I was in a city I cannot mention due to security reasons, let’s just say it’s the biggest J-city in Indonesia.  It was probably one of the best times in my life.

I was one privledged enough to be part of the DreamTeam. 

We spent our non-ministry days doing some of this:

Hung out with our host churches in real ASIAN KARAOKE bars (singing JT):

Definitely one of the many ‘how did I get here’ moments.

And tried to keep composure while sitting on a panel, being asked question we were not qualified to answer:

I could NOT stop laughing!  My Indo friends found it funny and took a whole lot of pictures.

We found places like this:

And ate food that looked scary beyond all reason:

The views from the beautiful houses we stayed at were breath-taking, in both a good and bad way:

And we relieved ourselves like this:

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 It should be noted that the same water and buckets were used for showers

We were there to help people who lived here:

They needed someone to love them, and play with them…even if it was just for a few hours:

 They had the purest souls and were grateful for every minute:

After being in J-city for a month, we left for Bali…

but I’ll save that for later.