12/20/98: I still have an upset stomach today… We went to the Indonesian church that the Andy and Jill attend… The pastor who is a converted Muslim who, sadly, has been ostracized…
Mall All Over The World
12/19/98: I was up most of the night with a stomach bug… I wonder what I ate that was bad… I was sad to pass on what looked like a terrific breakfast…
Gift Shopping
12/18/98: Left at 1pm for an overnight trip to Surabaya… Invited to go with the team for a Christmas gift shopping trip… A nice ride, but in a torrential downpour… The hotel…
Travel Tech
12/17/98: We had a meeting about the brochure designs today… Sean and I met with Pak Johannes now that he has the hardware to burn CDs with data backups… I’m thankful for…
Rainy But Productive
12/16/98: Babysat for Andy and Jill while they had a team meeting this morning… Ruth did some more lecturing at the nursing school… Another very rainy, but productive day… NOTE: The stock…
Lost in Translation
12/15/98: Ruth gave a lecture on epidemiology (infection control) at a nursing school today… What a challenge to communicate complex technical information through an interpreter… Later on, I rode around on the…
Custom Fit
12/14/98: The cost of a custom-tailored suit here is less expensive than a good pair of Levi’s back in the US, so today I got measured by a tailor… Besides a suit,…
Bridging Boundaries
12/13/98: A day of bridging boundaries: getting past language, culture, tradition, race, and iron bars… We went to church with Sean and Jan at an Indonesian church… It always encourages me to…
Affordable Delicacies
12/12/98: More work and progress on brochure layouts… We were invited to lunch with Jerry and Suzanne R. at a Tugu Tea House, a place that would be too expensive for us…
Guest Speaker
12/11/98: Today I got to speak to students at a high school here in Malang… Then met with a local print shop owner named Pak Yohanis to discuss the photography, brochures and…