Sunday, August 16, 2009

Time and distance... (part 2)

Before I switch to pictures of our return travels through Sentani, I have to pause and show you some of the personalities that we have been with these last three months.
The unpictured person under the sarong is Selfi, and peeking out is Helmi. If you're wondering what they're doing, they are hiding from the sun because they might turn black. : ) No lie, that is really what they're doing.


This is Agus...and no, he didn't get dressed up for the picture. He was standing on the beach talking with his friends like this.

And of course, Lazarus. He asked to borrow my camera, and this is what I found later.


Okay...moving on. We flew to Sentani last Monday, leaving our friends behind. We set them up on facebook before we left and we have been keeping up with them that way. I took this picture on our way back from visiting the city of Jayapura, and if you are wondering why I posted it you need to read the yellow sign a little more closely. : )

We spent 2 of our days in Sentani out at the mission training center with Abi. There was a brand new class out there and this is Abi trying to teach them the indonesian alphabet...everyone one of these guys come from tribal villages where indonesian is a second language. It was actually really neat returning to the MTC, because it was awesome to see how far our language had come in the last 3 months.
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We had some good final days with Abi and Edy in Sentani and with some of the white missionaries as well. They had some pretty useful advice for our futures as missionaries, and I was able to start making some future plans, but I will keep you in suspense until I get home on that one.

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