I know, these pictures just seem like random shots, but in reality, they are a snapshot of our day. Today we had a bit more "free" time than we've had in the recent couple weeks. We hung up a few pictures on the walls and Hugo played with Lego with the kids and made this really neat pirate ship (you can even move the rudder to steer it!). The woman in the green t-shirt is Ibu Rita who comes in three times a week to help me out and without her help I think I would be a puddle on the floor. She is 29 years old and has two little girls. She has been married for ten years and her marriage was arranged by her parents and she met her husband three months before they were married. Thankfully he's a good guy and works as a truck or bus driver. Then later in the afternoon we walked down to the pool for a swim. The kids by the fence were watching the folks playing in the pool.

Today was Idul Fitri which is the day to celebrate the end of Ramadan. People (muslims) go and visit friends and family and apologize for anything they may have done to hurt and offend them in the past year. I went into town to see if I could find some tomatoes and I did find some, but there were no stores open and only a few vendors at the market. It was very dead in town and our road was so nice and quiet today as there were no big dump trucks going up and down. I think that Ramadan is more noticeable here now than it was four years ago. The muslim population has increased quite a bit and there are definitely more mosques than before. Last night we could hear some of them going at it, but definitely not as loud and as long as Bandung (all night long...).

This week the avionics manager from MAF in Nampa, Idaho, is coming to help Hugo do a radio installation on one of the Caravans. At the same time Tim will be "checking" out Hugo. Normally pilots and mechanics are "checked out" by those in charge of those divisions but as there is no one like that here, they are doing it while doing this installation and the paperwork that comes with it. So Hugo will be quite busy in the next couple weeks. Also, it was announced this week that Hugo will be the avionics shop manager now. So he can put his experience from Pacific Avionics to good use.