Yes it is true we have been served these delicacies! The fried bananas are really not that out of the ordinary and they taste great. The other 2….not so much. I’m not really all about eating something while it’s still looking at me (fish). Okay so that might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it’s not too far off…I mean we were served the whole fish….Josh ate it with great gusto (as he eats all food), holding it up for me to see and waving around the bones of the fish (all still in one piece) when he was finished. The heads of the fish were lying on his plate looking as if they were missing a part of them.
Chicken feet were in a soup served to us for lunch at the teacher training. I chose not to take that part of the soup! The food has really not been bad just a few surprises here and there. They always warn us if something is going to be hot (spicy) so we don’t take too much of it
The teacher training is going well. The teachers are responding well to all that my mother is presenting them. She is doing a lot of group work and various activities that they are not used to; however, you wouldn’t be able to tell from watching them. They have participated with great enthusiasm and thoughtfulness. They also seem to enjoy the math activities that I am showing them. They are used to solving math problems the way the teacher shows them and in some schools if a student gets the right answer but gets it a different way the teacher tells them they are wrong. In my workshops I am explaining to them that it is important to let students share how they got an answer and encourage them to explore different ways as it helps to build great problem solvers and higher level thinking. I am also trying to show them that math can be exciting!!! The first day I asked who liked math and none of the 24 teachers raised their hands. Hopefully that is changing as the week goes on.
Josh has had an opportunity to speak to pastors about church growth in the seminar that my dad is doing and it went well (he will have to write more about that later).
We are all still getting adjusted to the different time zone. I wake up in the middle of the night and stay awake for about 2 hours before I can fall back asleep. Josh has been getting up around 4 am and working on stuff for his classes before our actual day begins. We are 11 hours ahead of EST and 12 hours ahead of CST.
We have been spoiled here in Indonesia. Although it is extremely hot and humid outside we are able to sleep in an air conditioned room!!!!!! Thanks for all your prayers. Things have gone very well as far as ministering to the people, please pray that will continue and we will remain in good health.
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