Hard to sit and write!

It seems harder and harder for me to sit down and write!
I left Honolulu for Surabaya on July 3. Two months in Indonesia passed quickly, and I had to leave (visa restrictions) so I visited Singapore Aug 29th, turned around, back to Jakarta for meetings then to Yogyakarta in central Java, and to Surabaya again, where I went directly from the airport to a school retreat (I was the organizer)!

The retreat wasn’t really a retreat but a three day seminar with speakers from out of town (one from Malaysia).

I am now teaching 4.5 hrs a day in a YWAM DTS (Discipleship Training School) for the week. They have cut back on my hours in this school, usually I have at least 6 to 8 hours teaching daily. The cut back is in evening sessions, which they don’t have. I miss that, because I think the evening sessions are the most profitable - they don’t get distracted from the thoughts or experiences with other work immediately after class, but sleep on it over night. I did convince them to give up their free time Wednesday evening for a special session.

Testimonies from answered prayer at school continue. One teacher’s husband got a job the day after she came for prayer (he had been searching for months) without finding any hope. This is the bulk of and the greatest joy in my work now - praying for people and seeing immediate, direct results. Coincidence? I don’t believe in it, but I believe in a God who delights in answering prayer!

At right: view from my apartment. 8 new apartment towers are rising. Within this view are 3 golf clubhouse roofs! My Indonesian partner wants to move me into one of the new apartments, where I will be able to see four clubhouses (maybe even 5).

Monday evening group continues with 8-10 faithful participants, even though our schedule has been interrupted with holidays and my
being away. We have lost some due to work and school schedules, but they keep in touch. Over the 10 years this group has been meeting, many have
moved on and replaced with new ones. The group continues about the same size. My apartment renovation and getting rid of furniture was predicated on anticipation of expansion of this group and formation of some new groups, neither of which has materialized. I do not solicit, but wait for the Lord to move them. I have had several requests from young people for English lessons but none has materialized yet.