Five weeks came and went, and Tris and Sunny are now in wintery Germany visiting Christian, Jen (Tris' sister) and their boys. Within a 48 hour period Tris and Sunny went from a low of 26 degrees to minus whatever. We came to the conclusion here that minus ANYTHING is cold. They've gone from swimming in the school pool to sledding with Jen's boys. Word on the street is that the 23 degrees experienced here a few mornings ago was one of the coldest mornings ever experienced by one of our longer-term teachers here. A mere 23 degrees!!!

It's hard to know what to pack into little posting about this last month.

We had an incredible visit, and I've posted a few photos on Facebook to

give an idea of what we did with the

"other" Mr. & Mrs. White. Tris and Sunny left us with a few more photos before they left. One Sunday we met with our driver and his family, and had an ice cream at the mall. That's everybody but Tris (at home) and I (photographer) in the photo. I think Tris and Sunny, like all visitors to our home previously, have decided that they'd like to get a driver of their own when they return home. The ice cream was one way they showed Haris their appreciation, and it was another way to connect with the culture a little bit more, even if the mall is still inside the Lippo Bubble. Abby, Haris and I all took turns translating in what you could call "Englonesian" and we got along ok

ay.

In the waterfall photo, the one with a half-naked Tris is us standing before the waterfall I mentioned previously. I was in my glory. When I played all the photos as a slide show, I used the Rebecca St. James song "God of Wonders," and the chorus, God of wonders, came along just as this photo did. Good timing. Something as powerful and beautiful is truly a witness to the creativity of God. When you haven't seen or experienced anything like it for 2 years it becomes even more beautiful.

One more shot before I head to bed (to be continued in the near future) there's one more photo I like. It's Haris (here's the driver again...a very appreciated part of our new lifestyle) washing our car before we head

home from Puncak. In Lippo we live in what is pretty much a plain, and there are very few mountains to view, and those only in the far distance on a very clear day. Here we are right in the mountains, and this is the view from the breakfast table. It's refreshing and I think it's quite breathtaking. The air that flows into the room is incredibly clean, even if a bit of smoke wafts in as well. I love the mountains and all that they're about. It looks warm in this photo because of the palm trees, but it was really quite cold. Sock-wearing, long sleeves at night and maybe even jeans cold. We soaked it into our bones and used the cool later on in the day when we drove in the oven that is Jakarta.

Thanks for reading.