This past Friday Janna and I both moved onto the next unit of language study, putting Janna in unit 7 and me in unit 6. We are both continuing to work hard at learning the language and hope that by the time we leave Bandung we will have a good grasp of the language.
This up coming week we are traveling to the South coast of the island of Java to Pangandaran. A beach area that was hit by the tsunami about a year ago. It is a popular vaction spot for Europeans and Indonesians in Bandung. People that we have talked to here are not exactly sure what state of repair all the buildings are in, but we are going to go there and see it anyway. There is a national park and some surfing spots near by to where we are staying and so we hope to go and explore some of the different things that this island has to offer. It will be a long drive for the kids but they are happy when we say the words "swimming pool" so we hope that this will get them through the long drive. Janna's parents will also be with us.
We continue to thank you all for the support that you have been. The Christmas cards and presents were tremedous and were a real encouragement. It is not easy to be on the other side of the world for Christmas but all of you helped us with that. Thanks.
Our children continue to love school. One story that occured two days ago now is that Kaya was playing and somehow jumped off a very high place and has hurt her foot. She does not put any weight on it yet and has been crawling around trying to play with all the things that she normally does. The doctor did not see it as anything serious and so we hope that it will soon heal. Please pray for continued safety and well being as we live here. Some of the students that are on my basketball team have recently been diagnosed with Dingy Fever. So just continue to pray that God will protect. Thanks again.
