* When you travel to Abepura to buy a carpet for your very stark but wonderful abode, take money with you. You may not be able to get money out of the ATM that day because the rest of the population of Papua may have the same idea. You will stand in line in the hot sun next to a very old woman who not only chews beetle nut ( looks like tobacco chew except its blood red) but smokes unfiltered clove cigarettes. She was not aging as well as most Asian women do...
* Learn Indonesian as soon as possible, it would make for less mistakes, maybe not as many giggles and outright laughter.
* When the guy at the Jakarta airport tell you that your barang ( Stuff) will get there tomorrow, he really means a week. ( It all finally came yesterday)
* Buy from the vendors who come to your door even if you don't want anything they are selling. They work hard to get to your door and then put themselves out for you...they may even surprise you and give you a bouquet of flowers just because the want too.
* Dead spiders are just as scary as alive ones especially if they are HUGE !!!!
* You had better post some pictures soon or no one will read your posts anymore.
2 comments:
Hi Price's!
We are reading with interest. Just now took the time to figure out how to respond :)
We are keeping you in prayer and we were glad to hear of how the Father worked it all out in the 9th hour. Nice to know *we* aren't the only ones He works at the last moment with!
Keep blogging! And pictures are nice! YES! :)
We love you!
Your family in MS where it is 110* heat index....
Hey welcome to the blog...I am going to down load pictures today and see if I can post them without to many problems. You all have us beat with the heat. I am so sorry....Sounded like you had a blast at the Sweet 16...have to give me more details.
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