Candace's first week in Indo

I can't say it's been a tremendously exciting week, but it's been a good one and a restful one for Candace. Since she's just gotten off the whirlwind 4 month eating/sleeping/bugs/wound care cycle in Mozambique and since she's heading to school the day after arriving home from our place, we're keeping a low profile, we're just taking it easy. Candace's days include eating, sleeping, reading, Facebook, and usually one "big" event a day. On Friday she spoke to a very large nursing class at University Pelita Harapan (UPH) about what it's like to volunteer her nursing skills abroad. I like that she focused on having plans and goals for the future rather than just living to get your nursing degree and work. These are Janet Weeda's students, and Janet's a senior lecturer at the university. That's her and Candace with Lippo Village in the background.On Friday night Candace and I headed over to a friends for 'Bunco Night' with some ladies. It was a fun, no-skill-needed game that is great for large groups. Mostly it's just rolling some dice and seeing what you end up with. As you can see, as Sarah (in white) is explaining the rules, a very competitive group of ladies listens intently to the rules.

Yesterday Candace and I, without the rest of the gang, went into Jakarta, did some errands, and met the Comries for lunch at the all-you-can eat buffet that we love so much. Even if you didn't just come out of the 'jungle' the food is incredible, but after 4 months of rice and meat, and egg sandwiches, I think Candace was in her glory. Unfortunately I didn't bring my camera so we missed the photo moment.

Candace was able to replenish a bit of her wardrobe at an outlet store; she'd left a lot of her clothes behind for other missionaries. We went to Saturday night church service and were home by 8:30. That's an unusual time for us to come home on a Saturday night, but we were all so stuffed after lunch that dinner wasn't an option.

Today's Sunday and we're all just hanging out. Tris and I are packing for Singapore. His shoulder repair surgery consultation is tomorrow, surgery on Tuesday and hopefully back home on Wednesday. Thankfully Candace is here to get the kids up for school, get them on their homework after school, and Ami is here to feed them all. Please pray this surgery goes well, that the surgeon repairs all that is torn and damaged, and that Tris isn't in too much pain afterwards.

Thanks for reading.