Bring on the New Year!

Well it has been the rainy season since our return to Indonesia, but thankfully there have still been plenty of bright sunny days for laying by the pool. We have been working a lot recently and saving our travels for Feb & March when we will be hosting Travis' parents and friends. In December got to witness a huge Anti Corruption demonstration. Somewhere around 200,000 people swarming the capitol city. We had originally decided to close the clinic that day due to the strong warnings of possible terrorism from the US embassy, however we ended up watching it right from the roadside. It was quite an experience.

Sadly bad news came just before the holidays when I received word that my mom had an accident and had fractured her neck/back. It was hard enough to not be home for the holidays but knowing I couldn't be home for her made it that much harder. Despite missing family Travis and I had a wonderful Christmas. We celebrated by watching It's a Wonderful Life and were very excited to open the boxes of gifts we had received....and ate Reeses peanutbutter cups until our tummys hurt:) It was so nice to get Christmas cards and packages in the mail from back home, thank you to everyone who took the time out to send them to us!! We decided to stay in for New Years. We cracked open a bottle of wine and watched fireworks from the pool at our apartment...they seemed to go for miles and in all directions. It was really beautiful to see amongst the city scape.

Well that pretty much sums up the rest of 2009. We are looking forward to all the excitement and new adventures 2010 bring us!