Category: Indonesia
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A Visit to the Public School
Last week I was teaching at Nommensen University again. I didn’t go there in August because they were on semester break, and I was in Balige teaching the intensive English course. Now that the university is back in session, I’ll be going there every month again. In addition to teaching in the English classes at […]
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Life, Death, and Human Achievement
As NASA’s craft Curiosity made it’s landing on the surface of Mars, I was listening to the live feed while working on phrasal verb flash cards for my students. In the moment the NASA control room waited with baited breath to received the signal and photos from the craft, that it had in fact landed, […]
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Take a walk (and ride) Through the Market
I have previously posted about my experience at the market in Balige. You can read that post here. Below is a short video for you to see the bustling streets lined with sellers of fish, fruit, vegetables, housewares, and more.
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Batak Culture
I am immersed in the culture here, specifically the Toba Batak culture. For the Batak people, marriage is very important. Every weekend and sometimes even during the week, there are wedding parties in the Church that is next to the deaconess school. A family will go to great expense to have the party. All day […]
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Rainstorm
Sometimes it rains here. A lot—although it should be the dry season now. This was a rainstorm on Monday 9 July 2012, seen from the cozy room of the deaconess building in Siantar. I am no stranger to soft rain, but this rain—a rain that can last for hours and brings with it a loud […]
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A common calling
June was a busy month, and July promises to be another busy month. Although most of the students have left the deaconess school for their practical work, there is still plenty of work to do. Presently, I am working on a schedule and syllabus for an intensive English course for the incoming students due to […]
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More photos from HKBP Nommensen University
Here are some more photos from the week I was teaching in Siantar. It was a busy week, but a good time. I look forward to returning next month for more: Above, I’m introducing myself to a English conversation class. This time I was there to observe, but always have the opportunity to say who […]
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Worship with Oppung
After returning from Penang, Malaysia with my visa earlier this month, I had the opportunity to visit a village with one of the students. As I mentioned previously, they go out each week to serve in the communities—they visit the sick, visit the prison, minister to sellers at the market, and more. This visit, I […]
Megs the Wanderer 