Only one more day left! Its so sad...I don't want to leave. But it has been a long vacation and I cannot complain because we have done so much here! For Christmas we had some of auntie's friends over and ate turkey, lamb, etc...there's was a lot of food. Then we went out for a swim in the pool...very nice weather for a Christmas holiday:) Today we were mostly out in the sun. Auntie treated us to her park where we rode quads, kayaked in the ocean, rock climb...

Hi sorry about not keeping up with the blogs. We don't have access to the internet a lot and also we've been out everyday. Jonny is playing pool with my cousin Jarren but with all red balls...haha its really weird but I can hear them laughing in the background so they are having some fun before dinner. Today we had the family reunion and there were so many relatives I couldn't keep up with everyone. They set up this huge tent with many chairs and even had an ...

Forgive us for not putting up any pictures or videos yet...let's just say I miss my high speed internet & I don't have a lot of patience...but they are coming! I don't know about videos, bc Jon might not have the program to make our videos the small size they need to be so I don't think we'll be able to put some. We'll be back next week so I guess you all have to wait until then. So I hear that there is a lot of snow over there, I really do not want to go b...

Being poor is not dirty. I really like that quote my aunt said the other day. Jon and I have been at the villages for the past 5 days. We stayed at my grandmother (father's side) at Kota Merudu for two days and then went to my mother's old village for three days: Kampung Narinang and Kaung. I was able to meet my grandfather for the first time who is 93 years old and still outside working hard on the rice paddy, barefoot. He is still in great condition, so I...

Jon and I are staying at my grandma's village right now. And it is true village, with the house made of wood and us being way out near the mountain. Banana trees everywhere, lizards crawling, and bugs. But its weird, I killed a spider (if you know me, its a big feat) and you have your basic bugs here. Jon doesn't seem to be experiencing culture shock yet, so I am really impressed and proud of how he has taken the culture in and is accepting of it. Village li...