Living in an Impoverished Nation
Cilacap gas station- glass bottles filled with gas and even a funnel for easy fueling for scooters. I've been thinking about this post for a long time, trying to formulate my thoughts on the subject. I'd like to begin by saying that my experience here is all the more frustrating because of the circumstances. Missionaries are sent to impoverished places, but have a message to share, learn the language, and hopefully help people come to Christ and better themselves to lift themselves out of poverty. Those who have done international service projects in poor places go and serve- building schools, cleaning up, giving medical care, how awesome! I would love to join you. Me on the other hand- we are here for a longer time than normal vacations, but short-term enough that is is hard to find volunteer opportunities. There are not many people that speak English, and we have short notice before leaving. We are not here with a group or any sort of organized anything, so there ar...