What we leave behind and what we take with us
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Students are now on their way either home or to new adventures, and it feels a little unreal that 2024 Indonesian SST is over. We spent this last weekend with a mix of activities. We toured a Hindu temple and a coffee plantation, walked through the monkey forest, enjoyed babi guling (a Balinese specialty) and other great food, walked the beach, listened to presentations and told stories. It was a good time.
We could probably all write volumes about the past 3 days (as well as the past 3 months), but this blog is going to feature pictures over words.
The Hindu temple tour:
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After the tour, most of us took a turn attempting a swing on the vines of a huge tree just outside the temple. Garrett, our temple tour guide, assured us that this particular tree was not sacred and it was fine for us to swing.
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We had some pretty amazing babi guling for lunch. This traditional pork dish is well-known in Bali.
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And then we visited a coffee plantation, learning about the process and having a taste test (quite good, really).
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We visited the monkey forest:
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On our final day, students shared presentations of their community-engaged project. I had asked them to each have a creative/interactive element and they did not disappoint. We played a game of Connections (like the NY Times daily puzzle), sang songs, and placed ourselves on continuums regarding our religious history. Sadly, I didn’t think to get pictures until close to the end of the day, so you will not see the amazing creativity of these students. I will just post a couple here: Peri taught us to tie knots like they learned to do in Scouting class in the high school and Franz taught us a Sadie Gustafson-Zook song that he dedicated to his host family (“Your love makes me smile”). Johanna brought the issue of infant/child stunting to the class.
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We had some free time to roam the beach, then met at sunset for a short closing circle. We talked about reverse culture shock, and thought about what we take with us and what we leave behind. Every student wrote a letter to themselves that I will deliver to them next month. We enjoyed dinner at a restaurant right on the water. The food was good, the company relaxed, and we all just lived right into this final evening in Indonesia together.
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Sunday morning came, as Sunday mornings will, and we all loaded up:
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At the airport, Ben & I said farewell to the students, and sent them on to Jakarta to catch connections to Istanbul and Vietnam. What a great group of students. They have engaged with the Indonesian culture with great creativity, compassion, curiosity, and courage, and I am filled with gratitude for our time here.
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