I cannot believe it has only been three weeks since I arrived back here in Bandung. Life has been pretty busy here in the tropics, but I love having a full to-do list. Last week I told you about the Open Houses that Jennie and I were in charge of planning. Just for a recap: Bandung Alliance International School is in the process of building a new campus about 45 minutes from its current location. It is a slow process so far, but it is coming along. We have outgrown our current campus, and this new one is going to be wonderful!
The New Campus team has had a couple booths at local malls in Bandung to promote the new campus and recruit new students. They have also scheduled three open houses, two here at the school and one in Jakarta. Last week they gave those three open houses to Jennie and me to plan. We worked hard to get the staff excited to help, and to make the event look nice and professional. Wednesday was the first open house. Jennie and I joked that it was kind of like planning a wedding…you spend all this time planning it, and then it is one three hour period of time. It turned out great! The booths were awesome, the set up was really nice, and we had about 15 families show up, three of which started the registration process. Saturday’s also went well, we had about 40 families come. I have really loved planning and organizing these events.
Next thing on the list is Week Without Walls. This outreach event is school wide and will happen next week. The students will participate in various projects all over Bandung. Our project is planting 50 trees on the toll road on the way out to the new school. Jennie, Aaron and I are the leaders of this team in charge of planning. We have been working through details since December, and are pretty excited. Especially now that we have trees to plant! The government donated 200 trees (25 of which are durian trees). The president’s wife wants to plant one million trees in Indonesia to help fix the deforestation problem. There is a group of 15 students that we’ll be working with along with a group of about 15 students from a local Muslim school. The three day project will be full of building relationships and working hard for the Lord. It’s gonna be a little outside the comfort zone for a lot of us, seeing as how there isn’t going to be a bathroom or water, or really anything out there. I’ve never had to use a hole in the ground before…can’t wait for that one:)
As you keep me in your prayers please remember to pray for Week Without Walls next week, for safety, for successful planting, and that lives would be impacted through all the projects.
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