October 27, 2008 I write this in a hotel room in Taipei - I have a 20 hour layover from Bali to Honolulu. I have had a very busy few weeks:Oct 10-13 in Jakarta for meetings with the FLO group and preaching in churches, return to Surabaya Monday evening to get ready for the FLO Retreat committee meeting Tuesday. School commitments Wednesday and Thursday, Friday shopping for prizes and last minute items for FLO Retreat. Retreat venue shown below:

FLO COMMITTEE
Saturday 18th was our final FLO Retreat committee meeting. One key person was not there, another couple that had promised to be on the bus and to be with us all three days announced they would not be on the bus and that they would be leaving Tuesday afternoon. Another committee member had already backed out, although she did complete the preparation work she had promised to do. Good thing that Liana and Ira came from Jakarta! Well, this is not unusual, and we expected some great things, and were well rewarded by the faces and testimonies on the second and third day. Stories and photos will be posted on the FLO site. You can connect directly with the list at right.

The day after the retreat I went to Bali. I was so excited about meeting the people and final preparations for the 'seminar' I was to do that I had the arrival time rather than departure time in my mind and missed the flight. Had to buy another ticket ($40) and lost two hours! Gave me time to slow myself down a bit! Minor cost for such a needed lesson.

The seminar consisted of two two-hour sessions on Friday and Saturday evening. Topic: Are You a Believer?" It is supposed to focus on examining our beliefs in light of scriptures, but because the attendees the second night were 50% new, the foundations laid the first night couldn't be used and we changed course a little bit, though we still focused on familiar scriptures and comparing to our lives, whether we really believed those things we knew from scripture. Main idea from James: if hear but don't do, not really faith (belief). Good response from about 15-20 attendees each evening.