What did we do this weekend? A look at the photos will give a hint. Mikah really wanted to have a sleepover for her birthday this year. So she invited three friends (one from Finland, one from South Korea, and one from New Zealand) over and they went swimming first right after school. The pool is conveniently located right across from the school. After that we went home and enjoyed the My Little Pony cake that Ibu Tati made. Then it was a Pizza Hut supper and then a movie with popcorn and pop. It took the girls a little bit to fall asleep, but not as long as it could have taken. Unfortunately they were all rudely awakened at 4:30ish by the 5 local mosques around here simultaneously reminding the folks here that it was time to pray at the same time that it was pouring buckets. Wah duh!! Of course no one, not even mom, got any more sleep after that. In spite of that it was a successful party.
This morning we went to church by angkot. It never ceases to amaze me what a cultural experience it is to simply walk up to the top of the hill and over and catch an angkot to take us down the hill. Every Sunday on a road off of the main road near the top, is a market. So it is an absolute zoo up there. If you want to get down the hill reasonably quickly, you need to get on the angkot that’s first in line to go down. So we, like ducks following their mother, trailed behind Hugo and weaved our way in and out of angkots, people, and motorbikes. At the intersection of the two roads there was a major gridlock. There were angkots lined up along the side waiting for passengers and then angkots trying to go up to get into the end of the line and other ones trying to go down. In between them all are the people and the motorbikes going up and down and the guy that thought it would just add to the effect if he repeatedly blew on his whistle as though that would help things move along better. And oh yeah, because we are white and have such cute kids (I’m allowed to brag right?) people are always staring at us and kids are calling out to us, “Hello Mister!” Once we finally entered the angkot that was first in line, we were rewarded for our arduous effort as he left almost immediately and rarely stopped on the way down. Thankfully a friend from church gave us a ride home…

Tomorrow we have our unit 5 evaluation and then we have the week off! Yeah! Although there's a fair bit we need to do like take Christiaan to get a cavity looked at etc...