A Different World

It is my first day back in my hometown, Jakarta, Indonesia. I am still re-adjusting with the lifestyle I have missed for three and a half years. Loma Linda is a world of its own for me, but I consider it as home. Some stuff I can only find in Loma Linda such as :
* people with scrubs
* Hay Stacks meals
* a lot of people go walking for exercise
* easy access to find a variety of vegie meat and other healthy food options
* a quiet town on Saturdays
Living in Jakarta has its own excitements and disappointments. I wonder how long it will take me to adjust. During the first weeks, I am surprised with how much change took place in three years! Some changes that I am still having a hard time to get use to:
* TV is turned on all the time
* Crazy traffic and air polution
* the high inflation on the Indonesian currency that makes everything seems
very expensive
* a huge gap reflected in the lifestyle of the rich and poor
As I expected, my spiritual life will be challenged. It was easier to have the spiritual life blossoms and fruitful in Loma Linda. I can use a lot of prayers from my Christian family in Loma Linda, so that I can maintain all the lessons I learned, and still become an instrument for God's glory in Jakarta. I wish I can bring all of you here and together we carry the light and finish the work here, in the other side of the world.

Love you and miss you all