyL9v2bq1fpKf-HanfezFhqn6oIZx59wiHwlnR-j87HbJoR1tlWMqZwbQlaRFL6YgP7wM7II8z7-82jzgZUbEnFpowli31XNegQgdbw08RDyY/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.57.55%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>Then come some farewells: Ana, Josh, and Clau are wrapping up their leadership roles. Josh and Clau worked on our teams for 7 years. They stepped away in November but today is the first time they attend a Gathering together. What a special time.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnoITET9UdWZYUlCgVLKTENnhgpjplBJKEQAX8EcM-125eJZw4yUFOVE2zhhF_t3o3hWag3DU3kePAfoQwlckHryMJc1jUY2E7ZuRDyUMSo-bad0IcqhlBbFez7O121szDNylWm1tJ5FVX1Gb8MFtDWkgic2bYG70362WucU4nKZA7iVR6ASlbCD91qAZ/s1888/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.54.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1888" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBnoITET9UdWZYUlCgVLKTENnhgpjplBJKEQAX8EcM-125eJZw4yUFOVE2zhhF_t3o3hWag3DU3kePAfoQwlckHryMJc1jUY2E7ZuRDyUMSo-bad0IcqhlBbFez7O121szDNylWm1tJ5FVX1Gb8MFtDWkgic2bYG70362WucU4nKZA7iVR6ASlbCD91qAZ/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.54.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">Afterward, we take group photos. How we love this bunch!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1086" data-original-width="2550" height="136" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH7Oy4aEWi1q2hvDU-9AauYLzh27W-JAe_zlkKQAlUluRfiW6mRz7w74pvhzqnmWf5uxsPrDYq3aSprXywM3j_RbZV68YXu3tEXIHdoNJ5pVnOk4r7PbkX-O_unDtjzMco-5Wj8cKf9k4msM8I9hK5oGjJFtqfm1hTJiTRSAoANwE28ra873qheni0yDHP/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.57.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /><br /></p><p style="text-align: left;">I address the worship team after the Gathering at their New Year's catchup. We pray for God's blessings on them.</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChF1ahE8Hm0nSIuncA3InCEDlaTny8VGO2R1LKgWIb1PWB5Uad-ZfV1XgGP8O6XrbXcs8t-DvbXpQajlXyiSPe-Hbqwnn3jqCKBS0xTmpdhaYKHsUsRen0rwvHEMdE-Szs8yW-0IHB-J7CY-hAt3QOi9Fl4RReNWpngAKOhWTMfLGDNcE0qg1njzsVArc/s1890/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.56.40%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1462" data-original-width="1890" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChF1ahE8Hm0nSIuncA3InCEDlaTny8VGO2R1LKgWIb1PWB5Uad-ZfV1XgGP8O6XrbXcs8t-DvbXpQajlXyiSPe-Hbqwnn3jqCKBS0xTmpdhaYKHsUsRen0rwvHEMdE-Szs8yW-0IHB-J7CY-hAt3QOi9Fl4RReNWpngAKOhWTMfLGDNcE0qg1njzsVArc/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.56.40%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">After lunch together, Clau and Kat send home some goodies. I indulge with their face mask in the afternoon.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7hQVJ2LrOxQ35UFHX8ODx-BGMbj07owl5J8u24k27Qc0vJu2zDKm6UiU22e6-GJEZQLQY1ct0PQ3XUHjLNztkIWFix8D10D7XU8gTFHiRmRVy4SBSW0DcdEqxz8J0MU6k3AC-z0OBJN8cjMUkkZ9SoNH1Z957v-hgKEFcsoqiyNi8jpx8XhKUtKfCeGe/s1542/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.56.11%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="1542" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW7hQVJ2LrOxQ35UFHX8ODx-BGMbj07owl5J8u24k27Qc0vJu2zDKm6UiU22e6-GJEZQLQY1ct0PQ3XUHjLNztkIWFix8D10D7XU8gTFHiRmRVy4SBSW0DcdEqxz8J0MU6k3AC-z0OBJN8cjMUkkZ9SoNH1Z957v-hgKEFcsoqiyNi8jpx8XhKUtKfCeGe/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.56.11%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p><b style="text-align: center;">Monday</b></p><p>The birthday grandchild is articulate and happy to tell us about her celebration. It's hard to be so far from grandkids but Zoom helps us catch up on how much fun it was. And what we missed.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrcpybFFKqlmcUZqdGtlQa8IuXQOVbiNXiHtWEhGKrZMjktW3nN2NHbAiN7XJG-Es05ngFo8foJdz7j6dZsP9iQzpfF7vxeTvhIR7UTkNhs69PgtxqUM29b2DXYbYLP4LxNgxAQo7seUKVuuefLcI36AcfCzNB69Qkd1z7boDJ9m-ZSVOXDUH_fOJbPvQ/s1012/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.54.14%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLrcpybFFKqlmcUZqdGtlQa8IuXQOVbiNXiHtWEhGKrZMjktW3nN2NHbAiN7XJG-Es05ngFo8foJdz7j6dZsP9iQzpfF7vxeTvhIR7UTkNhs69PgtxqUM29b2DXYbYLP4LxNgxAQo7seUKVuuefLcI36AcfCzNB69Qkd1z7boDJ9m-ZSVOXDUH_fOJbPvQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.54.14%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="218" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">On our walks this week, everything seems to glow in orange, from the 6' tall false birds-of-paradise border,</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TpgLm8Ye9TupSps871aVGwDuto8EHEd8v0Nf2mjYIRd3x0_zreSQ9U0e1rb3IFJI83BihY1pz6Zp2GOYsJFcdjtA3ni3Jadd7p0LAmA2u9zG_xl-jBNOaVAb1MYYoKB4XhCwh9OE_7DpvKqw-PMwD_vp5wcou3zg-PNiDMLgtT6k0lWuY6pdCp9Nch-h/s2016/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.54.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1472" data-original-width="2016" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3TpgLm8Ye9TupSps871aVGwDuto8EHEd8v0Nf2mjYIRd3x0_zreSQ9U0e1rb3IFJI83BihY1pz6Zp2GOYsJFcdjtA3ni3Jadd7p0LAmA2u9zG_xl-jBNOaVAb1MYYoKB4XhCwh9OE_7DpvKqw-PMwD_vp5wcou3zg-PNiDMLgtT6k0lWuY6pdCp9Nch-h/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.54.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>to this glorious 8' tall hedge, which blooms several times a year. Must be exhausting for the plant - or it has found its perfect spot.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgFM4FT6C_59If2hY2PBJDKkZq17G0JaQs_3Alv5DkH2hpOegW0TjlntUDyWJRT257jgvpqMPHiqumjla3qyJmZOipyYfFfypx1dfdi4LgnXVk97Uu_a9YXLoS2r4c0DlPuIlTrW9jwK_Q8S506N1KLB8I4uJWmMDSQP8v9DlIuYuHx95OHhXO0saCSfR/s1770/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.54.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="1770" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifgFM4FT6C_59If2hY2PBJDKkZq17G0JaQs_3Alv5DkH2hpOegW0TjlntUDyWJRT257jgvpqMPHiqumjla3qyJmZOipyYfFfypx1dfdi4LgnXVk97Uu_a9YXLoS2r4c0DlPuIlTrW9jwK_Q8S506N1KLB8I4uJWmMDSQP8v9DlIuYuHx95OHhXO0saCSfR/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.54.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This 1' (30cm) flower tops the neighbor's shrub. It looks like a fully-lit Christmas tree to me, especially if it blooms in December.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjtX9y7V6VbwDs40uqAPWuONr5oNudgmszROu056gU5MtR5tb2w5Kr_9FKSwcvtb9Vqdc2YNOadQf9kDPoHwZK8rHEMCVsgvZgPRePqoDVkaX2qrOGyYu0CqfiEkw0jPQYc13Z73lDDTmMBdJTFb1jWDzbuOK6rP7T0W61ozLu0n_SztfpJ9fxJCDFpZa/s1218/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.03.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="940" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjtX9y7V6VbwDs40uqAPWuONr5oNudgmszROu056gU5MtR5tb2w5Kr_9FKSwcvtb9Vqdc2YNOadQf9kDPoHwZK8rHEMCVsgvZgPRePqoDVkaX2qrOGyYu0CqfiEkw0jPQYc13Z73lDDTmMBdJTFb1jWDzbuOK6rP7T0W61ozLu0n_SztfpJ9fxJCDFpZa/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.03.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="247" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And at Bumi Sangkuriang, the trumpet vines are dripping with flowers.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPz_7KGztaIVTM_fUhzlgEFJoo1n25QdeerccDdl14CVaO8-VBqhFOPvrv3RvYHrTC7M5gCGOnXe8bIp9joFUSF8bgCCt4RYNtRhU9DQuxj91b2XUN50KDyv8iO9FxNuaKmeG8bOp9qnz0Lt-N-Q4l5UX0VaeRhKgvuL_dYtEIrFS4Hf_NQu42_xsTDt9n/s1352/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="1114" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPz_7KGztaIVTM_fUhzlgEFJoo1n25QdeerccDdl14CVaO8-VBqhFOPvrv3RvYHrTC7M5gCGOnXe8bIp9joFUSF8bgCCt4RYNtRhU9DQuxj91b2XUN50KDyv8iO9FxNuaKmeG8bOp9qnz0Lt-N-Q4l5UX0VaeRhKgvuL_dYtEIrFS4Hf_NQu42_xsTDt9n/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="264" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At the children's playground, someone has raked leaves and garbage into a corner.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8SvaSjgbtRUm8W2UedA4cOuPjhs2efdIgane5NLWkwbroPif6FdEjMOuBLuRcreQrt0CutAj99V8OzBWne6SslEb6My-BrIHdWYXjrSnNTA0P6CVuXOfAqdOMuEaQK-E7LOsYjSYQnAsDxnrIBJoJC86CTLwcUSzMkphxZXtcRdFUD5gr3cyuZDDHodO/s1778/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1778" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8SvaSjgbtRUm8W2UedA4cOuPjhs2efdIgane5NLWkwbroPif6FdEjMOuBLuRcreQrt0CutAj99V8OzBWne6SslEb6My-BrIHdWYXjrSnNTA0P6CVuXOfAqdOMuEaQK-E7LOsYjSYQnAsDxnrIBJoJC86CTLwcUSzMkphxZXtcRdFUD5gr3cyuZDDHodO/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div></div>Nara Park has a bench perched over its waterfall - very pretty.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbaoLkN2111UGezWEm7-L31mqQXttVmvKKXPsumlU7qSjwTKSMWN6V0V9XzDB4QopLLPibB-GaCZYG9w_36iovwETbdiuOOHD3lKLWCpWoIl5ZOiJ61qsFFPx_VeIfFua9Fw2UekkmQB0dtcNf2V9M-Y_nic28sqXEzzOQy_1N72giDmorCLG3Gsh1iIdr/s1428/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1428" data-original-width="1120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbaoLkN2111UGezWEm7-L31mqQXttVmvKKXPsumlU7qSjwTKSMWN6V0V9XzDB4QopLLPibB-GaCZYG9w_36iovwETbdiuOOHD3lKLWCpWoIl5ZOiJ61qsFFPx_VeIfFua9Fw2UekkmQB0dtcNf2V9M-Y_nic28sqXEzzOQy_1N72giDmorCLG3Gsh1iIdr/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="251" /></a></div>One of their three owls winds its leash around the tree and hisses at us as we come closer.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlwhDHNAtaU8Ca_ij72NKC2XSOx48FjI_v4Ckq05xsEqlulraUw_kg5XbVJlX1fnAVvroo96Wzx8yh-WJ-DkIbYEfUR8-58o4Q1uvIUuDb8B6q6Yrqq2qy6ukFYh4zLHFSDIYrXxYETl3sqF0K2u9sNlkXlHGlWUfT4GS0hCQeCG-x9sQ3S4ta1TjUKjt/s1136/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="956" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSlwhDHNAtaU8Ca_ij72NKC2XSOx48FjI_v4Ckq05xsEqlulraUw_kg5XbVJlX1fnAVvroo96Wzx8yh-WJ-DkIbYEfUR8-58o4Q1uvIUuDb8B6q6Yrqq2qy6ukFYh4zLHFSDIYrXxYETl3sqF0K2u9sNlkXlHGlWUfT4GS0hCQeCG-x9sQ3S4ta1TjUKjt/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.35%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="269" /></a></div>They are quite happy to be carted into the sunshine early in the morning.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_5noK-mUSPljdkt0q5cBNI5-IagcuwN8PlooD2oW8P7batjzfGeFtEaKCfVweBntrgoIayyEBFMSop7lfSRFLOjWn01BQ0bmU6_SHu5vIXEgFsG_McGccwZCLCXlMCk4thWe9g2f8peTTDb2k0oqTRC7CTmFMt1QLVW-QXGuzLPprdhHog0hub9YfmxC/s1434/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.56.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1434" data-original-width="1122" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq_5noK-mUSPljdkt0q5cBNI5-IagcuwN8PlooD2oW8P7batjzfGeFtEaKCfVweBntrgoIayyEBFMSop7lfSRFLOjWn01BQ0bmU6_SHu5vIXEgFsG_McGccwZCLCXlMCk4thWe9g2f8peTTDb2k0oqTRC7CTmFMt1QLVW-QXGuzLPprdhHog0hub9YfmxC/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.56.49%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="250" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I always plan to order something new but the <i>Mie Rica </i>(hot spicy noodles) are so delicious I can't resist them. I save my mouth by putting small portions of <i>sambal</i> (spicy sauce) on my chopsticks and wrapping the noodles around them. So good.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJHKR7VUlojNPBnlABYOZgHgQERsUqYTC6p5E4ldweA2k0W3b4fHSThlbb96By39GhFc3nBly04H4fCwwGHPxaoBRhy9rQW9-PXxprPhK3iKdPIWKtVMBhHnK7gD8HYkfXb2ePVhDA0DanOfLYmFOI3dVzTKeftCkAx3_Qvp7iO-CILyZ4klk1Z-v-Gsi/s1328/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.57.11%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1328" data-original-width="1150" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJHKR7VUlojNPBnlABYOZgHgQERsUqYTC6p5E4ldweA2k0W3b4fHSThlbb96By39GhFc3nBly04H4fCwwGHPxaoBRhy9rQW9-PXxprPhK3iKdPIWKtVMBhHnK7gD8HYkfXb2ePVhDA0DanOfLYmFOI3dVzTKeftCkAx3_Qvp7iO-CILyZ4klk1Z-v-Gsi/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.57.11%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="277" /></a></div><div><b>Tuesday</b></div><div>I'm deciding how this painting is evolving. Many artists put down "any color" or "any layer" to cover a blank canvas and make it less intimidating. I tend to splash around for a few minutes, wait for a few weeks or months, and then evaluate the direction the painting wants to go. This one first suggests orange beach umbrellas and shade. Ha - not likely. I don't have the skill to execute that.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrvtFqjuWW61_MMaRSUA-47In4BftWaVJAT7PV2AFkNBpcgjXuNKMTfNq4xpBILmWLXpLLxSpP3uk8LWBWOEVn7uAUqahvd3d9KBjU1hhO4y4kySJlY70xbNJi7ogQa1-50lLEt-mFzbTQpj0ZqtSTHDbl8o9UtSe7HVDcBEEyos6M88SO-wWt28yDBsg/s1982/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1510" data-original-width="1982" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrrvtFqjuWW61_MMaRSUA-47In4BftWaVJAT7PV2AFkNBpcgjXuNKMTfNq4xpBILmWLXpLLxSpP3uk8LWBWOEVn7uAUqahvd3d9KBjU1hhO4y4kySJlY70xbNJi7ogQa1-50lLEt-mFzbTQpj0ZqtSTHDbl8o9UtSe7HVDcBEEyos6M88SO-wWt28yDBsg/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.44%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We peer through the fence of a friend's property down the street. This is what happens in Bandung when ground is left to itself. Within a short while, the jungle takes over.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmqfGEJGCJ2L6bG96jAJUZqcRWJpdeuXBYrepWMakR4_woW_9pQKR1CWBvzqUGBBURfhjczJ6pjVeViKlS1-tjh7gbw1F3k_PHSSiCiPACe61S5HKx5GeswcbEns080sTP0A_O5MYbsU3ok5G0SH1xBos2SKYhGIEH8MhkDg0R2NoBK6AESKqZJ_miGpp/s2014/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.53%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1416" data-original-width="2014" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizmqfGEJGCJ2L6bG96jAJUZqcRWJpdeuXBYrepWMakR4_woW_9pQKR1CWBvzqUGBBURfhjczJ6pjVeViKlS1-tjh7gbw1F3k_PHSSiCiPACe61S5HKx5GeswcbEns080sTP0A_O5MYbsU3ok5G0SH1xBos2SKYhGIEH8MhkDg0R2NoBK6AESKqZJ_miGpp/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.55.53%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>I am on a cleaning splurge. When we have shifts and transitions, I moving things around the house, too. My office is cluttered and needs a purge. I make a stack to give away. These woven takeaway boxes are nice storage containers. Want some?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnKmSN6f1AP_91pCpHdoaYVaz8enJxWaUgTYhUysBOJ-bpkF2c39p2pJ8Ek-0Pxq_2yIqK5WtiQxD9CrC7V0a9Ljv0XGZxMrhjxv3RSb19ixg68r4Jwt1VN8LojnSw0i5hQ5VTn3d0mlN559aMzw9y9Yjhb_iPD6R8A9-JC9wYAGBI3p1h4O0W-nR0KQ8/s1278/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.56.03%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1064" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEnKmSN6f1AP_91pCpHdoaYVaz8enJxWaUgTYhUysBOJ-bpkF2c39p2pJ8Ek-0Pxq_2yIqK5WtiQxD9CrC7V0a9Ljv0XGZxMrhjxv3RSb19ixg68r4Jwt1VN8LojnSw0i5hQ5VTn3d0mlN559aMzw9y9Yjhb_iPD6R8A9-JC9wYAGBI3p1h4O0W-nR0KQ8/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.56.03%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="266" /></a></div><div><b>Wednesday</b></div><div>I'm so sick that we do a Covid test. The minute the elements come together, it's positive. </div><div><br /></div><div>"It may be a fluke. It's an expired test," W says. </div><div><br /></div><div>I've lost my taste and smell and my teeth ache all the way into my head. Cough cough. Since I have no appetite, I skip lunch for the second day in a row. This is typical: meat, rice, vegetables, and a salad. W and the others in the house dig in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-48jEDmCuyIY7et1GrEt2BmUiupcY-1iyKInZ-IubnwGilPzA52tA_QR__RuNn8h-bN5aVGuh71CklW1hk8i4mz8rgoaPR_mua70u0yJdw4qQNhxV6GZ9D_FkjMLJf1-_Aqjx_0Os5cYNZ8ReHVwtMemY9N5Dzgx0INxhj-00s2pwsXmoCRxlZ89_QjGL/s940/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.03.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="840" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-48jEDmCuyIY7et1GrEt2BmUiupcY-1iyKInZ-IubnwGilPzA52tA_QR__RuNn8h-bN5aVGuh71CklW1hk8i4mz8rgoaPR_mua70u0yJdw4qQNhxV6GZ9D_FkjMLJf1-_Aqjx_0Os5cYNZ8ReHVwtMemY9N5Dzgx0INxhj-00s2pwsXmoCRxlZ89_QjGL/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.03.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="286" /></a></div></div><div>Two handymen are repairing the roof and gutters this week. Hopefully their work will cut off the water streaming into the back rooms during rainfalls.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the afternoon, we get shocking news that a treasured friend is in critical care in hospital. Neither of us can visit with Covid in the house. We pray from home.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><b>Thursday</b></div><div>I've contracted to teach so I have to work. This is the second week of 3 days (W-F), 4 hours a day. The class is online, with a mix of native and non-native English speakers. Students range from beginners in undergrad to advanced Singaporeans in a master program, in one classroom.</div><div><br /></div><div>It's quite the puzzle to get everyone on the same page with limited power in some countries and limited or spotty internet in others. Today we focus on student exercises to see what they're retaining.</div><div><br /></div><div>Our neighbors are watching the durian ripen on our tree. Almost a dozen will land outside our gate - the fruit is not ripe until it falls and it's fair game to pick up fruit that falls in public spaces if you see it before the owner.</div><div><br /></div><div>"You have a durian tree?!" exclaim friends who know the stinky and tasty fruit. It's very expensive since it requires a certain kind of soil to thrive. We'll find out if it's a good or cheap type soon.</div><div><br /></div><div>We didn't know we had a durian tree until the yard man pruned the tree growing into our eaves. After he cut it back, it had one fruit and then did nothing for 3 years. This year? Much fruit. The principle of pruning, waiting patiently, and then harvesting seems true for much of life.</div><div><br /></div><div><i>"Hati-hati </i>(look out)!" says PakG as I walk under the tree. Apparently durian can be deadly or cause severe injury if a heavy ball with its sharp spines drops on you. There are at least a dozen ripening over our driveway and yard. Everyone is waiting for the moment they fall ... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjBGJOU_4g7TKRwOet8XaJUdOlqIs4_cJPNwQkKX5vxuQNevu5I5VmesTTxEFHwvEjQCSBI8lOMM4ZJ-Zh0pkGDABxjIC8-Paql41ifLPFC7lnsXJ9KDHEo32zxnh1X28mAmR4aG7SOriV763lW3IXyoytjXzuWXnMqa9rmisnUTXXQMm6lpVJgt2pdpj/s1306/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.02.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1306" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRjBGJOU_4g7TKRwOet8XaJUdOlqIs4_cJPNwQkKX5vxuQNevu5I5VmesTTxEFHwvEjQCSBI8lOMM4ZJ-Zh0pkGDABxjIC8-Paql41ifLPFC7lnsXJ9KDHEo32zxnh1X28mAmR4aG7SOriV763lW3IXyoytjXzuWXnMqa9rmisnUTXXQMm6lpVJgt2pdpj/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.02.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="265" /></a></div><div>We walk to Kalpa Tree again for supper. The view is splendid from our table but I have no appetite. W helps me eat the tasteless order. ("It tastes as good as always," he says.) And he polishes off his deep-fried pizza as well. Fat on fat - I can't even look at his plate. Oh well - he walked this morning while I rested.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DyQB5OBnKNUxhsyzLmGpNm89zrdKLMxbXhUUX5ET4J9t9x-77kLcmAk0SVMXSc-cwE-RKNPcCCijHQNEvCTq21uWjmimWIcnuSCsiy643qyRLmRpG-WZGyYwPDptPfLQBJdy_BgKVJDIBWDIleGXd9Px4blK4wGPWN5Xp7Zu3q-IrJdAj7Yc5D4UHVpm/s2008/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.03.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1484" data-original-width="2008" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2DyQB5OBnKNUxhsyzLmGpNm89zrdKLMxbXhUUX5ET4J9t9x-77kLcmAk0SVMXSc-cwE-RKNPcCCijHQNEvCTq21uWjmimWIcnuSCsiy643qyRLmRpG-WZGyYwPDptPfLQBJdy_BgKVJDIBWDIleGXd9Px4blK4wGPWN5Xp7Zu3q-IrJdAj7Yc5D4UHVpm/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.03.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><b>Friday</b></div><div>The morning sunshine streams into the room. I love early hours - this is around 6:15 a.m. I have two meetings online before the day gets underway.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhei_Wy0rvY-UntZWdb3gID-Xxe80HDpcs2YsAz8Mcau906O84U0c-wTcKr0mMshj6OVwHyO8CezNJwQkTX1b2z8_-T4_0OaqzFUGXcjoHW7D9m3rkwxgVF4UCvMFC9SsM7CvXCdx-KyaADzVxO6j2AhF7Bjc13yHdxHBcwpzEsv5IXxgoKJ8NSksamtMVM/s1972/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.03.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1502" data-original-width="1972" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhei_Wy0rvY-UntZWdb3gID-Xxe80HDpcs2YsAz8Mcau906O84U0c-wTcKr0mMshj6OVwHyO8CezNJwQkTX1b2z8_-T4_0OaqzFUGXcjoHW7D9m3rkwxgVF4UCvMFC9SsM7CvXCdx-KyaADzVxO6j2AhF7Bjc13yHdxHBcwpzEsv5IXxgoKJ8NSksamtMVM/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.03.53%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>W and I update our health with new tests. Me: instant positive. W: negative. Today's the hardest day. He kindly changes the fish water on the porch while I lean a twisted branch inside a 30" (80cm) cylinder. It's topped with dried garden grasses and copper-colored silks. W takes these Sunday's flowers to the hall so I don't have to think about them again.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnsD3bUeWewg-TcmOUcZZ9y0gEDTwQbgstjsweAmAuFH5lu42KuJLEQXL2dcproTIOtonAoHLWwN5JFaSOZ0yYAJPGkzLm-waSMY4cWASaEgX_4KX49FRGIurZlOCKKiIAbuF_MlB5E2KW1L434LAx8o66pB38C-7_FThtDoCOXNVXJJNO0WHOuAwdv37/s1512/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.04.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1018" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsnsD3bUeWewg-TcmOUcZZ9y0gEDTwQbgstjsweAmAuFH5lu42KuJLEQXL2dcproTIOtonAoHLWwN5JFaSOZ0yYAJPGkzLm-waSMY4cWASaEgX_4KX49FRGIurZlOCKKiIAbuF_MlB5E2KW1L434LAx8o66pB38C-7_FThtDoCOXNVXJJNO0WHOuAwdv37/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.04.09%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="215" /></a></div><div>One more day of class before a break to rest. Last week we studied research and choosing topics. This week was selecting valid questions, organizing information, and recording citations. We close with formatting papers using the school's template.</div><div><br /></div><div>It takes a while to get things "just right" in our student exercises. Yes, it actually matters if you have a . or a : and if you have a ), or a ): in the footnote or bibliography. I caution them not to write their papers last-minute. They will need 1-2 weeks to edit the paper they submit. I'll be strict about their submissions.</div><div><br /></div><div>When class is over, I have just enough energy to redo Titik's creation. Her gorgeous Sunday bouquet is fading.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEharaG2UxfeqP1ALd2TVQ3Sv0zrLb-1h02hk6DbCDQueBpIliIxhtxXPuSZt1ttViukoHB87lsLFaFkFGoogKiCk1oJnxgtCBbN3jeZpXHl-cj7BNeS6dxZZTzb-9v_BA4jYIlxwO2pmBIIIqJu7Z4Md-9csjD5Bm-XnF3xNDSouHHTmSbcwiR9u_JSlzHa/s1682/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.57.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1682" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEharaG2UxfeqP1ALd2TVQ3Sv0zrLb-1h02hk6DbCDQueBpIliIxhtxXPuSZt1ttViukoHB87lsLFaFkFGoogKiCk1oJnxgtCBbN3jeZpXHl-cj7BNeS6dxZZTzb-9v_BA4jYIlxwO2pmBIIIqJu7Z4Md-9csjD5Bm-XnF3xNDSouHHTmSbcwiR9u_JSlzHa/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.57.02%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Enough flowers remain for 2 small arrangements. I poke two snapdragon stems into a candleholder with gardenias plucked from beside the porch. Simple elegance and a sweet smell.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxrYAajh_gicyGpCg-ni92We4Xgy1UYrt_iQFKs_erEbp1tfvJxEMMpWAiIrvmesAJ0VbtRrQIcmrREhkbi_0L9gkZ_SUVrMH6Q886VMJ5SWxuVSKUsFl32GtzzXiPiRhZVbSj4DGBD-O_aAhtJEWtlHNou4G4nwEVPCrqjQs0yyfYWo3HtlObYlpjLfS/s1504/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.04.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="796" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVxrYAajh_gicyGpCg-ni92We4Xgy1UYrt_iQFKs_erEbp1tfvJxEMMpWAiIrvmesAJ0VbtRrQIcmrREhkbi_0L9gkZ_SUVrMH6Q886VMJ5SWxuVSKUsFl32GtzzXiPiRhZVbSj4DGBD-O_aAhtJEWtlHNou4G4nwEVPCrqjQs0yyfYWo3HtlObYlpjLfS/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.04.33%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="169" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The rest goes into a metal pail on the front table: goldenrod, asters, and tiny carnations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZa3mlYPlSA_LhUeqc3fPPb1WI5W-mzCYiR1EqeWJuABD9kxwPnZ4HbWRAI3G0VDrHoS1A7PxlZjlCAcKyzIDy_uVu6b6jXwlHbnhSwXa2RgMzJshApvKFqT5g8xEta4L7NrGUh8TM0eZlym69xJBfRxh3OeJJKoIluwfTSyTLsQ5MzYCI52TEZicT8pf/s1568/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.04.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1422" data-original-width="1568" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGZa3mlYPlSA_LhUeqc3fPPb1WI5W-mzCYiR1EqeWJuABD9kxwPnZ4HbWRAI3G0VDrHoS1A7PxlZjlCAcKyzIDy_uVu6b6jXwlHbnhSwXa2RgMzJshApvKFqT5g8xEta4L7NrGUh8TM0eZlym69xJBfRxh3OeJJKoIluwfTSyTLsQ5MzYCI52TEZicT8pf/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-26%20at%206.04.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div>In the evening, after glowing for over a week on one battery charge, the fake wax candles are still lit. We're waiting to see how long it takes for them to dim. </div><div><br /></div><div>Good night everyone. Pray for our friend and the family as you sleep, would you?<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHuuqoITm2sILBeGQL-MAA_ZmJtcKnfAwMEDM24R_C78nfJkDdPUp3iSBlpbAVSUZf9gb10vC9TqFsArfIcR6Vc1QXpbkUc5FnKnRUscrlwP8YWzF4cmNJSmkwPKT8VmZZKL3pXgnopMxuqMs9EfTcFu_7QuoYdYo2vm0eFH7L9mbAakl9FfdVoHwrMTJz/s1456/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.57.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1456" data-original-width="944" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHuuqoITm2sILBeGQL-MAA_ZmJtcKnfAwMEDM24R_C78nfJkDdPUp3iSBlpbAVSUZf9gb10vC9TqFsArfIcR6Vc1QXpbkUc5FnKnRUscrlwP8YWzF4cmNJSmkwPKT8VmZZKL3pXgnopMxuqMs9EfTcFu_7QuoYdYo2vm0eFH7L9mbAakl9FfdVoHwrMTJz/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%209.57.19%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="207" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*For your name’s sake, O Lord, pardon my guilt, for it is great. Psalm 25:11</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Surely God is my salvation; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">I will trust and not be afraid. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">The Lord, the Lord himself, is my strength and my defense; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">he has become my salvation.”</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span></span><p dir="LTR" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="en-us">With joy you will draw water </span>from the wells of salvation. <span lang="en-us">In that day you will say: </span><span lang="en-us">“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; </span><span lang="en-us">make known among the nations what he has done, </span><span lang="en-us">and proclaim that his name is exalted. </span><span lang="en-us">Sing to the Lord, for he has done glorious things; </span>let this be known to all the world. Isaiah 12:2-5</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic, “Child, your sins are forgiven.” Mark 2:5</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Forgiving God, asking for forgiveness can be hard. We feel so guilty. We are embarrassed by our failures and our disrespect. But before we can ask, you have already forgiven us. Help us now to forgive ourselves. Amen.</span></i></p></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-28558978605205865822024-01-19T04:10:00.000-08:002024-01-23T18:41:22.999-08:00Let's fix it<p><b>Tuesday, January 16, 2024</b></p><p>It may be peaceful in the main spaces, but the back of the house is a regular drip zone.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopgqkxPWRHlpya638l1MFbCO3dkfiW6gzveoqY5DPnjcf7KI2KSOZCEtQJTQMwjo4r_Kzex7APO97mDCPFG1DbBg5aOWm56KpMWSu72Sss4bGXgobahbcnp8rZZsTzU3kDh0q6jxg93pUdlCf_1SBgQC3jg6zigNTkUzlI6bCRChrhV5bwTdmC5NDT2mT/s2016/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%204.54.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="2016" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgopgqkxPWRHlpya638l1MFbCO3dkfiW6gzveoqY5DPnjcf7KI2KSOZCEtQJTQMwjo4r_Kzex7APO97mDCPFG1DbBg5aOWm56KpMWSu72Sss4bGXgobahbcnp8rZZsTzU3kDh0q6jxg93pUdlCf_1SBgQC3jg6zigNTkUzlI6bCRChrhV5bwTdmC5NDT2mT/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%204.54.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bathroom leaks so much that the ceiling is rotting away and the walls are streaked with dirty drips from the rooftop.</div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9TggALVrN7FcJ0AVMJu4N0KjxXGxDyeDoNeIyDmlb8HArVoZKgyz5uDKPkLbsWtont7a7f9H6TRvrPB1jRi1aLKLFtGTcTLrd_f9L-qw-d4y2ttbEsEOPkxRubCSA2G6RWRcD9ZECRzjGTXb4CV9Mn8Rn0sRhZCJ_q27Gwwpo3zXbVtJTZl9yxKIBiDX/s1196/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%204.58.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU9TggALVrN7FcJ0AVMJu4N0KjxXGxDyeDoNeIyDmlb8HArVoZKgyz5uDKPkLbsWtont7a7f9H6TRvrPB1jRi1aLKLFtGTcTLrd_f9L-qw-d4y2ttbEsEOPkxRubCSA2G6RWRcD9ZECRzjGTXb4CV9Mn8Rn0sRhZCJ_q27Gwwpo3zXbVtJTZl9yxKIBiDX/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%204.58.47%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="301" /></a></div>And the back bedroom? It's used only for storage now because of the water that courses down the walls with every heavy rain.The walls are buckled; the ceiling is moldy. Hopefully there will be a solution - and that's what the <i>tukang</i> (handyman) is here to check. He tells W that he has several big jobs to finish before he can tackle ours.<div><br /></div><div>There's a terrible smell one day - the electrical outlet on the back wall has become wet. Though the power is still going (ungrounded as usual), the plastic on the outlet itself has burned to a crisp. Good thing it's a concrete rather than a wooden wall! W plugs the fridge and freezer into an extension cord to another outlet until he can replace the damaged one. We're glad power didn't go out: no food has spoiled. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALSMgyCD2oR6jbWCdkTgwXaBnnRjjMixuqzc8sARmh77mtklDMl1N-vF4bYyi0Tn0RRZAuRfqDDAtT6vyBlF9NNGnk-VRzSx-ZiH9D67Z4Nr4qUv-6Dnsqgf-4aRkOtVO2C27ZzfUkXp7aERxCyJBCtSU5QMktNXpYFN4-9UgOax2pof3fOoTpNG1Thx_/s1990/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%204.58.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1448" data-original-width="1990" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALSMgyCD2oR6jbWCdkTgwXaBnnRjjMixuqzc8sARmh77mtklDMl1N-vF4bYyi0Tn0RRZAuRfqDDAtT6vyBlF9NNGnk-VRzSx-ZiH9D67Z4Nr4qUv-6Dnsqgf-4aRkOtVO2C27ZzfUkXp7aERxCyJBCtSU5QMktNXpYFN4-9UgOax2pof3fOoTpNG1Thx_/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%204.58.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>The breadmaker overflows on the final bake cycle. We're tweaking settings for white and whole wheat loaves. Sometimes the bread is wonderful. Sometimes it's an experiment that tastes good. We scrape bread dough off the lid and cool the loaf on a rack.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1xNxjMhyphenhyphenPFOW0bo2h2P5m-gDLSsmtGsgbmrQGQF0neM1WkRPM5khtzoKpK8S6GIszq3bmJ1yDQrnkH15Vd7OHX7dGdb4PeAhjEjVQBuBiCNg2wrPRAidlGT9LV_eCE1I0LehBAoJdBjBjgFGkCOn-oajB45HuSm4N-yfJYHrDywL-bXDxU9HsmZlBL4C/s1436/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%204.55.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="984" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1xNxjMhyphenhyphenPFOW0bo2h2P5m-gDLSsmtGsgbmrQGQF0neM1WkRPM5khtzoKpK8S6GIszq3bmJ1yDQrnkH15Vd7OHX7dGdb4PeAhjEjVQBuBiCNg2wrPRAidlGT9LV_eCE1I0LehBAoJdBjBjgFGkCOn-oajB45HuSm4N-yfJYHrDywL-bXDxU9HsmZlBL4C/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%204.55.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="219" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Wednesday</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">What a rotten night: I wake up every hour or two. Finally, I click into <a href="https://www.youversion.com/the-bible-app/" target="_blank">YouVersion </a>and listen to scripture. The reader gets through the whole book of Numbers and the first 10 chapters of Deuteronomy - and I'm not even sleepy. Then I listen to <i>Pray as You Go</i>, the Jesuit daily devotional and have a nap before giving up.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In the half-wakefulness, I think of exercises to engage the students. Sometimes when the mind is open at night, creativity drifts in and out. I jot everything into my bedside notebook. Otherwise, the ideas have flown by morning light.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My challenge (on top of classroom management and teaching) is to figure out how to teach from a PC tablet when I'm used to Apple products. At the beginning of a course, we also have to gauge the pace and capacity of students. This round has master and bachelor students learning together, in one classroom. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I spend the day revising planned activities that aren't possible when I'm not using my own Zoom account. The class uses the institution's account; many features are not available to me. It feels like a bit of a train wreck, shifting expectations and resources on the go.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's a learning experience for the guy running the online classroom, too. I'm asking him to do things he didn't know about. My smart/er friends (Kim and Waldemar) have used many business upgrades that he's never heard of. He's figuring it out with the help of Jenny, a smiling and helpful admin. Thanks, you two!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">By the end of the day, I have no capacity to think about supper. I put off everything that is not an emergency. Friends have to wait for replies. Coworkers know I'm tied up and will only respond to emergencies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">W and I walk out our neighborhood and up the street to #KalpaTree. It's a gorgeous setting.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWakoRNK025m9CRBGWwIycpjzku6VDBViWSkgUpzxAsRVu2YSbEfIP17XkEW9si6iduGLaZWz_LKFDnWjac4sEwGxLorC0gJhBzvvz4Ci3WOBZoflTm6vyloWMg0iNm0dxM7EqN3mjf0ZM_HkAzjYDem4nDbKaVoXSuh2TpvbLMv0s9bgEVcE1v7qHoLh/s1508/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.32.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1158" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpWakoRNK025m9CRBGWwIycpjzku6VDBViWSkgUpzxAsRVu2YSbEfIP17XkEW9si6iduGLaZWz_LKFDnWjac4sEwGxLorC0gJhBzvvz4Ci3WOBZoflTm6vyloWMg0iNm0dxM7EqN3mjf0ZM_HkAzjYDem4nDbKaVoXSuh2TpvbLMv0s9bgEVcE1v7qHoLh/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.32.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The food hits the spot. The short walk is refreshing as night falls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WMi3xPiCR5fkcUpVi_wKgsD72ses8mcTdb4CCRTxijFMDguQeNrtbLL0S-zjeZknNdGJNANViUbc5sd5RNMB64qtXjhPgwedrlRLxda_PYkmv1hw059rN-wCa4ymygti_GmYIw_ZxljuMBTV5VSMitplcGVOtQ1sv-5dnDa5S_5emZaLtRThBgiY0VbJ/s1470/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.32.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4WMi3xPiCR5fkcUpVi_wKgsD72ses8mcTdb4CCRTxijFMDguQeNrtbLL0S-zjeZknNdGJNANViUbc5sd5RNMB64qtXjhPgwedrlRLxda_PYkmv1hw059rN-wCa4ymygti_GmYIw_ZxljuMBTV5VSMitplcGVOtQ1sv-5dnDa5S_5emZaLtRThBgiY0VbJ/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.32.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="246" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I sleep for a few hours before getting up to grade student assignments. When teaching <i>Study Skills and Academic Writing</i>, I grade every submission the night it's turned in. Students receive professional edits back and can revise and resubmit as many times times as they want until the deadline. The improvement in writing skills is amazing within a few weeks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Thursday/Friday</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The dogs can't wait for us to come onto the porch. They know what's coming.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yrUIDwg5mK2CVgC-MyCEAu4BEcZSsIbeU3AmbX6t30Vd_B9iewvOyj1cxRecpU853kCPUMhyewnCyHyFjd6T1z0dWErk3YtpausDaP-m_DbdwZSeXZ3821RxqP2ttkSuKM_8mwj9jEp9zHXMABI1lWEgTTxwHO2ILg4l1K1Fe2JUmxm029LshNxNISEC/s970/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.32.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="902" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1yrUIDwg5mK2CVgC-MyCEAu4BEcZSsIbeU3AmbX6t30Vd_B9iewvOyj1cxRecpU853kCPUMhyewnCyHyFjd6T1z0dWErk3YtpausDaP-m_DbdwZSeXZ3821RxqP2ttkSuKM_8mwj9jEp9zHXMABI1lWEgTTxwHO2ILg4l1K1Fe2JUmxm029LshNxNISEC/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.32.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="298" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We walk rain or shine.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXj9cGSE0zDcoX3g3443ADQIdRFtjsgpknUpd8f-Xxy850hNJXAUPe_0S6Czz1PnOWl3tyqTY_4pBzPEG0n77qX1vARZfUGeAo56RtLV1LFYC6H0YGY3oU-PmAYcCLsQUlhDR5qoqsQ961YjtgEWu-7d-U5rlDnZwSfYiUXRkQgEnN3KPqD_ym5HhGt2I/s1520/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.31.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1520" data-original-width="1120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibXj9cGSE0zDcoX3g3443ADQIdRFtjsgpknUpd8f-Xxy850hNJXAUPe_0S6Czz1PnOWl3tyqTY_4pBzPEG0n77qX1vARZfUGeAo56RtLV1LFYC6H0YGY3oU-PmAYcCLsQUlhDR5qoqsQ961YjtgEWu-7d-U5rlDnZwSfYiUXRkQgEnN3KPqD_ym5HhGt2I/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.31.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="236" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For the first time, I wear a snakeskin-look raincoat from Mom. She loves prints! It's long enough to ward off the droplets as we walk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJw7gPKoHGOhoym0uv8XP7XfzjgJSa-FiJdK1nf0rxalXrCvKARCW8DhqtlPiUnhrXmxFMihUN2OGwWULFd84RqR2wgQr1n1qp01hE_Ppa7sZcMll15TuN2AQxGdNmBPH-QYRLb-sjp5C4KWx_M381VNaI-fNrfdTtltLd1pvRdm4ye6J5fWA-MP6cgrD/s1154/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%206.32.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="1132" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJw7gPKoHGOhoym0uv8XP7XfzjgJSa-FiJdK1nf0rxalXrCvKARCW8DhqtlPiUnhrXmxFMihUN2OGwWULFd84RqR2wgQr1n1qp01hE_Ppa7sZcMll15TuN2AQxGdNmBPH-QYRLb-sjp5C4KWx_M381VNaI-fNrfdTtltLd1pvRdm4ye6J5fWA-MP6cgrD/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%206.32.08%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Recyclers go through the city streets to retrieve glass, paper, and plastic from where people toss them. They are paid per load at recycling centers. This may not be a glamorous job but it is a helpful and important one. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW369dbGajqtUtnFQTjZKdKGhhd-Fki0Eq-NUVfCj3QCkGrjbr5mF-5LNzlwdQW_8ZL9EwonfFukT29UdkgLk28dR3WlQnvjZ657IVdexk4qK94rY3iLmvOEGTS8sbQk_tq0sdJMVryYTL__-7ZYJ49TJ7ztH6N6P5n-cHQmNYXsSNkYhhp9l3C_2Se_dh/s920/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.32.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="920" data-original-width="906" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW369dbGajqtUtnFQTjZKdKGhhd-Fki0Eq-NUVfCj3QCkGrjbr5mF-5LNzlwdQW_8ZL9EwonfFukT29UdkgLk28dR3WlQnvjZ657IVdexk4qK94rY3iLmvOEGTS8sbQk_tq0sdJMVryYTL__-7ZYJ49TJ7ztH6N6P5n-cHQmNYXsSNkYhhp9l3C_2Se_dh/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.32.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="315" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Whew. When teaching online for 4 hours in a row, a lecturer is pacing their brain and resources with student interactions. The first days are the most difficult. This week, the biggest challenge has been figuring out how to engage my students without the quick polls in my curriculum. Breakout rooms to the rescue.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The bread baked by IbuS goes perfectly with soft cheese. I'm too tired on Thursday to think of going out.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgCZG1YZBaniaPfPXt-GCSFuwnD04aiZe6OgKc5auCW-A5AH_7DOYxJ8BRQ9o_r8gmyTPPPVjcz7o2mRM0YHFrLqi-MQz_O7uvXEPkJ_ScuzJ58oqTjXSjI48v-2kqK0hgHO9URvxeXNi6Q1C_FN4MuS8Hwf9Gocc04Qt5P9hWmGTpEUUPTYHSnKwg6aQ/s1174/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.33.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1120" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKgCZG1YZBaniaPfPXt-GCSFuwnD04aiZe6OgKc5auCW-A5AH_7DOYxJ8BRQ9o_r8gmyTPPPVjcz7o2mRM0YHFrLqi-MQz_O7uvXEPkJ_ScuzJ58oqTjXSjI48v-2kqK0hgHO9URvxeXNi6Q1C_FN4MuS8Hwf9Gocc04Qt5P9hWmGTpEUUPTYHSnKwg6aQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.33.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="305" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Friday, I'm up for the first meeting at 6:00. The second at 7:00 is postponed until next week. We walk and I revamp class notes and PowerPoints.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last day flies by. Today, I warn students that after this week, all assignments have a hard deadline. No exceptions. Students are wiley at flexing faculty schedules for their own convenience, begging for more time to submit their work = for a wide variety of reasons.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">With the amount of grading this course requires, they're tied to my schedule instead. Handing assignments in on time is part of the discipline of academic writing. Few publishers of academic books and journals will postpone publication for a late submission.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Each night as the lights sparkle around the house, I thank God for rest ... until I wake up to grade the day's intake.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAe-cdv4cQmNVpkWMWxiPufpG4z6lSg5TbgY9aX378ag3aupZUQWD3rK4VHiQCwrGIt9raLiSTMbIXHVH2c_RE7ZyqogK3PjBJRyiEA9FlikV3BYyWbGYmOpo53egqMK0a82A-DPcD8B3y7QQY97-auz1zcnd1Z7vTMWOsxA0W4Izl7SIlZviMuh7sJ3sX/s1844/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.32.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1504" data-original-width="1844" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAe-cdv4cQmNVpkWMWxiPufpG4z6lSg5TbgY9aX378ag3aupZUQWD3rK4VHiQCwrGIt9raLiSTMbIXHVH2c_RE7ZyqogK3PjBJRyiEA9FlikV3BYyWbGYmOpo53egqMK0a82A-DPcD8B3y7QQY97-auz1zcnd1Z7vTMWOsxA0W4Izl7SIlZviMuh7sJ3sX/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-19%20at%205.32.49%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>We are grateful for food, shelter, meaningful work ... and a warm bed. Sleep well, everyone.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:<br /></span></b><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need. Proverbs 30:8</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Shout for joy, you heavens; </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">rejoice, you earth; </span><span lang="en-us" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">burst into song, you mountains! </span><span lang="en-us" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">For the Lord comforts his people </span><span lang="en-us" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">and will have compassion on his afflicted ones. </span><span lang="en-us" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, </span><span lang="en-us" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">the Lord has forgotten me.” </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> </span></span><p dir="LTR" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="en-us">Can a mother forget the baby at her breast</span> and have no compassion on the child she has borne? <span lang="en-us">Though she may forget, </span><span lang="en-us">I will not forget you! </span><span lang="en-us">See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; </span>your walls are ever before me. Isaiah 49:13-16</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Nations shall come to your light and kings to the brightness of your dawn. Isaiah 60:3</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*We brought nothing into the world, so that we can take nothing out of it, but if we have food and clothing, we will be content with these. 1 Timothy 6:7-8</span></p><p dir="LTR" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*The city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb The nations will walk by its light. Revelation 21:23-24</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span>Moravian Prayer: </span>Why, O God, do we do what we know we should not? We eat food that does not satisfy. We buy things we don’t need and accumulate wealth we can’t keep. Remind us to seek what is our true treasure, which is you and your love. </span></i></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><i>Guiding Light, shine into the dark places in our lives and in our world. Help us to see your grace, mercy, and love. Help us to follow and to walk in your Light. In Jesus’ name, we pray. Amen.</i></span></p></div></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-12414706056798588102024-01-15T23:13:00.000-08:002024-01-15T23:17:00.062-08:00Things that seem normal here<p><b>Friday, January 12, 2024</b></p><p>Meetings, academics. We mail <a href="https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%22what+made+them+think+they+could%3F%3A%22+kowalski&crid=3H3MLWGHISFBF&sprefix=what+made+them+think+they+could+kowalski+%2Caps%2C289&ref=nb_sb_noss">my book series</a> to a friend in Singapore. </p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglF0VvhBu5BGdIxAzcmMO3BJfnem_SZ819m0ioXqLJvFr4XCT7nKQ5IGQjiauvKVMOCPO2Dpe9z8FWqoNzg6D84YMg0GCGTisw0xn8et6POtnxIQnwpryxxFiNUM8XaAlIBv4KyVf2Ksn3VgUCFgV0jNFlb3LLm-gDYjgvr2vYrnPEvJ96eKuf7kahDMpS/s974/Screenshot%202024-01-15%20at%204.37.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="974" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglF0VvhBu5BGdIxAzcmMO3BJfnem_SZ819m0ioXqLJvFr4XCT7nKQ5IGQjiauvKVMOCPO2Dpe9z8FWqoNzg6D84YMg0GCGTisw0xn8et6POtnxIQnwpryxxFiNUM8XaAlIBv4KyVf2Ksn3VgUCFgV0jNFlb3LLm-gDYjgvr2vYrnPEvJ96eKuf7kahDMpS/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-15%20at%204.37.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>And the morning is over. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PCTVPN3TXGInTD6DFrq-ojWEfVQiZUsDAMSi7PEkX3duxqAlsOOWeVK7F0hZ12s00Xz1CiCv8RBFOGghjSYyoFen0K8cAIH1dEgjD8j5G5N-e5fwt3DE0Xesdm5r6AYPSAS2QPdgbw8NL8lcdBYoyriDau1PQfTfyAEeIFlb2DKS_Xd_iXlVns-feepC/s1378/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.37.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1378" data-original-width="1026" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PCTVPN3TXGInTD6DFrq-ojWEfVQiZUsDAMSi7PEkX3duxqAlsOOWeVK7F0hZ12s00Xz1CiCv8RBFOGghjSYyoFen0K8cAIH1dEgjD8j5G5N-e5fwt3DE0Xesdm5r6AYPSAS2QPdgbw8NL8lcdBYoyriDau1PQfTfyAEeIFlb2DKS_Xd_iXlVns-feepC/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.37.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="238" /></a></div>We're blocking the view of scaffolding outside the kitchen with window film. So much nicer. The metal frame holds the water tanks in the light well. We're too tired to do the last one tonight.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZddA_xZtAap6HIJYrg7LcY1zua5hQRxqeYfOGrwrjB5_GiVMXjULNY7iKZ_j-yv26RykS7I1VPnB1wc5HeCG4icrq61bte-TbJKtPfRpOZkrgh8fq3chZte6VJNwQrxqtvKgphcQyKTOACJRwaOmwSOLnF8RIqlUfApOhF-XLBSxJTOk04cQBhNm-kMUO/s1750/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.38.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZddA_xZtAap6HIJYrg7LcY1zua5hQRxqeYfOGrwrjB5_GiVMXjULNY7iKZ_j-yv26RykS7I1VPnB1wc5HeCG4icrq61bte-TbJKtPfRpOZkrgh8fq3chZte6VJNwQrxqtvKgphcQyKTOACJRwaOmwSOLnF8RIqlUfApOhF-XLBSxJTOk04cQBhNm-kMUO/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.38.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The next project will be covering the windows of the hall's prayer room. They look out onto storage: volleyball nets and miscellaneous <i>barang2</i> (stuff). For the visually distracted, opaque window film is a godsend. And it's easily removed when no longer serving its purpose.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZZoQp6Pw4pODkEqk8814Q8ILIBtxsyt2dE8U1aiIHmJ5Zq8xvZVHei0UlExAWC5OcF54gzaCoHyDkUwpvUi8QUpGe-dugzLNfHDl7Vp10Vguif1SI3xBdBXQ-aW2IIw4t8Iv3tk6SCtMEBxD2XBvPlqedbvb4izM-3_Y-j-89DinDHXsSSCOLZ6v4RwI/s1480/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="974" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxZZoQp6Pw4pODkEqk8814Q8ILIBtxsyt2dE8U1aiIHmJ5Zq8xvZVHei0UlExAWC5OcF54gzaCoHyDkUwpvUi8QUpGe-dugzLNfHDl7Vp10Vguif1SI3xBdBXQ-aW2IIw4t8Iv3tk6SCtMEBxD2XBvPlqedbvb4izM-3_Y-j-89DinDHXsSSCOLZ6v4RwI/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="211" /></a></div><b>Saturday</b><div>The morning walk is full of interesting things. Look at how you put windows into a house wall: the workers smash holes into the brick wall and then repair the edges once the window is framed with wood and glass is inserted.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJz5uYqUwUE99EuQGFDG7jws_vzbUbuHW0lHLEEclrbTolPlhBDDFlnRUVMa_cXmkuoKo347KJNbjq_1dy9xPAdkW_RunyvJJtleWgaezccebjzIGiJwIGLvSdvnC_62ntL2wLJMbqZJ4sIO1sFgZEbCvXWzU5Vcvy2uo3ttNoh5zWrlzflf684SDQ-WK/s1752/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.38.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1752" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnJz5uYqUwUE99EuQGFDG7jws_vzbUbuHW0lHLEEclrbTolPlhBDDFlnRUVMa_cXmkuoKo347KJNbjq_1dy9xPAdkW_RunyvJJtleWgaezccebjzIGiJwIGLvSdvnC_62ntL2wLJMbqZJ4sIO1sFgZEbCvXWzU5Vcvy2uo3ttNoh5zWrlzflf684SDQ-WK/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.38.14%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>Masons are also redoing the entry wall at a nearby resort. Stone by stone, it's replaced by hand.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDYuiC7NlQsINnYQw_UovCykDuRUkdVFFPXwjjg_g35UbAS_uIvQj1gGljQZCfDPVJW86KYUVsZKAxz7fID_mfr28oKt3pFQ6jOuDNxFys6-IfiYHkdXEK35NBsJX3mMg2zwJZ0ZZTrTO_2WlPePNdMVJ_J19zXbn4grc_np8xEmbzA2qiNfeSJ9ufxaW/s1884/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.38.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1884" height="190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIDYuiC7NlQsINnYQw_UovCykDuRUkdVFFPXwjjg_g35UbAS_uIvQj1gGljQZCfDPVJW86KYUVsZKAxz7fID_mfr28oKt3pFQ6jOuDNxFys6-IfiYHkdXEK35NBsJX3mMg2zwJZ0ZZTrTO_2WlPePNdMVJ_J19zXbn4grc_np8xEmbzA2qiNfeSJ9ufxaW/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.38.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The kids' playground at the neighborhood intersection is littered with plastic and food wrappers, but the kids don't seem to notice. We feel far away from our youngest granddaughter, who celebrates her 6th birthday today.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfO2oNh4sx-8RvStNSXbvoVKQqxNYmyzoecAfmHl5IrX09s4HJL1sAp4POodN1KuDQwo8ufKeQX_xaaI1XPG6oW2NOdS9TOathO7W__2GZJhhFgmX7Ngh4KOdoBh2otcCOkBsF8mO1JKCeqOBtJIfGV96pAuUJB-RhV3B3BBuaB1cKSxcSznVqsIDIE_IE/s2014/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.38.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="2014" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfO2oNh4sx-8RvStNSXbvoVKQqxNYmyzoecAfmHl5IrX09s4HJL1sAp4POodN1KuDQwo8ufKeQX_xaaI1XPG6oW2NOdS9TOathO7W__2GZJhhFgmX7Ngh4KOdoBh2otcCOkBsF8mO1JKCeqOBtJIfGV96pAuUJB-RhV3B3BBuaB1cKSxcSznVqsIDIE_IE/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.38.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>At the tennis courts, the equal-opportunity competition is not played in equal costumes. The guys wear shorts and a T-shirt to play in the 80F (27C) heat while the women are covered from head to toe - including a headscarf. I'm almost panting, watching the gals run back and forth on the court.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOh8Ylyn9-QVpsBJVXMbx7Q54VSiZqvCRs8qui2PvQqy2NyogX3E-RuTK6l0UvDWdDudFArr31G90MJB7mps1pUFw-tJY7Kn7XJdZA126SeFWQOa2LjkOqTwla30ng8hbo13gXZVYrmYy2oANi0pjT9HLb4ikJucTA-F49wKXd9N4z9XF1X6fPqAxzFs_e/s964/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.38.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="716" data-original-width="964" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOh8Ylyn9-QVpsBJVXMbx7Q54VSiZqvCRs8qui2PvQqy2NyogX3E-RuTK6l0UvDWdDudFArr31G90MJB7mps1pUFw-tJY7Kn7XJdZA126SeFWQOa2LjkOqTwla30ng8hbo13gXZVYrmYy2oANi0pjT9HLb4ikJucTA-F49wKXd9N4z9XF1X6fPqAxzFs_e/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.38.58%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The wire-grid fence is falling down along the next street. The stone foundations are rotten, says the <i>tukang </i>(handyman). He backs up to see how he's going to repair it.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-IXq3bEzsRPkOXw3Qc15aicbL-SUebz-l11bRscSZ4l57O4QINM7Ij1PyOtv0USNwZDbNR5ygeCeSBhuCvT9uj3X1VewlKFIef0_1mdHbruDQu5JWWqHblH-P5oV0YF1TST1xeoxv89Tnhi_5S0HeAZbZr_9OldaMik__fApWYL8L1zKQurgl4jwAF7d/s1650/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.39.11%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="1650" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-IXq3bEzsRPkOXw3Qc15aicbL-SUebz-l11bRscSZ4l57O4QINM7Ij1PyOtv0USNwZDbNR5ygeCeSBhuCvT9uj3X1VewlKFIef0_1mdHbruDQu5JWWqHblH-P5oV0YF1TST1xeoxv89Tnhi_5S0HeAZbZr_9OldaMik__fApWYL8L1zKQurgl4jwAF7d/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.39.11%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>A parade of students from the university down the hill is welcoming the new year with Viking? costumes. Nah, must be some Indonesian historical figures.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO28JU3AAvvoqMMagd77gbUiHyD9R7Wq0HMT5nJZUnS5vFuoBZ1wF47rnzvPF6ea5zyMjk3aXQrDp-h1LWfLgMC2031H6uZKQ5cOYlfSVPlRWy9CJMwnNm9H6gEoltBXv00ccGopmk_Fepl2Ue2Ua83hIJP9cAIbhz7apYMpQyJ-UWC2tr-VNjPfn2VLzl/s808/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%205.19.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="684" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO28JU3AAvvoqMMagd77gbUiHyD9R7Wq0HMT5nJZUnS5vFuoBZ1wF47rnzvPF6ea5zyMjk3aXQrDp-h1LWfLgMC2031H6uZKQ5cOYlfSVPlRWy9CJMwnNm9H6gEoltBXv00ccGopmk_Fepl2Ue2Ua83hIJP9cAIbhz7apYMpQyJ-UWC2tr-VNjPfn2VLzl/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%205.19.05%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="271" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">W meets people in town and buys a new bulb for the lamp we bought in Turkey.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjfkuhZYRNHYbYUEVvjDSBpX6dazL7FUXuXbIWAe4GYVBvBYsMt3tdZyeLPvpoDkbXRKFVzv6am4p7o9F01Phun6abalguW_Za1r1OGLATdY7lIrWpIYAEunSG228weoBWQekbxGFKOPi3pqY4H24g2CEkvYy4V4CZBEs15I-yVAiHAxnMwt8LHPZM6Xy/s1300/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.37.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1300" data-original-width="710" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpjfkuhZYRNHYbYUEVvjDSBpX6dazL7FUXuXbIWAe4GYVBvBYsMt3tdZyeLPvpoDkbXRKFVzv6am4p7o9F01Phun6abalguW_Za1r1OGLATdY7lIrWpIYAEunSG228weoBWQekbxGFKOPi3pqY4H24g2CEkvYy4V4CZBEs15I-yVAiHAxnMwt8LHPZM6Xy/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.37.38%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="175" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Supper is egg salad on homemade bread. Easy and nutricious.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJTFaBCydd9Fo6Qb7hIf0WFvWHlSwlrvYWLVDsO7x3M7eknqIE7Ei-dJnHTlSoXefagSK0b42gMudBAPl-iIWYRI95kUuSliAVL_JZqSWEpO89bIG6KPnX2X1c4eIJ9PQMjLD_m7cyqeh0olMIl6plX2b_0NcYzmV9JoYmT-mMTP6QRYcLC1w-Pb0dF35/s1382/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.37.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="1050" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQJTFaBCydd9Fo6Qb7hIf0WFvWHlSwlrvYWLVDsO7x3M7eknqIE7Ei-dJnHTlSoXefagSK0b42gMudBAPl-iIWYRI95kUuSliAVL_JZqSWEpO89bIG6KPnX2X1c4eIJ9PQMjLD_m7cyqeh0olMIl6plX2b_0NcYzmV9JoYmT-mMTP6QRYcLC1w-Pb0dF35/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-13%20at%204.37.28%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="243" /></a></div>The flower arrangement Ibu Titik made for the hall last week is still beautiful so the guys carry it back there. No need to make something new.</div><div><br /></div><div>The neighbor's city-water pipe is leaking after more than a month. We've mentioned it to the neighbors several times but no one has fixed it. It saturates the ground beside their gate.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBffCr1FS2yndnU64iZG8VtHBmqo164OjoUPVxMleAntKZUmPLRhntBwZK0i6jmtD36hZGZmjZKgRc-wVnHSPIozN8sEj5sT4XZp4UAPa6h8Y8GuN4czFsEpC2Edjmwy0Rp-wmgDNPuACIH08cwlBxba74ZqvUpm38ZDgcHZ45OiBY6QxATJiJXMY5iSb5/s1470/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.09.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1124" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBffCr1FS2yndnU64iZG8VtHBmqo164OjoUPVxMleAntKZUmPLRhntBwZK0i6jmtD36hZGZmjZKgRc-wVnHSPIozN8sEj5sT4XZp4UAPa6h8Y8GuN4czFsEpC2Edjmwy0Rp-wmgDNPuACIH08cwlBxba74ZqvUpm38ZDgcHZ45OiBY6QxATJiJXMY5iSb5/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.09.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="245" /></a></div><div><b>Sunday</b></div><div>An email arrives with a request for an article for a global network; I write and send it to Thailand and Jakarta for revisions. There's no sense in postponing a quick assignment.</div><div><br /></div><div>We have a board meeting after the Gathering. The agenda is updates and reviews - it's been a good year and we expect the same in 2024. We have a nice lunch together afterwards.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXofyHzW43PqGp6RGNa2Q737Hh3Ak6lLAI1EUF7BwwZc5vYUQT7G4YWze_dPtwjLX6YEp_J4-QZX04XZdyR06u9ZNnQZgFsvLOAQ7jSVK7Lg_m24b202sIDh3piciQIqDGjCmD-vEXm5IEpZaDkvxT8uU82xj0IIw6dALR21rJbI7BiP5Yzc3-ZI8Xq_q/s2002/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1436" data-original-width="2002" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYXofyHzW43PqGp6RGNa2Q737Hh3Ak6lLAI1EUF7BwwZc5vYUQT7G4YWze_dPtwjLX6YEp_J4-QZX04XZdyR06u9ZNnQZgFsvLOAQ7jSVK7Lg_m24b202sIDh3piciQIqDGjCmD-vEXm5IEpZaDkvxT8uU82xj0IIw6dALR21rJbI7BiP5Yzc3-ZI8Xq_q/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><b>Monday</b></div><div><div>I'm trying to get the hang of the tablet W uses to teach. Kim passes along good ideas about Zoom features and the class set-ups she uses. She's a whiz at teaching online. On her end, she's decorating a wall with a shelf and some pictures. "Go crazy," I tell her, sending a photo of our current mashup in the nook. </div><div><br /></div><div>The nook is an always-shifting collection. There are memories in each book, paintings, and object, including a pewter medallion from a Pakistani Air Force colonial. His wife hiked with us and was well-liked by all.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8OQqbcARJ_NVKHpCFkelSkoxEAvnw2IAVxV931SmP1n6DQbIf8wkpHaGHMAUrsWiEXViBGT9gV06VdNY27sMsXnEd5mvE1pObCKwOerJ_Vo9_DblIPtJM4UfFEMeImy0oR5d-xOwcmUQdlNXaOz4aYMYsdle8j-AFdogwBBRLSao_eIA-17b8StXyfnD/s1988/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1988" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI8OQqbcARJ_NVKHpCFkelSkoxEAvnw2IAVxV931SmP1n6DQbIf8wkpHaGHMAUrsWiEXViBGT9gV06VdNY27sMsXnEd5mvE1pObCKwOerJ_Vo9_DblIPtJM4UfFEMeImy0oR5d-xOwcmUQdlNXaOz4aYMYsdle8j-AFdogwBBRLSao_eIA-17b8StXyfnD/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.43%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>W and I have lunch with two fellows teaching English classes in Bandung. It's wonderful to see them gather volunteers to serve poor communities who can't afford English tutors.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tuesday</b></div><div>The porch is peaceful as we pull on our walking shoes.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fYC64i8xYCfZtQIMF9Hd5K94PZrYhRdLiB_nQGo5yIwG3B4ji8HQTOGYNeNiZLN6DBvoK8o9-pOUb7LQ8dUcrlJOWIYxroeiCKDLKujDa-5RGdti-L1JD_xNeLjZK78xdVMhuDfI2K1qp2f1ZrYfg3EwWbLMYWJNqQ9o1_Gx7hchwgziyYaD8ceQ_rKa/s2020/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.00%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="2020" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5fYC64i8xYCfZtQIMF9Hd5K94PZrYhRdLiB_nQGo5yIwG3B4ji8HQTOGYNeNiZLN6DBvoK8o9-pOUb7LQ8dUcrlJOWIYxroeiCKDLKujDa-5RGdti-L1JD_xNeLjZK78xdVMhuDfI2K1qp2f1ZrYfg3EwWbLMYWJNqQ9o1_Gx7hchwgziyYaD8ceQ_rKa/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.00%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>After a walk, we reluctantly finish mounting the film on the last kitchen window. Neither W nor I are in the mood but we want that chore out of the way. See the hard worker on the far side of the window? Almost done. Thanks, hon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvsxZH43WFg8DI9e0D949UtbcTOraabjKrEpF7Exp6pAorfot1F81KpTPuKYw_UW44a-h46dQsbz4LbiH__S5_5nxcK5JzbaeGu2q7LeYal_OhLgSdH2rTo3Pn2L4i6lYZCldW5-uafAappCiMBYch21RnGkyaxrXwQFv33A_FOkqTs0amB6GMO8ZXtDQ/s2018/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="2018" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkvsxZH43WFg8DI9e0D949UtbcTOraabjKrEpF7Exp6pAorfot1F81KpTPuKYw_UW44a-h46dQsbz4LbiH__S5_5nxcK5JzbaeGu2q7LeYal_OhLgSdH2rTo3Pn2L4i6lYZCldW5-uafAappCiMBYch21RnGkyaxrXwQFv33A_FOkqTs0amB6GMO8ZXtDQ/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.18%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">The delicious sprouts arrive from <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CzK68_irYUg/" target="_blank">Komori Greens</a> on Tuesday mornings. They're healthy treats with minimal effort on our part. These are already clipped, eaten last week. We send back the empty containers for refills.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfmZGFClSs-yLzAbUJ4QSkugNwzTfb3GIyhw-FxgSUyCBJmSJFBldujlcDsoRCtRrl9W7vE976Ph78acBPAn8GHRJ2Xqc5FsWU7_la3QXoPP8__A3pQnHlP9Lzun6dxF3R0AePMoxYezGa4lYE4wbRNAlhjTYLY6DmJ-0uLubWmGGQfkO6OXS1IJMpPKn/s1880/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.31%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1486" data-original-width="1880" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtfmZGFClSs-yLzAbUJ4QSkugNwzTfb3GIyhw-FxgSUyCBJmSJFBldujlcDsoRCtRrl9W7vE976Ph78acBPAn8GHRJ2Xqc5FsWU7_la3QXoPP8__A3pQnHlP9Lzun6dxF3R0AePMoxYezGa4lYE4wbRNAlhjTYLY6DmJ-0uLubWmGGQfkO6OXS1IJMpPKn/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%2010.10.31%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">I treasure my next connection. Each month, Nancy helps me find healthy ways to move forward. I debrief with her for an hour to unclutter my thinking, especially when the turbulence of change obscures the path ahead. When we're done, I know the next steps to take.</p><p style="text-align: left;">W and I go grocery shopping before lunch. The crabs stare at us from the seafood case.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyxSnMBYhHT9fgJD1Mh1KyTSewp50kDuva8WQ2RTdl8pCxUOIxrmDEvFrmxZABLc6rVgF0Ls0ga3xRqVSneRfGmE1K2aE9owUuBQrowCTJQGvHbASJPLWUnGpYdoJdrUI1cCWWQb-BazuY3tQ-a9cOAcLS-krxUGsx1gvZxxAjLWULoLTZ_CMXZqIg_Fb/s1386/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%201.30.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1386" data-original-width="1112" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtyxSnMBYhHT9fgJD1Mh1KyTSewp50kDuva8WQ2RTdl8pCxUOIxrmDEvFrmxZABLc6rVgF0Ls0ga3xRqVSneRfGmE1K2aE9owUuBQrowCTJQGvHbASJPLWUnGpYdoJdrUI1cCWWQb-BazuY3tQ-a9cOAcLS-krxUGsx1gvZxxAjLWULoLTZ_CMXZqIg_Fb/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%201.30.27%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="257" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The year is inching toward Chinese New Year so there are many foreign Asian treats on the shelves. Spam (beloved in Hawaii, Korea, and other Asian countries) is available for $6.50 US/can. No thanks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6HAzPldyG7wglFjUjPgvT0Y_Cr4zbFScZIhhOEwmP5oTMCKmGu0TFxIROOkwtJTTA5wGq4Vzr2i40KyG_it-iyHF2fwcppoiqcl5vFAQ3lcDLbPOxMoyUm_qfGUUMLJht4m2oRv-F1A8zjBlwSYy3ymThyphenhyphenJgXVhbAcVikG0un8uoP2YnRdNoRfrXjGGv/s1656/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%201.30.11%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="928" data-original-width="1656" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX6HAzPldyG7wglFjUjPgvT0Y_Cr4zbFScZIhhOEwmP5oTMCKmGu0TFxIROOkwtJTTA5wGq4Vzr2i40KyG_it-iyHF2fwcppoiqcl5vFAQ3lcDLbPOxMoyUm_qfGUUMLJht4m2oRv-F1A8zjBlwSYy3ymThyphenhyphenJgXVhbAcVikG0un8uoP2YnRdNoRfrXjGGv/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%201.30.11%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>I heap my lunch plate with pea sprouts, topping them with sliced fresh cucumber in vinegar and the main dish: curried chicken and potato cubes. Delicious and filling.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBJOCUEQT_SWCi2pCfMCiEpUP1ZpQ0SMJfjVwEcTyo2BezqHorq9wwQznPfCvq6Yg1LHJYGjp4EcCv8qk5YROfCmYnuK3uh4nTh7ALEdxeQHdoAf8BixQMw63UmKUsHOqjPk2Pe2RiyyrOfTIHTPh5-7_0IMuXjVxx7DgsoeJdcw7r2oc6D-ztK0BVXzs/s1382/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%201.29.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1382" data-original-width="1108" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZBJOCUEQT_SWCi2pCfMCiEpUP1ZpQ0SMJfjVwEcTyo2BezqHorq9wwQznPfCvq6Yg1LHJYGjp4EcCv8qk5YROfCmYnuK3uh4nTh7ALEdxeQHdoAf8BixQMw63UmKUsHOqjPk2Pe2RiyyrOfTIHTPh5-7_0IMuXjVxx7DgsoeJdcw7r2oc6D-ztK0BVXzs/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-16%20at%201.29.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="257" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Before our team meeting, I get the updates I need to edit and send off the article written Sunday. Good. One more thing off my desk.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Richie, the librarian who has sent hundreds of books our way, texts that he now has a lot of math books to give away. Funny thing: the seminary dean we talked to last week mentioned that some of their students are math tutors for village kids. Those books are obviously meant to flow in that direction. In they come - out they'll go! Isn't it a privilege to be part of the conduit of God's blessings?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*You have made my days a mere handbreadth; the span of my years is as nothing before you. Everyone is but a breath, even those who seem secure. Psalm 39:5</span></div><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*[Paul wrote:] So we do not lose heart. Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner nature is being renewed day by day. 2 Corinthians 4:16</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Sometimes, O God, a day feels like an eternity; yet at other times, years pass in the blink of an eye. But not a moment goes by without you being with us. Thank you, our friend and Savior. Amen.</span></i></p></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-67581328284702908632024-01-11T03:18:00.000-08:002024-01-11T03:29:19.881-08:00Tea in a cup and in the field<p><b>Sunday, January 7, 2024</b></p><p>We love Sundays, a time to connect with our community of faith. It's a pleasure to see everyone working together, including the beautiful arrangement from Titik. "They're just flowers from my garden," she says.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3guTy2oyUw-7n38iMACgyIn-bzAIRV4CB2fVsILnx-hsL8kXAFLN3t0W_hgyci6VFv8ULQ-shJ649hsRJ8ecL2mTZXXCedx-yvFu4EokkayXAW2svND3fqeNd8V2mFsMlcj4_Y5EsCczyIaypdoPbiUKJ2-TMT2TdikSC80WztATnz-5Ty8sfngRBKFJ/s1686/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.53.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="1686" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD3guTy2oyUw-7n38iMACgyIn-bzAIRV4CB2fVsILnx-hsL8kXAFLN3t0W_hgyci6VFv8ULQ-shJ649hsRJ8ecL2mTZXXCedx-yvFu4EokkayXAW2svND3fqeNd8V2mFsMlcj4_Y5EsCczyIaypdoPbiUKJ2-TMT2TdikSC80WztATnz-5Ty8sfngRBKFJ/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.53.37%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And utterly exotic where we used to live.</div><p><b>Monday</b></p><p>Lots of meetings so the day flies by. I spend 4 hours organizing revisions for an online course that starts next Wednesday. For weeks, I've been thinking about how I want to do this. The syllabus, sent off in early December. determines what goes where. This current task is the tedium of finding pieces of research and putting class notes together in a fresh way.</p><p><b>Tuesday</b></p><p>While W shops for movie night groceries, I work on the course and prepare for the first team meeting of the year. Half of the team comes to the office at 1:30; the other half is online. I dislike hybrid meetings but they're easier for some to attend, especially with school runs, classes, and other obligations. Most of the team are volunteers so I'm grateful that they take the work seriously. We introduce a new position and two new members. It's exciting, looking ahead.</p><p>In the evening, I cook 12 cups of vegetables for a new dish tomorrow. Let's see how it tastes. (Spoiler: good!)</p><p><b>Wednesday</b></p><p>I start cooking at 4:00 a.m. We're trying a new layout that means less work for the guys who move the furniture out and back; let's see if we like it. We leave the dining table where it is.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYFpW31NUCttokEFvlqsQmJXV_R44H1d15jOp7Jg_Fls37NpIgD3XglJYBqbCuN0O75s4r7rqayaiJz1H8zC8cI4YY3eDSfU8sPCOHtncmccJmQLC4SjKMDekCE1VbSp5plYEj3WJPqQZOj4KTEuH0zTF64vu8X56BGjeUDDMalxwZ3gYnWiTDJLj-KqzG/s1996/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.53.29%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1474" data-original-width="1996" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYFpW31NUCttokEFvlqsQmJXV_R44H1d15jOp7Jg_Fls37NpIgD3XglJYBqbCuN0O75s4r7rqayaiJz1H8zC8cI4YY3eDSfU8sPCOHtncmccJmQLC4SjKMDekCE1VbSp5plYEj3WJPqQZOj4KTEuH0zTF64vu8X56BGjeUDDMalxwZ3gYnWiTDJLj-KqzG/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.53.29%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">The picnic table stays outside.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWxnWuMeNsWGnASAWZZqqG2fjghr84VNLvtf_R5g5kvNExsr-zXT2DlXkX7ifteSdj56NMX4-MxY6PajsYmCHQ7VmDW_tutiMXZYGXTqEsnYJB30qeytnahZZsKGQhat-dwo1whgPoug2nsO5UQq-oUSO6fPsOcBgYI-oMgS9cUcbkuggk-zDBXPifTWj/s1980/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.53.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1980" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSWxnWuMeNsWGnASAWZZqqG2fjghr84VNLvtf_R5g5kvNExsr-zXT2DlXkX7ifteSdj56NMX4-MxY6PajsYmCHQ7VmDW_tutiMXZYGXTqEsnYJB30qeytnahZZsKGQhat-dwo1whgPoug2nsO5UQq-oUSO6fPsOcBgYI-oMgS9cUcbkuggk-zDBXPifTWj/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.53.13%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>We put the flowers from inside out in the 8' <i><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesung" target="_blank">lesung</a></i> (rice trough).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUBC6mzgoAUtfkQcds3OA532qC8jleYmwQNq-tUvGKl5yyccpe1IrIj4ssCqDAofgvFb2F1V1grzAjXmo-1scRWhKJNjh1TCo3AFfxccwJN0A-NOOuHZ-X7gUUKGKbNcVowhyllTRwON5_YPqE3P2cUanlVQL0nuoFx4etC_nS7hIl6TfgD4TXdorn7uV/s2598/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.15.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="2598" height="152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSUBC6mzgoAUtfkQcds3OA532qC8jleYmwQNq-tUvGKl5yyccpe1IrIj4ssCqDAofgvFb2F1V1grzAjXmo-1scRWhKJNjh1TCo3AFfxccwJN0A-NOOuHZ-X7gUUKGKbNcVowhyllTRwON5_YPqE3P2cUanlVQL0nuoFx4etC_nS7hIl6TfgD4TXdorn7uV/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.15.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>Usually we clear the entire day of movie night but today is an unexpected meeting on the next hill. We're recruiting volunteers to English village classes.</p><p>The group pays close attention as Shibli and his team explain the program. They're planning two new branches, one on our hill and another in a tightly-packed community. That one starts later this week for adults who want to help their kids with schoolwork. English, dropped when many expats went home during the past 30 years, is now required for entry to higher education.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwtEdoPDPyMEChysbdC0ApxycaGMWS2h776l95zmRnMVDxjxyiWhPZGuZk7apP07P_uc_3z5TODDu5RzUzlnZ3aEJqsWyFSrzfB2gdTqBSLHIB-M8IhC0aLd6wNaHFByJZKUTXqSpU1K9FjcYWWMQlff5PPzi9Q3NCzTYIfKulC57pFi6Uc_E4U86bUmD/s1992/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.53.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1992" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfwtEdoPDPyMEChysbdC0ApxycaGMWS2h776l95zmRnMVDxjxyiWhPZGuZk7apP07P_uc_3z5TODDu5RzUzlnZ3aEJqsWyFSrzfB2gdTqBSLHIB-M8IhC0aLd6wNaHFByJZKUTXqSpU1K9FjcYWWMQlff5PPzi9Q3NCzTYIfKulC57pFi6Uc_E4U86bUmD/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.53.04%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>We take our projector home as soon as the presentation is over. W has to set up for movie night. We make a quick stop for lunch at <i>Cafe Halaman</i> (Courtyard Cafe). This pretty space is on the corner of two very busy roads. Next time we'll sit inside, away from traffic. The chicken ravioli is delicious.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Jv9xcdjIOq32ABhZkpyQeAwrrpiXFn4JY0BpGtOjkFUfgzJJDBxSTlGhG-jC9VapXZNErMUISxmp3mjZiTyXJdoFFHRprvrc0KST-0EA_GscR0RoVJqQ1LbPSMtmS2Vt_mtqzEbU0WXc-ULbQZtF8JB2ksPSWZNSrwcTq_Nxuj4zGWdjLbMunXGp62FA/s2010/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.53.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="2010" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2Jv9xcdjIOq32ABhZkpyQeAwrrpiXFn4JY0BpGtOjkFUfgzJJDBxSTlGhG-jC9VapXZNErMUISxmp3mjZiTyXJdoFFHRprvrc0KST-0EA_GscR0RoVJqQ1LbPSMtmS2Vt_mtqzEbU0WXc-ULbQZtF8JB2ksPSWZNSrwcTq_Nxuj4zGWdjLbMunXGp62FA/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.53.21%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>Their bakery case looks good but we're not tempted today.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhA0zk1jeJ8L1o-wcTiWKO9G_KdADCUiICZuzrA5tMvsgrpNgvcoXXbfQIT8y8A0PifnKwKWYZeKJVLAKV4iDKMuBHjqEEU-eaVRYF_jC054Nce3y_0FE95YK6YUoyImFXzeDZ9MeYjKeF3H22yDZbht-tPiaAhcyzaPOb_tRtwfMmIXKJSRemo318bdi/s1992/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.52.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="1992" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvhA0zk1jeJ8L1o-wcTiWKO9G_KdADCUiICZuzrA5tMvsgrpNgvcoXXbfQIT8y8A0PifnKwKWYZeKJVLAKV4iDKMuBHjqEEU-eaVRYF_jC054Nce3y_0FE95YK6YUoyImFXzeDZ9MeYjKeF3H22yDZbht-tPiaAhcyzaPOb_tRtwfMmIXKJSRemo318bdi/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%205.52.55%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">The food is cooked and ready with time to spare. The day's downpours deter many attendees - we have a small group tonight. The movie is <i>Sleepless in Seattle</i>. "How do you know if something is right for you?" is the question of the night.</p><p style="text-align: left;">It's hello and goodbye at each movie night. This is George's last time in a while; he is moving to Switzerland to expand his company's base into Europe.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfqMv1o0ZlBOH6Cu_KxZYI3GoLse4AeHEbXhSJA4i49EabzY1nHuK5-37qgPCgaVCG4tOCsuis0-UBYRqSMe3CngxSr-F88-WaK7km7uoNjUXmN3Ot2fUw-WXixjVBVof8VpVvXcF87f_83YzoXG3Tjwnjd4BDugLwY_WTRxyg9nEtIV0k7jJFNb8aw2C/s2010/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.14.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1480" data-original-width="2010" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYfqMv1o0ZlBOH6Cu_KxZYI3GoLse4AeHEbXhSJA4i49EabzY1nHuK5-37qgPCgaVCG4tOCsuis0-UBYRqSMe3CngxSr-F88-WaK7km7uoNjUXmN3Ot2fUw-WXixjVBVof8VpVvXcF87f_83YzoXG3Tjwnjd4BDugLwY_WTRxyg9nEtIV0k7jJFNb8aw2C/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.14.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's a late night - after a cup of peppermint tea, we fall asleep about 11:30.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Thursday</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We're up before 5:00 and leave at 8:00 to hike in Lembang through the forest and tea fields.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUc51Ry4uD0ZIyG6sUOzQ7f1M7QxrhzuPBkTA0FZaBsxWzH6ob5kn_uR4r_HKwrwZrmdiSd7ainPPIgmJr1_7qE70nvck0KB6ZGk_TPcWcEoCrTPNSODIKIhSibpcR4eUN1xal0J8EWC0xDpTgR4MODunFIdb5m93VwVVD7TeVJYp7Q1sypiYeUH94NdB/s1666/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.13.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1438" data-original-width="1666" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLUc51Ry4uD0ZIyG6sUOzQ7f1M7QxrhzuPBkTA0FZaBsxWzH6ob5kn_uR4r_HKwrwZrmdiSd7ainPPIgmJr1_7qE70nvck0KB6ZGk_TPcWcEoCrTPNSODIKIhSibpcR4eUN1xal0J8EWC0xDpTgR4MODunFIdb5m93VwVVD7TeVJYp7Q1sypiYeUH94NdB/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.13.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's a nice group today along with 5 dogs who run all over the trails and grasses beside us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDowoTgW6zbKjIadGZ4E_zYrXDJjl5yGJWd0WaQdFItsxcJ4KuCMaesbTcbLpIOcjmu5mlaeS5rafyUJVc7NvXKgTRpxaG4PS-mQOMYQVBQ4FYVZM0uEMBi2Ql4txaF4ym8YJa-kcmECk0SBeQRQjqZOmWqheCi0T6Bqu43BA-uN5X_K5AT5mltUeU_Yei/s2006/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.14.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1246" data-original-width="2006" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDowoTgW6zbKjIadGZ4E_zYrXDJjl5yGJWd0WaQdFItsxcJ4KuCMaesbTcbLpIOcjmu5mlaeS5rafyUJVc7NvXKgTRpxaG4PS-mQOMYQVBQ4FYVZM0uEMBi2Ql4txaF4ym8YJa-kcmECk0SBeQRQjqZOmWqheCi0T6Bqu43BA-uN5X_K5AT5mltUeU_Yei/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.14.24%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">Though there's cloud cover, it doesn't rain until later in the day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydVRQw3xL_KCjZ3LdE813Fm4J8Z8Yi_ZjJ7p8lwZtZpYQCQP60HZO_h4vFyNxWU3RcEVYI3tfKii7Cn7UzImdlz8TdftMDhV8Ndpm-zfYokQNGarCTKVcWAQ_Jr503cp3LBvUAk2gTy0HXJW_2-eq2WTRge04ktIDTq8US4Mw2No3WTqYuZGMNGDPK3H9/s2014/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.13.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="2014" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydVRQw3xL_KCjZ3LdE813Fm4J8Z8Yi_ZjJ7p8lwZtZpYQCQP60HZO_h4vFyNxWU3RcEVYI3tfKii7Cn7UzImdlz8TdftMDhV8Ndpm-zfYokQNGarCTKVcWAQ_Jr503cp3LBvUAk2gTy0HXJW_2-eq2WTRge04ktIDTq8US4Mw2No3WTqYuZGMNGDPK3H9/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.13.22%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And then we unwind by swimming in the hot springs of Gracia Spa for a few hours.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZvMq0UcsK76br3xxpAwT5ppq93bSdy1mPN1VjfA45YpwnbYJIBLyif5F-MhyphenhyphenVL4EHPhJVvKzWNg1TmwmL2O1tm1OQf6Y56jSf-JNCiTPNLRVxVjpzuBb83GiUVZe_6HNWfgE6Tff8C2DaslYedF7rPSFf_aYctSxy0FsgB73YKRDpt_FAdnMLRcYlJUm/s2036/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.12.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2036" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjZvMq0UcsK76br3xxpAwT5ppq93bSdy1mPN1VjfA45YpwnbYJIBLyif5F-MhyphenhyphenVL4EHPhJVvKzWNg1TmwmL2O1tm1OQf6Y56jSf-JNCiTPNLRVxVjpzuBb83GiUVZe_6HNWfgE6Tff8C2DaslYedF7rPSFf_aYctSxy0FsgB73YKRDpt_FAdnMLRcYlJUm/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.12.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The flowers along the pools are tropical treasures.<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhv0ydAtsKCJSDzmyWAQ8in2Aa6NoYnFmI6FeDXYpzzR7pDJnzWee1JHis7DOri8TP-3jHMXcrzOmqer1b4xfHwBPN8zDoi_hZr0SlAS7m1a1W0rQuXdT6S8upFdLo7kdNVoJnj_0cC6jyIL_zZJwk6UG7OSKGZ7zhHib7il6OsUdiBugQ5cEI00H0ZE4o/s1414/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.14.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1414" data-original-width="1140" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhv0ydAtsKCJSDzmyWAQ8in2Aa6NoYnFmI6FeDXYpzzR7pDJnzWee1JHis7DOri8TP-3jHMXcrzOmqer1b4xfHwBPN8zDoi_hZr0SlAS7m1a1W0rQuXdT6S8upFdLo7kdNVoJnj_0cC6jyIL_zZJwk6UG7OSKGZ7zhHib7il6OsUdiBugQ5cEI00H0ZE4o/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.14.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="258" /></a></div><div>And there's a downpour on our way home.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnH5ZnAnU0wKB85-mNXB_U05s87HfQkD9zWz_kyI22Ja38id7GtJ72PcNAjZiXO1LL60TpeU3mxpAg83ot68wBKFKm_F9gLlH3dcO2soBkuJw706kyaFTuF_FpiR0z6G-KG8Yn0T9MihmGV67RU5ZvvfSp4KO6ZSn5_bAepwXEJ8PTBmQxMd4hPD4Q37jn/s2016/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.13.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1420" data-original-width="2016" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnH5ZnAnU0wKB85-mNXB_U05s87HfQkD9zWz_kyI22Ja38id7GtJ72PcNAjZiXO1LL60TpeU3mxpAg83ot68wBKFKm_F9gLlH3dcO2soBkuJw706kyaFTuF_FpiR0z6G-KG8Yn0T9MihmGV67RU5ZvvfSp4KO6ZSn5_bAepwXEJ8PTBmQxMd4hPD4Q37jn/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.13.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>In the late afternoon, I treat myself to comfort food: one of Keelee's chocolate coffee cookies. Delicious. We are most blessed!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsRnnAxX21cCmBxblboN5ZWgIQ6CtgFMUNxCZpdwDOPzBKvv1QK4K0_lnqJeL2HyFdnH7HFcTnrwjDNqw7VJ_3qSd8NCoxrk2yDip3U36tOQ-IEtMAQ_FsMgiN2PwQq7MkvL4ukm3AmqzLbSHpZDdtw4ej68ZYFV0rePqXJ7aBO0D2iga0LwYI-XMseD7/s1358/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.14.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="1122" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdsRnnAxX21cCmBxblboN5ZWgIQ6CtgFMUNxCZpdwDOPzBKvv1QK4K0_lnqJeL2HyFdnH7HFcTnrwjDNqw7VJ_3qSd8NCoxrk2yDip3U36tOQ-IEtMAQ_FsMgiN2PwQq7MkvL4ukm3AmqzLbSHpZDdtw4ej68ZYFV0rePqXJ7aBO0D2iga0LwYI-XMseD7/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-11%20at%205.14.48%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="264" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 15px;"><br /></span></div><div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more: </span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*I have tested you in the furnace of adversity. Isaiah 48:10</span><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Devote yourselves to prayer. Colossians 4:2</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">intercession and thanksgiving be made for all </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">people—</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">for kings and all those in authority, that we may live </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">This is good, and pleases God our Savior, </span><span lang="en-us" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">who wants all people to be saved and to come to a </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">knowledge of the truth.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">For there is one God and one mediator between God </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, w</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">ho gave himself as a ransom for all people. This has </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">now been witnessed to at the proper time. 2 Timothy 2:1-6</span></span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: You taught us, O Savior, that life is not always easy nor painless. When facing the fire, help us to respect its danger—to avoid it if possible—but if not, let us be comforted in knowing you will help us pass through it. Amen.</span></i></p></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-39234435868585579612024-01-06T02:23:00.000-08:002024-01-06T02:23:02.889-08:00Away with you!<p><b>Thursday, January 4, 2024</b></p><p>I used to dread taking down Christmas ornaments - the garlands, wreaths, disassembling the tree, and boxing up the holiday china. One solution: don't decorate - get rid of the stuff. The year I wrote my dissertation I had enough capacity to hang 2 ornaments on the 10' tree: a birdcage and a globe. Putting those away made me laugh.</p><p>A second option is to enjoy the season to the max and then enjoy the year's memories while putting things into storage after the holidays. That happens today.</p><p>Thursday is normally when we hike but the rain has shifted to morning and midday. That means we'd be soaked and miserable if we go. So we cancel. So, with an unexpected day at home, why not do the "hardly ever" sort-and-clean of Christmas things? We haven't done a deep clean of the tree, ornaments, pictures, nativity, etc. since we got here 10 Christmases ago!</p><p>I was going to task our helpers with the disassembly and cleaning but once the fleecy blankets are on the floor, I start taking things off the tree. It's just after 6:00 a.m. and I forget to do the neighborhood walk that was going to replace the hike.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DEQBoiwBg3dTwScycnxDF3rzwOa-0TWlnp_QBV6uHjfQzoLvyhA1Gup1aJP3z6dL39S7TKkgWspw89m9bbX7opkDV1v9gbCar05iBGbnk1yAmCQKfWZnh9V5x7sNIAYEIFnyqmEI-SPxwmbc8y6T3FNymTaXjnsnKpbgOWeveilEH2c6kJWdSlnbX1Ff/s1294/Screenshot%202024-01-04%20at%2011.28.00%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="1106" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_DEQBoiwBg3dTwScycnxDF3rzwOa-0TWlnp_QBV6uHjfQzoLvyhA1Gup1aJP3z6dL39S7TKkgWspw89m9bbX7opkDV1v9gbCar05iBGbnk1yAmCQKfWZnh9V5x7sNIAYEIFnyqmEI-SPxwmbc8y6T3FNymTaXjnsnKpbgOWeveilEH2c6kJWdSlnbX1Ff/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-04%20at%2011.28.00%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="274" /></a></p><p>First. I sort ornaments by type. Each year, it's a jumble when we unpack. Ugh, are my fingers ever dusty. We strip everything off, including the garlands that make it look lush. </p><p>W checks the lights that are burned out before carrying the tree outside. IbuS sets the shop-vac to "wind tunnel" (opposite end to vacuum) - and dusts the tree, wreaths, and other finicky things outside.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9Nm1qaRdBKIbPEHh3qIfAicBzj1OqJr1b0VV-uy8cp09RyksAeFHwgOZOAiIzirUPx_-WwUgOXeCjC6MIPwyqLhqNVsBJ_-TM51uS6XKYrXBZ61ZCmV5aZHfepnMvlxcEsgIK6uz6dUvBzaBuYC0BPZ3KWVgS3t4Z-Eb2RSjkXbfVc3Aqldll6IXTwZJ/s1508/Screenshot%202024-01-04%20at%2011.28.12%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1052" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC9Nm1qaRdBKIbPEHh3qIfAicBzj1OqJr1b0VV-uy8cp09RyksAeFHwgOZOAiIzirUPx_-WwUgOXeCjC6MIPwyqLhqNVsBJ_-TM51uS6XKYrXBZ61ZCmV5aZHfepnMvlxcEsgIK6uz6dUvBzaBuYC0BPZ3KWVgS3t4Z-Eb2RSjkXbfVc3Aqldll6IXTwZJ/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-04%20at%2011.28.12%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="223" /></a></div>The ladies sort the ornaments after they're wiped down, wind the ribbons, and shake out the garlands as they sneeze off the dust.<div><br /></div><div>"There must be more storage boxes," I insist after PakG brings down a few boxes. (He's happily out of reach, taking W to town to find replacement bulbs.) IbuS knows where everything is - she finds the bins and everything gets tucked in for the year ahead.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4gI31rOSrZpOybi41JsOrB4pMvgrNLG9-h0TRp0Jzgv3IB3PcOe9qfcJv1I_eI7eJNF3b7hsJCjGMN1gheZFOX0r0cTh36XVbr2wzADO0CFaZeoKkS1naX-MgRCNX58YqWayU6s0nChgwn5op7fAXjBzbhjnCTXxp70X90IvRffJ-dNz7YsUyqiIPmU0/s1866/Screenshot%202024-01-04%20at%2011.28.34%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1506" data-original-width="1866" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP4gI31rOSrZpOybi41JsOrB4pMvgrNLG9-h0TRp0Jzgv3IB3PcOe9qfcJv1I_eI7eJNF3b7hsJCjGMN1gheZFOX0r0cTh36XVbr2wzADO0CFaZeoKkS1naX-MgRCNX58YqWayU6s0nChgwn5op7fAXjBzbhjnCTXxp70X90IvRffJ-dNz7YsUyqiIPmU0/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-04%20at%2011.28.34%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>I reset the room for a quieter season ahead. I choose black, brown, and beige decor for a restful setting. At IKEA AS-IS on Tuesday, I found pillow covers for 45c-$2 each (reg $5-$20). They're washed and ready to go. Let's see what the new color scheme looks like.</div><div><br /></div><div>We put the first movie night on the calendar, along with meetings mandated by our boss, and annual travel. I've ben scheduling guests to fill the gaps while we're away, planning team meetings, and starting to think about Lent / Easter (in 1.5 months). Fortunately the preaching schedule through the book of Acts is set through November, after which we're into 4 weeks of Advent ... </div><div><br /></div><div>Wait a minute - might not be that restful. Yet God always lavishes his time and energy on us. Besides regular work, W's re-writing a theology paper for the AG Theology Commission and writing a book chapter. I'm preparing for a 3-week class which starts in 2 weeks.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Friday</b></div><div>Coming into the revised decor is a pleasure. It's an early morning with meetings until noon.</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh I love our online mastermind. I get an abundance of takeaways from meeting with group, scattered around the world. I highly recommend accountability partners and input from likeminded people. Warning: you may have new friends after meeting for a year or two.</div><div><br /></div><div>We go downtown once more for Christmas items and have a meeting to recruit interns to volunteer opportunities. Connecting a few people within our networks? That makes me happy. Afterward, we relax with a favorite chocolate bar from our trip to Austin last year.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlXlDHF7DVdwkkG6gj5E146u9WY_NcwyJxZFFlXog6B7vpr7wJ5DEHo0NSnX-Jvez1qOkBHNTi43_GzfBiA7CK3oCrfnRBI1yoJnpK3jeV8erp1oozqUoov-jIU1nqBc6zRxCJ8mTN8HWQVtGpdrMkPkX8jZ6QDJSlji1jVc5ilk5wjVgq_Zv-xG7y-bl/s1182/Screenshot%202024-01-06%20at%205.00.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1182" data-original-width="1094" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUlXlDHF7DVdwkkG6gj5E146u9WY_NcwyJxZFFlXog6B7vpr7wJ5DEHo0NSnX-Jvez1qOkBHNTi43_GzfBiA7CK3oCrfnRBI1yoJnpK3jeV8erp1oozqUoov-jIU1nqBc6zRxCJ8mTN8HWQVtGpdrMkPkX8jZ6QDJSlji1jVc5ilk5wjVgq_Zv-xG7y-bl/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-06%20at%205.00.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="296" /></a></div><div><b>Saturday</b></div><div>4 meetings before noon ... one in a courtyard where we watch two lizards claiming their own territory.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSphJQCt6WQS6wCD-fuLgngQynSLf1xt6f2gA_OyMKUhdOSeEgR8UsNxUazWA9ssQjb4zqWCtB17NP_79GCh6vYJiRDiRvKKtl1YtFXOnP4iVeqiur-mt-mDT6DLB0n45vRnZN2YRIfwWSIT7l2bcjwbBPpsoBvhxVv1QHh7pc40byQwl5VQ1sFaCpXU2/s1040/Screenshot%202024-01-06%20at%204.59.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1040" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtSphJQCt6WQS6wCD-fuLgngQynSLf1xt6f2gA_OyMKUhdOSeEgR8UsNxUazWA9ssQjb4zqWCtB17NP_79GCh6vYJiRDiRvKKtl1YtFXOnP4iVeqiur-mt-mDT6DLB0n45vRnZN2YRIfwWSIT7l2bcjwbBPpsoBvhxVv1QHh7pc40byQwl5VQ1sFaCpXU2/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-06%20at%204.59.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>Another meeting lies inside this beautiful door.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFq_iPi6TI2_2fluEIuGKVHlczGkNrWllzYhJrei8BZyfBV-x9iKCZssZdNdEGVPiK7RCCY_BxFoaThQAnGS75S_cGsuNY8zQs1zTCzBwFAPOcWUfmhoojTBEJn11jbvuLd4f-fs_-Cou99JJlAOnF6gDzeFtgjU6CeF-GJDAEkKGkIknejMgpLw0D5XK/s1470/Screenshot%202024-01-06%20at%204.59.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1136" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUFq_iPi6TI2_2fluEIuGKVHlczGkNrWllzYhJrei8BZyfBV-x9iKCZssZdNdEGVPiK7RCCY_BxFoaThQAnGS75S_cGsuNY8zQs1zTCzBwFAPOcWUfmhoojTBEJn11jbvuLd4f-fs_-Cou99JJlAOnF6gDzeFtgjU6CeF-GJDAEkKGkIknejMgpLw0D5XK/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-06%20at%204.59.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="247" /></a></div><div>It's an afternoon of reflection as we prepare for Sunday, write notes for next week, and read.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Read more:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">*</span>With a free will offering I will sacrifice to you; I will give thanks to your name, O Lord, for it is good. Psalm 54:6</span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*<span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Lord, you have been our dwelling place</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"> throughout all generations. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">Before the mountains were born </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">or you brought forth the whole world, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;">from everlasting to everlasting you are God. Psalm 90:1-2</span></span></div><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with great compassion I will gather you. Isaiah 54:7</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*[Jesus watched as] A poor widow came and put in two small copper coins. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u%3D25412be3f12f176a80007153c%26id%3D5091386f70%26e%3Dc118c1b83d&source=gmail&ust=1704431232652000&usg=AOvVaw2DRyDYMVCYZ-GYMRGOLTXU" href="https://moravian.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=25412be3f12f176a80007153c&id=5091386f70&e=c118c1b83d" style="color: #6dc6dd; overflow-wrap: break-word;" target="_blank">Mark 12:42</a> (click the link for the rest of the story.)</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*But when the fullness of time had come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under the law, in order to redeem those who were under the law, so that we might receive adoption as children. Galatians 4:4,5</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and through grace gave us eternal comfort and good hope, comfort your hearts and strengthen them in every good work and word. 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Gentle Savior, gracious God, and loving Spirit, you are consistent in your dealings with your children. As you gather us together in worship this day, let us renew our covenant with you. Bless us, O Lord, and help us to grow in grace this day. </span></i></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We forget, O God, it is not the size that makes a gift sacred, but it is the heart of the one who gives it. May all our gifts to you be gifts that come from our hearts, and not just from our wallets. Amen.</span></i></p>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-877724493889496442024-01-03T04:49:00.000-08:002024-01-03T04:49:29.286-08:00The end of one year; the beginning of another" 2023 slips into 2024<p><b>Saturday, December 30, 2023</b></p><p>We walk up to Nara for breakfast since we missed it earlier this week. As we relax, various to-dos drift through our minds, sent via WA and texts as we sip oolong tea. What a restful setting for catching up.</p><p>Tomorrow is Round Table Sunday. Not much is blooming in our garden. Can last week's scraps be rescued? There's almost nothing left.</p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqgIAQ9tvqwB7xOptvHSc4iyhfPnkIODmHbN5TQvwFZ6Y0GQEzZr1Bj_xqwTKDfdl5zhQm06PRA2KKvd08s-X5WOnIdnHwD8S8ZVc2WbiTNX_2PXCbdrqZyD-2OcurBuMf9Bv8psurh54LnLWbeDxI7nRpsdR_4KEn-cAFZf7xlZZ5EBOM-_NDwTIubkL/s2024/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.51.59%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="2024" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqgIAQ9tvqwB7xOptvHSc4iyhfPnkIODmHbN5TQvwFZ6Y0GQEzZr1Bj_xqwTKDfdl5zhQm06PRA2KKvd08s-X5WOnIdnHwD8S8ZVc2WbiTNX_2PXCbdrqZyD-2OcurBuMf9Bv8psurh54LnLWbeDxI7nRpsdR_4KEn-cAFZf7xlZZ5EBOM-_NDwTIubkL/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.51.59%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>Aren't there new IKEA glasses in storage somewhere? I grab 12 and cut an old oasis into pieces, pressing it into the glasses.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhW2LtEOz6rP369YyhWqIaxPe_ke6F18sauZ1p5VQEV7hdSCfm3Gf0DGkvD6_fJuZcO-sIt0GWAZAEIY9d8v7cGF91Kg2I7XrPCNC-NFK6eL4ViNIt4Yg1ohvYOmniR5mvslqAOWfmBH7Qe3A8zg90BpBKao3lNsEUZuy-fpjzeMbPYjdN6Hgj5TcXFtS8/s1804/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.51.38%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="972" data-original-width="1804" height="172" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhW2LtEOz6rP369YyhWqIaxPe_ke6F18sauZ1p5VQEV7hdSCfm3Gf0DGkvD6_fJuZcO-sIt0GWAZAEIY9d8v7cGF91Kg2I7XrPCNC-NFK6eL4ViNIt4Yg1ohvYOmniR5mvslqAOWfmBH7Qe3A8zg90BpBKao3lNsEUZuy-fpjzeMbPYjdN6Hgj5TcXFtS8/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.51.38%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p>Drooping carnations and greens are tossed into a basin to soak for an hour. The sink is a mess of stem bits and old leaves when I finish trimming.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjjUmgcGgBTpfnky9I1OhcwSKTqbK8wIq7iPDo8GE2LjMhldRq29NBdjTlSzWz2tRfHDuFpb5XBFLPSADrf0R5eHgt7A2W6RsnKNkX_LDco0S9DXKTTCPs5etYgfoDvNEpkbnlHfVCtSFmPLtzNH-Zi9Zh9Z1C9WHS6Zk3kr4xUCxVvIpXEmEwDJSjfAr/s1658/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.51.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1658" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpjjUmgcGgBTpfnky9I1OhcwSKTqbK8wIq7iPDo8GE2LjMhldRq29NBdjTlSzWz2tRfHDuFpb5XBFLPSADrf0R5eHgt7A2W6RsnKNkX_LDco0S9DXKTTCPs5etYgfoDvNEpkbnlHfVCtSFmPLtzNH-Zi9Zh9Z1C9WHS6Zk3kr4xUCxVvIpXEmEwDJSjfAr/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.51.28%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It's not bad = 12 little bouquets of this and that, just right for small centerpieces.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6lcTXukdrXU_A4CviSAI_t4Kl1yCLxuBU0cwacQr7Ba3WnpIdJSbvnsrCaYdkWQdP6rVHM60gjLYHxG4_-0e2X24fIgMMPO9Ms31K3d8e2Z4hU41LAr1LL7mgemapwkahvQwJ04Gf8QfzDJyMnX5mNQA3VVJWllk50fRYbe36zgWAxk5qpvIMNE8lcAE/s1650/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.52.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1650" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD6lcTXukdrXU_A4CviSAI_t4Kl1yCLxuBU0cwacQr7Ba3WnpIdJSbvnsrCaYdkWQdP6rVHM60gjLYHxG4_-0e2X24fIgMMPO9Ms31K3d8e2Z4hU41LAr1LL7mgemapwkahvQwJ04Gf8QfzDJyMnX5mNQA3VVJWllk50fRYbe36zgWAxk5qpvIMNE8lcAE/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.52.10%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I load the arrangements into two tubs to take to the hall.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Q82dx_na3Z2b5MaWYNQCcJybbFqABJi5ubl6ncglqUQYKLH-JvOvx5RJxyiQAPaS4r8uHu-23eGqkgmIhLSC-26wSP2M7e59HVXMhcboxjHGl9h_aUAKI1fJ_H4aHDsih2WMcZZhc3Rx2gZxDDNKd3Nfe4Y77AXMuXC2W1xsHPEhFVxmtsgqlMvBq78x/s1142/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.51.17%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1122" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Q82dx_na3Z2b5MaWYNQCcJybbFqABJi5ubl6ncglqUQYKLH-JvOvx5RJxyiQAPaS4r8uHu-23eGqkgmIhLSC-26wSP2M7e59HVXMhcboxjHGl9h_aUAKI1fJ_H4aHDsih2WMcZZhc3Rx2gZxDDNKd3Nfe4Y77AXMuXC2W1xsHPEhFVxmtsgqlMvBq78x/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.51.17%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="314" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">PakG takes the "leftover" oven to IbuA. She keeps hinting about hitting retirement age (oh please, not yet!) This investment in her future means she could run a baking business from home. I send along ingredients and the recipe for her first batch of chocolate cookie balls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Bailey gives his approval to the new oven, which is the same height though not the same width or brand. It's functional but looks weird. 2 gas canisters sit behind the ovens. Movie night and other big events require cooking on every available burner and in every oven.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTHup8v8le3sWC4j-beuK4ltHGCJSQOlbeZ8_PXlJI5bD26Cm8SHPBOM2AUf5lKawh8o859jURG7te6tMP6TxsgFTJ2cUu1COqiQgIUsaYE1RpOjxfBzxrVsq1LsvEbXibjrsnn1e94A8cEJcGoLEd-OXLAAkxKxJiqoiRUtC_9RyOikeqJ9lM0cT3FZV/s1860/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2012.12.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1860" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeTHup8v8le3sWC4j-beuK4ltHGCJSQOlbeZ8_PXlJI5bD26Cm8SHPBOM2AUf5lKawh8o859jURG7te6tMP6TxsgFTJ2cUu1COqiQgIUsaYE1RpOjxfBzxrVsq1LsvEbXibjrsnn1e94A8cEJcGoLEd-OXLAAkxKxJiqoiRUtC_9RyOikeqJ9lM0cT3FZV/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2012.12.02%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">We walk through the neighborhood to DrH's Christmas palace, decked with decor and festive color. She's wearing a Bangladeshi red outfit from her days working there with WHO. She's recovering nicely from surgery earlier this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt_HeXe1Eakd9WkkXED3UzIp1qnWwFWmXbQOL5G5-BeVoeqldLKMfT9wdqbbqWd-e5BNyGX7_nHvbwAWJnOuKOf0iJ1QSEiQ-9CLqGRc8hH3jwT5vnzSqwjWV3G3xRNtGmLwHMWEi0Fz_0jrCtMpbf4PL0Tua2anbxN6A5_IbNbYvZF-VepavYK0aqYKQ/s1358/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.50.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="1110" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKt_HeXe1Eakd9WkkXED3UzIp1qnWwFWmXbQOL5G5-BeVoeqldLKMfT9wdqbbqWd-e5BNyGX7_nHvbwAWJnOuKOf0iJ1QSEiQ-9CLqGRc8hH3jwT5vnzSqwjWV3G3xRNtGmLwHMWEi0Fz_0jrCtMpbf4PL0Tua2anbxN6A5_IbNbYvZF-VepavYK0aqYKQ/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-30%20at%2011.50.51%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="262" /></a></div>Her treats and tea are so good that we don't want lunch until 2:00. W orders from McDonalds. His BigMac comes without sauce so he slathers it in mayo, mustard, and Thousand Isles dressing. Must have newbies in their kitchen over the holidays.<div><br /></div><div><b>Sunday, <i>Sylvester Abend</i> or NY Eve</b></div><div>It's Round Table Sunday, typically the lowest attendance of the year. Some friends are here from IES Jakarta. It's nice when "sister" community people join us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcB4oPHYig4IvRbl-hufahxbjdguag54NPRAI6Zkxx0iLh3Ln_LgSPuKwIiEl_TbFiH-cJG7TGcrlHJOfrgB_BfQYxErqFHZUkJYXaJjsgEuHJ8jO-tCCI315EO6HsZwxXBGha2goBjsQBcdYXIRVm45AC3Y2qYadiHVo2yQHRKGLTqNtq_aDGDC_KEet/s1470/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%2012.23.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1470" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqcB4oPHYig4IvRbl-hufahxbjdguag54NPRAI6Zkxx0iLh3Ln_LgSPuKwIiEl_TbFiH-cJG7TGcrlHJOfrgB_BfQYxErqFHZUkJYXaJjsgEuHJ8jO-tCCI315EO6HsZwxXBGha2goBjsQBcdYXIRVm45AC3Y2qYadiHVo2yQHRKGLTqNtq_aDGDC_KEet/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%2012.23.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div>The worship team has the privilege and responsibility of leading in music and adoration. Around the tables, we evaluate the good things of 2023. Most of us are ready to move on.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXjNHkdpIKh840TbeLhHCSSwUlOGwubFi_1mH0rlhf9WrWXc_btmcwByDmrRZm22JIH__qCKu-SwcGVrR9mvYYuom1GKZ91RefkqjC-iOX1mBxI6SPYlRRPX6mQMY44ZY9phuWwibHmYCo9oh5ojzdIWbe8Y3cCqT_wnWt11pc0W5nuEequE3XcsC-f-q/s1908/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%2012.23.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1908" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXjNHkdpIKh840TbeLhHCSSwUlOGwubFi_1mH0rlhf9WrWXc_btmcwByDmrRZm22JIH__qCKu-SwcGVrR9mvYYuom1GKZ91RefkqjC-iOX1mBxI6SPYlRRPX6mQMY44ZY9phuWwibHmYCo9oh5ojzdIWbe8Y3cCqT_wnWt11pc0W5nuEequE3XcsC-f-q/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-31%20at%2012.23.43%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div>Around midnight, the Bandung skylines explode in lights and bangs - the racket goes on without pause for over half an hour. Before and after the unbroken crashes, fireworks explode in bursts. (That goes on for a few nights until fireworks are used up.)</div><div><br /></div><div><b>New Years Day, Monday</b></div><div>It's a quiet day with the helpers on a day off. We walk almost alone in the dawning day. I spend much of the day setting up a bullet journal (visual diary) for the next month - I've wanted to do this for a few years but have never had headspace for it. It's satisfying to track habits and checklists in one place.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqh0SwT00jTqjwZLm8vTI07bu8Xp39aCOe3dMujN7nafvWcsQEvFGtluG0sY8U6oZ_elNyxZEUTRYhJoJaLiyNUBQ-VjEPfnFIXFwa2sAFbLn-PB3pFxSAFqNJPh6Z1XymepQ-ZiwdTIvT4mwsR3-S-mud5PgPul7RBsgNEgbZwGxrGy4v1WKo2r7y4yy4/s1468/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.04.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1468" data-original-width="1102" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqh0SwT00jTqjwZLm8vTI07bu8Xp39aCOe3dMujN7nafvWcsQEvFGtluG0sY8U6oZ_elNyxZEUTRYhJoJaLiyNUBQ-VjEPfnFIXFwa2sAFbLn-PB3pFxSAFqNJPh6Z1XymepQ-ZiwdTIvT4mwsR3-S-mud5PgPul7RBsgNEgbZwGxrGy4v1WKo2r7y4yy4/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.04.23%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="240" /></a></div><div>The rain comes pouring down most days. Look at this gutter, overflowing onto our roof and into the house. The back guest bedroom has morphed into a storage room over the years. There's a generator for when we lose power, freezer and fridge for events, and extra linens. Sigh. Several boxes are ruined, soaking wet on the floor.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwYtib267PvXuB2EDLYBb15MzVZTFh2Dx9vdJQjUYxE9ZUt7P5MqPCOngTBc1uMJHWaPIk6tS87-J1nzXZtRg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div>I send a note to the neighbor. We don't want to worry her if she hears us cleaning the leaves and vines off the common wall. By the time W gets to it, it's been cleared out. What a good neighbor! and not just in this. Susi is a wonderful neighbor, living back to back.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tuesday</b></div><div>We're all back to work, cleaning, trimming, and organizing. We call family and friends around the world. All is well.</div><div><br /></div><div>When I open the door, Bailey darts outside to bark at the gate with the big dogs. Afterwards, he's not excited about being on the wrong side of the window - he gives me the unblinking poodle stare to come back inside.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRN2l4bHOZAqIoDc0xFB77CmtCxKNIBZFIhkdTvudEWnTicnZ6THQIh-FVUuyk49IeBm0WpkmCWNogEwE9TQLKIbrYsF90XTtKIOhqK6Oi0217XmaG4Hz3ESxd8PRrAJFTUNMLlFAhM8UZIFMbqmwyFQony-GNcmYs_7KrkSi7DJ15w6OJuQk8OX7ftRfG/s1458/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.04.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1458" data-original-width="1136" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRN2l4bHOZAqIoDc0xFB77CmtCxKNIBZFIhkdTvudEWnTicnZ6THQIh-FVUuyk49IeBm0WpkmCWNogEwE9TQLKIbrYsF90XTtKIOhqK6Oi0217XmaG4Hz3ESxd8PRrAJFTUNMLlFAhM8UZIFMbqmwyFQony-GNcmYs_7KrkSi7DJ15w6OJuQk8OX7ftRfG/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.04.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="249" /></a></div><div>I make a solo trip to the IKEA in the next city. Oh the luxury of wandering around without a clock ticking! Families make it a day out, checking out chairs, sprawling on beds, and examining the <i>barang-barang</i> (various stuff). Groups of kids bounce around the children's displays with dads nearby, while their mothers browse the store.</div><div><br /></div><div>First stop is AS-IS, where I find 3 rattan baskets for the Kallex bookshelf. Why do they look familiar? Oh yeah, we've had those those in my home office in Seattle for 15+ years. Here they're being discontinued.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvWAELKNhFx3fx41yvJW_Rm95wp0OPLYlvLqwR0vIMCQFZqaLMVD0xrGs3TGCMznHh6PX4736AcmtE8ia0VVoYu8O-F_1Ebp5Sodsvc4Hx0t5OWKd1J2nCPxcRjt00Vd48kcQChN3mlVTeEtgboG8zIUVLWCzcNOqSF7Jcay3PdjA003PzFvPyKKXFAVa/s1326/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.12.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1068" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGvWAELKNhFx3fx41yvJW_Rm95wp0OPLYlvLqwR0vIMCQFZqaLMVD0xrGs3TGCMznHh6PX4736AcmtE8ia0VVoYu8O-F_1Ebp5Sodsvc4Hx0t5OWKd1J2nCPxcRjt00Vd48kcQChN3mlVTeEtgboG8zIUVLWCzcNOqSF7Jcay3PdjA003PzFvPyKKXFAVa/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.12.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="258" /></a></div><div>I want to buy 4 baskets. "We are out! Those were the last 3," says the head of AS-IS, tipping goods out of them. I buy the 3 and then find many similar baskets in the displays. </div><div><br /></div><div>Those baskets don't exist, according to IKEA records. I take one from display to the checkout. For comparison, I tear a price tag from one I've purchased.</div><div><br /></div><div>"<i>Maaf, keranjang yang habis</i> (all gone)," says a young clerk, who takes me from check-out to AS-IS. "There are no more. Our system says they're out of stock. You have to go to Decor and have them put display items into the system."</div><div><br /></div><div>Ok, I'm willing to do that. Two guys walk me to Decor where I'm told the same thing. I show them that I'm holding the basket in my hand, hand over the price tag, and say, "I just bought 3 and have another one right here. You are not yet out." After an hour's work and multiple calls to the manager, we walk to AS-IS together where the 4th basket is given to the manager of AS-IS.</div><div><br /></div><div>He hands it to me. "OK, one more left." Could I have saved them the hassle by paying with an already-priced basket at check-out, instead of handing over a display item? I didn't think of it and want to use the proper procedure.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sigh. Same outcome with lots more work for the team. It's worth sending a 5-star review to customer service for them: Agung, Martin, and Rifki. Thanks, guys.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Wednesday</b></div><div><div>The five-year-old lovebirds on the porch watch the sun rise. They scold me in the early morning light.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOE-e_rfwO0lHs39DZ5Wf9gCJpzkbbMK44Rl3ISmrSY9v-qiZ44dyIjIm5T5bv8-U5snHyIh464TJl5HOKKHp7EkAtwwdofxGZK3zW_sogRnv31Lg5fNMd3zlG2iZulnFrXqOd_swy0UXPbK0-bro8l5Au1DSindk4Sk6YKwD-k5wDdzyHJU9lzrmhyphenhyphen7Y/s1424/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.04.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="1132" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtOE-e_rfwO0lHs39DZ5Wf9gCJpzkbbMK44Rl3ISmrSY9v-qiZ44dyIjIm5T5bv8-U5snHyIh464TJl5HOKKHp7EkAtwwdofxGZK3zW_sogRnv31Lg5fNMd3zlG2iZulnFrXqOd_swy0UXPbK0-bro8l5Au1DSindk4Sk6YKwD-k5wDdzyHJU9lzrmhyphenhyphen7Y/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.04.03%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="254" /></a></div></div><div>PakG and Areya help Alice take down the Christmas decorations and store the trees at the hall.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCb04wq7Z8WGw5l1-kXTfQkJcBVz4KXXAxpA6tkrJAIedsIHuxOeKUAvvST5swRlsSTjnBs83Fwu-9Hm5Y6QFauwafJrHpcmaru8Ck9nl1wkpg2faiJdM45ECmPsqphKzf0mzKiq4c_8mnLWcQpnwenaIZHAmf7a4gzGTNgFP3FuVRJc59rL3CFHwMFCm/s1388/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.03.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1138" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtCb04wq7Z8WGw5l1-kXTfQkJcBVz4KXXAxpA6tkrJAIedsIHuxOeKUAvvST5swRlsSTjnBs83Fwu-9Hm5Y6QFauwafJrHpcmaru8Ck9nl1wkpg2faiJdM45ECmPsqphKzf0mzKiq4c_8mnLWcQpnwenaIZHAmf7a4gzGTNgFP3FuVRJc59rL3CFHwMFCm/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.03.32%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="262" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>I check with Alice to sort out what comes home and what belongs to IES Bandung. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNkFKI3Ag3Ruxh8oZ0Qn5WDjMI_nbnYr3WyKuuNiMNs0kIHS_0E0aTCrW9bfem2RJTpt7whAcJ3iFF_MCBEawL8KeWZQGqI_DyvJNpOZCnVU5LDusyuQeA1Ngpdt8iokOyYjhtzFSuzS1IOhRzQs8Aesc0sjor4iLmDMGCP4O2kejrrCFnQ5f0MztcMx2/s1510/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.03.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="1510" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNkFKI3Ag3Ruxh8oZ0Qn5WDjMI_nbnYr3WyKuuNiMNs0kIHS_0E0aTCrW9bfem2RJTpt7whAcJ3iFF_MCBEawL8KeWZQGqI_DyvJNpOZCnVU5LDusyuQeA1Ngpdt8iokOyYjhtzFSuzS1IOhRzQs8Aesc0sjor4iLmDMGCP4O2kejrrCFnQ5f0MztcMx2/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.03.41%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;">The New Year provides a fresh look at other things lying around. A drum kit? We haven't used it for 4 years. No sense in it getting ruined by creatures. I call someone looking for used instruments: "Want the drums?" They'll come by later to check them out.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUAvQm_QWUDc8LPkaS-3v-xWXvBLMO-56Lv3EiR3Py04t5JV38h2N7ezAafbWGpuTGl1NXW9rkcvQrCsEENxr4D5F_HiPxEUlt9K6tRw4NKYasJRj_LOH-4pix7eWEZL87cJmgT-dnhHcU0AKLXMIoDVp7Kcm0duYyomcqHwzEeyt4lDKDDvi_z_IpMSy/s1316/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.03.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1316" data-original-width="1074" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUAvQm_QWUDc8LPkaS-3v-xWXvBLMO-56Lv3EiR3Py04t5JV38h2N7ezAafbWGpuTGl1NXW9rkcvQrCsEENxr4D5F_HiPxEUlt9K6tRw4NKYasJRj_LOH-4pix7eWEZL87cJmgT-dnhHcU0AKLXMIoDVp7Kcm0duYyomcqHwzEeyt4lDKDDvi_z_IpMSy/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.03.51%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="261" /></a></div><div>Breakfast at Nara involves our usual order before we head back to the hall to check on progress.</div><div><br /></div><div>Later in the day, I indulge myself with setting the dining table. We host many buffets but few sit-down dinners. At supper, we celebrate friendship and a birthday.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1r7KztzBOyeSnurr5fP9wCh0cMTdxrBbsLH4FAbUE1QJumXpGZVUeaTsf2YWtE-34y11lYYEU6_6WFZUMWNNFf-4QiZLLKYh-zyuqexE30CjnmTWVZBhsDT4Yy86y8nNkXSMF-ReWx_qgRFziwsqRz7slxyvBM9vILjeeOt8Y4S97KKh8ucrILJwypKX8/s2070/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.55.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1478" data-original-width="2070" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1r7KztzBOyeSnurr5fP9wCh0cMTdxrBbsLH4FAbUE1QJumXpGZVUeaTsf2YWtE-34y11lYYEU6_6WFZUMWNNFf-4QiZLLKYh-zyuqexE30CjnmTWVZBhsDT4Yy86y8nNkXSMF-ReWx_qgRFziwsqRz7slxyvBM9vILjeeOt8Y4S97KKh8ucrILJwypKX8/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-03%20at%2012.55.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The day flies by with podcasts, a paper to edit, a sermon to write, and piles to sort in my home office. Satisfying. Tomorrow will be even better when the Christmas things get packed away until next year.</div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><b>Read more:</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*When you return to the Lord your God, then the Lord your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you. Deuteronomy 30:2-3</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I am the first and I am the last; besides me there is no god. Isaiah 44:6</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*(Jesus said,) Pray then in this way: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Matthew 6:9</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; repent, and believe in the good news. Mark 1:15</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">been brought near by the blood of Christ. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">and has broken down the middle wall of separation, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">having abolished in His flesh the enmity, that is, the </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">law of commandments contained in ordinances, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">so as to create in Himself one new man from the two, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">thus making peace, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">and that He might reconcile them both to God in one </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">body through the cross, thereby putting to death the enmity.</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">And He came and preached peace to you who were afar </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">off and to those who were near. </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222; font-family: helvetica;">For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Ephesians 2:13-18</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Our Father in heaven, with our whole being we worship you. In your name, we offer our petitions and supplications. In the assurance of your great mercy and love, lead us forward with courage.</span></i></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Merciful God, we confess our shortcomings and stubbornness in our behavior and actions. Help us to conform to your will in our thoughts and how we live. In your name, we pray. Amen.</span></i></p></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8079806456187151373.post-57056143335819816802023-12-29T01:31:00.000-08:002023-12-29T01:31:16.751-08:00Box away<p><b>Boxing Day Tuesday, December 26, 2023</b></p><p>We have 6 guests staying over, including a most-beautiful baby girl, Eleanora. We connected with these young adults through movie night over the years.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lvvrgfPBb-Rjgou-DjXtx1bqkaTJCnD7zifmVOBAdxM_yAH5Pb6Z4Or6sYuLbLAyDa0qyjVtvsfIhbCWBXmZI0gChxKaI-GuGpKZIbFhS7feytm8Xls32RAfNYlUD-rdjLN4Nui_3i0q7w0HDdpiVTyuJGyZC6C3yWuko1Bbj_HAYmrVJMZrAgYKkasm/s1498/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%205.17.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1498" data-original-width="1392" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9lvvrgfPBb-Rjgou-DjXtx1bqkaTJCnD7zifmVOBAdxM_yAH5Pb6Z4Or6sYuLbLAyDa0qyjVtvsfIhbCWBXmZI0gChxKaI-GuGpKZIbFhS7feytm8Xls32RAfNYlUD-rdjLN4Nui_3i0q7w0HDdpiVTyuJGyZC6C3yWuko1Bbj_HAYmrVJMZrAgYKkasm/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%205.17.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="297" /></a></div>We have breakfast together at Ethnic Resto. Our guests leave for home before noon and the house is quiet.<div><br /></div><div>We talk to our families many miles away, including the moms and my brothers. Keeping the time zones straight takes some thinking. My mom had a wonderful time with the brother living in her town (Canada).<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC5c-YU7RTIgA8tui5yoS3qEvDw150HkI-dAptYhDeB7xGU1AN2V4mMcOgBQ1-ASNLNuoeqgokuA70CiYCH0xVnI8UFfzaG-SMOXWvJiZXv6kCIC1dX7y2KeWyio9p3IKsOGoNE_1BQwJAiAQsB_aReWKMgmA2CFx8N6lOaWYTcTMVN4Jq_weIYnViOrV/s1244/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%205.18.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="690" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijC5c-YU7RTIgA8tui5yoS3qEvDw150HkI-dAptYhDeB7xGU1AN2V4mMcOgBQ1-ASNLNuoeqgokuA70CiYCH0xVnI8UFfzaG-SMOXWvJiZXv6kCIC1dX7y2KeWyio9p3IKsOGoNE_1BQwJAiAQsB_aReWKMgmA2CFx8N6lOaWYTcTMVN4Jq_weIYnViOrV/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%205.18.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="177" /></a></div>At our oldest brother's house in Switzerland, our niece's family and my youngest brother are celebrating Christmas. My youngest brother's children live in Kenya and Vancouver. We talk to our kids in the USA as well. We're a global family.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8AX6zTVb5t8puTEFdIaVyxDMTo_ry2l0iULafqUg3R-ROvn-xVxLM4W2bHU37mQMKzbwCbwQNT8T10-1UeB56VO3qEFNUZ07M82UpVWS5C-AHWa0vqIyVno7uCHXoI6Ji-zBx3eyLgNMve3yjN3qqd6P-wflndR_hfg7VM6d1VgQLA0o2oo7WDYiG7Gd/s1218/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%205.18.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="688" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf8AX6zTVb5t8puTEFdIaVyxDMTo_ry2l0iULafqUg3R-ROvn-xVxLM4W2bHU37mQMKzbwCbwQNT8T10-1UeB56VO3qEFNUZ07M82UpVWS5C-AHWa0vqIyVno7uCHXoI6Ji-zBx3eyLgNMve3yjN3qqd6P-wflndR_hfg7VM6d1VgQLA0o2oo7WDYiG7Gd/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%205.18.30%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="181" /></a></div>While W wanders 11 km to town and back, I clean up and put things away. The delivery guy comes by with a tube that contains enough translucent film to cover 4 windows - $4.50 including shipping.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUee9StZ9WM-UK38d78tXYP0p81RWTbCXOFWSrhDvBlaeTZRaq7gWFhoBkVndU140OLpN7tFLFwYqshHPHtJFSpt72eJ67zrMhQOkZ7-xHurvw34CBP0SEp3_E88HMIpSpVsqxyx9J5WBYFj7ebfVQvYhmTy6Fu1QfrwWuogXc1IqsTLLSYM2PedVVn9h/s1230/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%205.18.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="492" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDUee9StZ9WM-UK38d78tXYP0p81RWTbCXOFWSrhDvBlaeTZRaq7gWFhoBkVndU140OLpN7tFLFwYqshHPHtJFSpt72eJ67zrMhQOkZ7-xHurvw34CBP0SEp3_E88HMIpSpVsqxyx9J5WBYFj7ebfVQvYhmTy6Fu1QfrwWuogXc1IqsTLLSYM2PedVVn9h/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-26%20at%205.18.00%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="128" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Wednesday</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">W and I make a trip downtown for next year's Christmas ornaments. We eat lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant. On the way home, we stop to see a friend in hospital. She's had surgery - and her two sweet daughters are at her bedside. It's wonderful to see how families rally around each other during time of need.</p><p style="text-align: left;">We're looking for a replacement oven - we need more heat at least in one oven. The last repair didn't bring the oven temperatures above 400o (200C).</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh519sBQ_m7Sn6CciWBSVGy5DgOf19eMcWgt7E7uTyajmZYiHBdhPSVh-D8G62EZapQFekyFTzHQXDc9C5_Oqh5nQszLi145Vvop5CAeeYoYvITQiWLhxTDftkLB0EomFkPcWi9tAQnfOKK-QnTUwNNSCY7UBWhCaPJ4LYcRBfFINdHmtnq4lDs_PQbHtWG/s1086/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.47.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1070" data-original-width="1086" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh519sBQ_m7Sn6CciWBSVGy5DgOf19eMcWgt7E7uTyajmZYiHBdhPSVh-D8G62EZapQFekyFTzHQXDc9C5_Oqh5nQszLi145Vvop5CAeeYoYvITQiWLhxTDftkLB0EomFkPcWi9tAQnfOKK-QnTUwNNSCY7UBWhCaPJ4LYcRBfFINdHmtnq4lDs_PQbHtWG/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.47.35%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">At the building supply, we find 60cm (24") tiles @$1.50 each. Periodically we replace the tiles that get chipped on top of old table frames. The tiles atop the upper balcony's IKEA slatted tables create a clean workspace for guests. An old window found in a shed sits on 2 marble-look tiles on the Porch = upcycling at its most basic.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3AOYLjm_0pYNTJVUUo1TlBOzShJmYGVkix3J2GJz4XT0fpPjZfKHeZWE7v1iB77Bh5ssR-b4phlMaoG02EddoR-FXk90A1V0CjWqnuJBT_O8okDRd2xAA-60jagOg4jMGfB26vdorLRUNJDhpfmEWQIP3yQFRGK7WqRYDheLPCwYaIwWRAWI86rqAFOk/s1972/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%204.15.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="1972" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3AOYLjm_0pYNTJVUUo1TlBOzShJmYGVkix3J2GJz4XT0fpPjZfKHeZWE7v1iB77Bh5ssR-b4phlMaoG02EddoR-FXk90A1V0CjWqnuJBT_O8okDRd2xAA-60jagOg4jMGfB26vdorLRUNJDhpfmEWQIP3yQFRGK7WqRYDheLPCwYaIwWRAWI86rqAFOk/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%204.15.01%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">The helpers wash Christmas dishes and the floors today after their absence yesterday. One had a family funeral; the other didn't want to tackle the house alone. Yesterday, the robot vacuum did two rounds around the spaces so the dust and dirt doesn't just land in the stone tile cracks and get mopped around. By the time the women and yardman leave, all is in place.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6noT_LqkYL0Z3RBY41TjHggMFSqBNiNf7aG-I6CWfAvq5VEY3CMx1xD6_pyf_jycrFbbdxqNhCbrk5AA-vO9s556G3Tzw6IIRNhcMLEt6NWRGrcDSRjzskVXMdI3D4io_rL6zLhevBkMO_txYLbvLPfD_dZ6joAk_Zt1Sb-b14RTqJXQ_2D-Gtr1Y019L/s1994/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.38.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1994" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6noT_LqkYL0Z3RBY41TjHggMFSqBNiNf7aG-I6CWfAvq5VEY3CMx1xD6_pyf_jycrFbbdxqNhCbrk5AA-vO9s556G3Tzw6IIRNhcMLEt6NWRGrcDSRjzskVXMdI3D4io_rL6zLhevBkMO_txYLbvLPfD_dZ6joAk_Zt1Sb-b14RTqJXQ_2D-Gtr1Y019L/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.38.46%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b>Thursday</b></p><p style="text-align: left;">Instead of hiking with W and the others, I head out the door at 6:00 a.m. to loop three times around the neighborhood. It's not quite equivalent of a hike. I climb 13 flights instead of the usual 20-30, 5 km/3+ miles worth of asphalt instead of 5-8 km of rough rock and forest trails. So it's not as healthy for the feet. It takes the hikers almost 2 hours to drive back from the mountains in holiday traffic. Veronica, Troy, and I join them at Nara for a convivial lunch.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Look at the crew stringing electricity to new home. See the bamboo ladder? See the guy uncoiling the wire from the spool by the truck parked under the electrical box? See his coworker pulling the wire down the street to measure the length?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jb5YvZBwgFFOXD8f7VZstfhA050iUIxphCh2fFp8lVNtWZFSevxUxokLiChzZcVL1pyJpx2tU24IoXeTx5eWWvE3QRn-re4X1dPOF2SUt5_Llam1WrCh56V225zUWNUsnNn6v97jW12nrNYQYuN6cyZS_NiYBKmjnwOZ2V4asaxvlAFAwfcsNnY-nZuP/s1258/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.37.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1258" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jb5YvZBwgFFOXD8f7VZstfhA050iUIxphCh2fFp8lVNtWZFSevxUxokLiChzZcVL1pyJpx2tU24IoXeTx5eWWvE3QRn-re4X1dPOF2SUt5_Llam1WrCh56V225zUWNUsnNn6v97jW12nrNYQYuN6cyZS_NiYBKmjnwOZ2V4asaxvlAFAwfcsNnY-nZuP/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.37.57%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></p>On the next round, the 3 men string the loosely-measured wire from pole to pole through the tree branches. The guy up in the tree is almost hidden - he's wearing flip flops as he climbs the bamboo ladder. He perches on a branch as he guides the wire.</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAj6V609JBxThBzUVBrMj-Y4F6z1_MC7TZ_gSKMd56toC-yCO5wLDD_NOs8PRi50Va2mR8IwGvgDimHOSA5g72zkgO7fBs4ZnI_kuQUiBzfNVuxj4Yi1F_pmt8VbG64iZrpCk0lv2KYKV2xP6OwbZcVoMtb9hV7wmJdrsNLUnyFLlwzAcIUu6S7BDFn-D/s1102/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.38.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="950" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqAj6V609JBxThBzUVBrMj-Y4F6z1_MC7TZ_gSKMd56toC-yCO5wLDD_NOs8PRi50Va2mR8IwGvgDimHOSA5g72zkgO7fBs4ZnI_kuQUiBzfNVuxj4Yi1F_pmt8VbG64iZrpCk0lv2KYKV2xP6OwbZcVoMtb9hV7wmJdrsNLUnyFLlwzAcIUu6S7BDFn-D/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.38.06%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="276" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another neighbor's plot and his 8' high fence are disappearing. Leave a property to itself for a month or two and the leaves and vines take over.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdSUGFv5pZ0SldFEPHDXC9YwfkqxBGs0Fn4SABkjFYQ6Bo0juSHfHC5ZrG1onzV9obbakyVj6vXqRtlSbfxu8otdnLnoGk4NZbBlRFzy_2p4ceP3Z-XwIc6j25clnPScTXixf9FbSwi6YtVQTm1guOxlu_psCLYxUwBc0aqqRhVygGgs6AeFmCFi5OH_0/s2012/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.37.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="2012" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdSUGFv5pZ0SldFEPHDXC9YwfkqxBGs0Fn4SABkjFYQ6Bo0juSHfHC5ZrG1onzV9obbakyVj6vXqRtlSbfxu8otdnLnoGk4NZbBlRFzy_2p4ceP3Z-XwIc6j25clnPScTXixf9FbSwi6YtVQTm1guOxlu_psCLYxUwBc0aqqRhVygGgs6AeFmCFi5OH_0/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.37.42%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="320" /></a></div>I call the rest of my family to wish them Merry Christmas before starting the bread maker on a yogurt cycle - it's done by afternoon.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdddFENqMvKsrmDHnt9FOQ-hjG8cx8ggmtuA_qhwS69YTXYeuhCjuBAxLwzFybUclRCF5hzrzw4o_RWmPzPU70p-JlakzexxizrQqdgYEEB6SYznv2-RZhdH8knOOD_w1zepVxD9Nl3Gr3WTsXe_kfbzDcZKg2MVGTKtfojsHYu6K2G-2QeQNxwuM7kPKh/s1336/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.38.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="932" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdddFENqMvKsrmDHnt9FOQ-hjG8cx8ggmtuA_qhwS69YTXYeuhCjuBAxLwzFybUclRCF5hzrzw4o_RWmPzPU70p-JlakzexxizrQqdgYEEB6SYznv2-RZhdH8knOOD_w1zepVxD9Nl3Gr3WTsXe_kfbzDcZKg2MVGTKtfojsHYu6K2G-2QeQNxwuM7kPKh/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.38.37%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="223" /></a></div>Just off our porch, the rustling of branches indicates a creature nearby. Can you spot the chameleon at the base of the picture? They're shy lizards. We only see its 12" (30cm) body and 24" tail when it moves. (Head pointed up, lower right of the main trunk.)<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHA4wmUET1bwry2YtzCz6iG03qlE5QQdFF0KF6FVRZFv2KZQXJWcaoYkX4KpxGS0MkbZUQ_JCWGYF-6IF0L1_wR5i3DpDp2RAcFrQ99RayoQR-xxZBkB6cunTGnA4vPFXTefR8e9-LTYCuLacPxtzodd6VhEKVkFkf6i3KiHR3Vdsx2OMt2hdoIm3O918/s1466/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.39.53%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="1096" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoHA4wmUET1bwry2YtzCz6iG03qlE5QQdFF0KF6FVRZFv2KZQXJWcaoYkX4KpxGS0MkbZUQ_JCWGYF-6IF0L1_wR5i3DpDp2RAcFrQ99RayoQR-xxZBkB6cunTGnA4vPFXTefR8e9-LTYCuLacPxtzodd6VhEKVkFkf6i3KiHR3Vdsx2OMt2hdoIm3O918/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.39.53%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="239" /></a></div><b>Friday</b><div>When I wake up and check the time, it says 2:30 a.m. We had an early night so I think "that's enough sleep" and get to work. Except ... the battery has fallen out the back of the alarm clock so it's still on yesterday afternoon's time. Oh well, I fall back asleep after an hour or two.</div><div><br /></div><div>We head to town once more. W's researched a new oven with a slightly bigger capacity and hopefully more heat. At the third store, we find one for half price on a floor model with a rotisserie (does anyone use that?) and a heating element bottom <i>and top!</i> inside the oven. (Yeah, that's not common except in expensive models.) W installs it and pulls out the old oven.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTPS7YGP6dfZ8HRti1fVpEz7R3MeW6TxoQ31qX7arP3aeADLbGgTJ1xgG5BUdWuwvhLzGMvfGvhHuglRbTGQwPHxn5lfHS2htat9SECol1u5e3A4j1ZahHr5RVjufj3BH1M40Xr8e_WFLJJYT7Ifz0md9gReoq_id3zXUiOa_Sey9YLzvVXlVFNxkYlBR/s1040/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%204.14.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="988" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHTPS7YGP6dfZ8HRti1fVpEz7R3MeW6TxoQ31qX7arP3aeADLbGgTJ1xgG5BUdWuwvhLzGMvfGvhHuglRbTGQwPHxn5lfHS2htat9SECol1u5e3A4j1ZahHr5RVjufj3BH1M40Xr8e_WFLJJYT7Ifz0md9gReoq_id3zXUiOa_Sey9YLzvVXlVFNxkYlBR/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%204.14.31%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="304" /></a></div><div>We buy the rest of our ornaments for giveaways next Christmas. At 70-90% off, we don't mind storing them for a year. Since we were at ACE on Wednesday, half of the racks of decorations are emptied. We're not the only ones bargain-hunting.</div><div><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUDIhLSmeWJVfXBndLMz3mrvHZDzTLSWqd5gZqCvcu17gqrd0ALfPFKTNXCkfvt46Zq-AX7vcDGodBeHtsrL77mopwvtetio21YhPGoRaIfEdsXaxNmoSYFY_1qKTF34oQzye-QV7RpmFMyBI_-Q6xAZxEraM9XNw_XQac-gdUeJTMXP81turu8B3ySis/s1130/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.47.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="1130" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUDIhLSmeWJVfXBndLMz3mrvHZDzTLSWqd5gZqCvcu17gqrd0ALfPFKTNXCkfvt46Zq-AX7vcDGodBeHtsrL77mopwvtetio21YhPGoRaIfEdsXaxNmoSYFY_1qKTF34oQzye-QV7RpmFMyBI_-Q6xAZxEraM9XNw_XQac-gdUeJTMXP81turu8B3ySis/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%203.47.45%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="320" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;">I print out the "Promise Verses" for the end-of-year gathering at IES Bandung (Sunday) and read through the talk with W. The house is tidy, the lights are low and the sliding doors closed. Tomorrow is the last weekend of 2023. How did that happen?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZz21SOQWAReZ3kOz79yg20uYVFF6enDgSVYorN1f4aYS2w7-fUF6cUhWpKbLhACF3CPux5912BU7fY3jfnYfB7vEVozXHyU9Oubtq1aPNPpJSwdq82IwwvgTompe_PAKKWsf9VU_hUGAA3KGNToS4TH2HJrZvRlQfnfCK0wFasD3vN-qgfqxy4KGg027h/s1512/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%204.14.42%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="1036" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZz21SOQWAReZ3kOz79yg20uYVFF6enDgSVYorN1f4aYS2w7-fUF6cUhWpKbLhACF3CPux5912BU7fY3jfnYfB7vEVozXHyU9Oubtq1aPNPpJSwdq82IwwvgTompe_PAKKWsf9VU_hUGAA3KGNToS4TH2HJrZvRlQfnfCK0wFasD3vN-qgfqxy4KGg027h/s320/Screenshot%202023-12-29%20at%204.14.42%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="219" /></a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Read more:</span></b></p><p dir="LTR" style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span lang="en-us">*But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; </span>I say, “You are my God.” My times are in Your hand; Deliver me from the hand of my enemies, And from those who persecute me. Make Your face shine upon Your servant; Save me for Your mercies’ sake. Psalm 31:14-16</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*You cause the grass to grow for the cattle, and plants for people to use, to bring forth food from the earth. Psalm 104:14</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">*Give thanks to God the Father at all times and for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 5:20</span></p><p style="line-height: 22.5px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Moravian Prayer: Creator of all things, as the world changes and seasons come and go, we reflect on your artistry in all of creation. We give thanks for the blessings of this beautiful, complex world. Amen.</span></i></p></div></div>http://peacefulones.blogspot.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15308836283896943034noreply@blogger.com0