The flood experience...
We had a really good, full and intense week in Jakarta. On Sunday we were able to distribute rice, noodles and oil to the families living in one of the poorer areas of the city. I will just add some pictures, we wrote a more detailed "report" :-) about the whole thing that we will send by email... Sorry, you have to view the pictures upside-down, because I couldn't save them on this computer...
The community lives by a canal that carries the water coming down from the higher parts of the surrounding areas. Flooding happens regularly during the rainy season, but this year the water rose as high as 2 metres and stayed for a whole week, so the families had to vacate their homes.
Most homes are just sheds built out of bits and pieces of wood. Some were literally moved by the water, so a lot of fixing needs to be done. Household goods have been carried away or damaged. Unemployment is a serious problem in the community so the loss is a heavy burden for the families.
When we came for the first time to talk about what the needs of the people were, the water had already receded. But then it started raining again and immediately the water rose again, so when we came back we had to wade through it. The children were having fun...
Due to the flood the price of rice has increased by 10-15% which means a lot for poor families. We were told that food would be most helpful, so we decided to get rice, noodles and oil which are staple foods in Indonesia.
Volunteers of the community helped to measure the goods...
...and to distribute them to the families.
It was a happy day for the families and we heard many times "terima kasih", the beautiful indonesian way of saying "thank you" - the literal translation is "I appreciate your love"...
The community lives by a canal that carries the water coming down from the higher parts of the surrounding areas. Flooding happens regularly during the rainy season, but this year the water rose as high as 2 metres and stayed for a whole week, so the families had to vacate their homes.
Most homes are just sheds built out of bits and pieces of wood. Some were literally moved by the water, so a lot of fixing needs to be done. Household goods have been carried away or damaged. Unemployment is a serious problem in the community so the loss is a heavy burden for the families.
When we came for the first time to talk about what the needs of the people were, the water had already receded. But then it started raining again and immediately the water rose again, so when we came back we had to wade through it. The children were having fun...
Due to the flood the price of rice has increased by 10-15% which means a lot for poor families. We were told that food would be most helpful, so we decided to get rice, noodles and oil which are staple foods in Indonesia.
Volunteers of the community helped to measure the goods...
...and to distribute them to the families.
It was a happy day for the families and we heard many times "terima kasih", the beautiful indonesian way of saying "thank you" - the literal translation is "I appreciate your love"...
Labels: Southeast Asia
posted by hajoundrebecca at 2/21/2007 09:07:00 AM
1 Comments:
It's so good to read what they are doing and how they live their faith so practically. Great that you had such a blessed time a saw how life could be a 24/7 worship and how "church" could be lived that way.
We are hungry for more communities who display Jesus like this.
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