Day 6 In the Field - Yogyakarta, Indonesia (July 7th ,2006)

Day 6 (On-Site in Earthquake Zone, Central Java Indonesia) -

5 straight days of going non stop has taken its toll already on us, we have overslept and are running late today. Our mission is two-fold today: 1) to find, and negotiate a good price for textbooks needed for all 180 students are the school in "A"'s village that we visited 2 days ago. and 2) Find a place that has all the uniforms for the first graders. We were told the other students has their's already but since the first graders are new coming in they have no uniforms and their parents most likely do not have the funds to buy them. It is a Friday and we are praying we are lucky enough to find a places that have both of our needs in stock and can deliver them on Monday before I leave Tuesday Morning.

"Pak"'s wife eyeballs a shop for the Uniforms right away as we are driving in an area of the city we are told to go to and look around. So, we drop her off to go and see what they have and what price they will charge. She is Indonesian so it is better if she negotiates to get a locals price vs. the price they will raise it to due to knowing westerners have more money than typical Indonesians. "Pak" and I wait for about 45 minutes when finally he gets a text message from her saying she has reached an agreement and I can come pay now to finsih the transaction. She was able to get all of teh 1st graders unfiorms for under what we expected and they are bagging them up for us as we are walking up to the shop./ God Is AWESOME !!! What a praise to have this item cared for so very quickly.

Since most of the morning was used up procuring the uniforms we decide to pray over lunch and ask for provision of the uniforms for that afternoon. Once we finished lunch we headed over to the textbook printer and no sooner than about 15 minutes after we walk through the door we have found the proper textbooks for that particular school and the proprietor is so generous in the discount he gives us that we are able to provide the entire school, every grade, and every one of the 180 students ALL of the textbooks they need for the entire year. If your a skeptic of Jesus and your reading these blog entries are you not getting a clear picture of God's divine intervention and his evident will in this trip and the effort to reach these people with his message...I pray you are because we are jumping and singing his praises this afternoon. This shop owner even has all of these in stock and we deliver them for free on Monday as requested.

What an Awesome Day, and what a day to marvel at God's will being displayed for all of us to see so clearly.