This initially started off with my host mom, Sandy, asking one evening if my classmate, Brady, and I are going to be busy the following Monday night. I had to regretfully remind her that we were going to have class. I wasn’t sure exactly what we were going to be…
During weekly lectures with guest speakers, we learned a lot about how the Indonesian immigrant community supports each other. One of those ways is through food. Sharing meals brings people together and fosters a sense of culture through the traditional Indonesian meals. Throughout our time in Philly, I think we…
One theme that I have been thinking about following our time in Philadelphia is unity and diversity. The Indonesian community in Philadelphia is incredibly diverse. It is composed of individuals from a broad range of locations and islands, which also means that the foods they eat and the language they…
About halfway through our time in Philly, in the third week of February, Modero Dance Company began their weekly Balinese Dance classes open to the public. Sinta is the woman who teaches this and a variety of other dance classes in the evenings, along with her work as a leader…
So…What have we been doing lately? Well – the blog has been quiet recently because we have been very very busy! We heard February 22nd that all of our visas had been approved to travel to Indonesia! This in itself was no small feat and involved so much work from…
Hello again from Philadelphia! We continue to work and live amongst the gracious and lively Indonesian community here in Southern Philadelphia.
Welcome to our Indonesia SST 2022 blog, we’re glad you’re here! One of the first questions you might have is – “Why do your photos look like they are NOT from Indonesia?”. This fearless group of Goshen College students is embarking on their SST experience amongst a world complicated by…
Welcome to the Indonesia SST 2022 blog! Due to the complicated nature of travel during COVID-19, the spring 2022 Indonesia SST group is starting their semester in Philadelphia – at the Philadelphia Praise Center – to immerse themselves with the immigrant Indonesian community in the heart of Southern Philadelphia. The group is in the process or procuring passports to Indonesia, and will spend the second part of the semester in Indonesia.
At the conclusion of their service assignments students all returned to Yogyakarta for some wrap-up activities that included project presentations to each other. Projects covered a wide range of topics, including Indonesian plants, food, economics, social issues, environmental issues, and education issues.
Ron and Sally Jo concluded their visits to service locations with day trips to two facilities on the outskirts of Yogyakarta. Rumah Impian (Dream House) serves street children by providing school fees, offering after school activities, and providing lodging. Children are sent to the streets by their parents to earn…
