IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER IN INDONESIA - NO 59

ALWAYS CHECK YOUR SHOES FOR LIZARDS!
We always remove our shoes when entering houses, classrooms etc, so there is always a large pile outside.
When putting my shoes on as I left I slid a toe inside one of them, felt something soft and removed my toe(quickly!). A lizard jumped out (unhurt I am pleased to report) and ran away. Not sure who was most scared!

Very quick blog as power intermittent at the moment.

THIS WEEKEND
Tomorrow we are going straight from college to the village of Loksado, four hour journey to the foothills of the mountains. On the way we are stopping at some hot springs for a dip (which sounds wonderful), and when we get there we are being taken on bamboo rafts down river through the rapids (not sure this will be quite so wonderful!). We are staying 2 nights with some of the congregation of a small community of our faith. There is no electricity there so will be no blogging for a while.

PLEASE PRAY FOR
Our safety on the journey
This community in Loksado and the opportunity for us to share with them
Safety on the bamboo rafts.
A relaxing restful time - we are all getting very tired. It has been a tense week as we are preparing ourselves and our students for the end of course exams in 2 weeks.
For Mary (one of the American girls) who is unwell today with headache and fever. They both chose not to take malaria tablets, even though they were advised to do so, as they don't take chemicals of any kind so we pray it is not anything more serious. (Even Biddy takes malaria tablets and she is almost Indonesian!).

Love to everyone and welcome to Jon, Jancie and Ruby.
Sue and Stan xx