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Name: Eric
Birthday: 2/7/1984
Gender: Male
Interests: surfing. climbing. biking. beach volleyball. people. cultures. truth.
Expertise: car camping.
Occupation: lover.
Industry: revolution.
Message: message me
Website: visit my website
Member Since:
5/31/2007
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Dear Friends,
I apologize, but to save myself from any further cursing and swearing, I will not be putting anymore pictures up while I am in Indonesia. I assure you that I have been taking pictures and that there are many I think are quite good and would very much like to show you. However, I am going to wait until I get home and can sit on my couch with my laptop and a nice high speed wireless connection, and not sitting in a sweaty, steamy, internet cafe in Sumatra waiting hours for pictures to upload. This is not how I want to spend my last few days in Indonesia.
The time in Sumatra has been very good, very different, and very eye opening. The culture here is totally different than Bali. Culturally, you might as well be in the Middle East. There are more mosques here than there are churches in Alabama, nearly every woman has her head covered, and the call to prayer and readings from the Koran blast constantly over the mosque's speakers. The food is great. When you go to a restaurant they bring out a huge bowl of rice and about twenty different kinds of meats and vegetables. You simply take what you want and leave the rest. When you are finished they just charge you for what you ate. Oh, and you get to eat with your hands! Well, your right hand.
I did make it out the Mentawai's and spent a few days surfing a world class left called Telescopes. It was macking with double overhead sets on the second day. Google Image it. Today Jeff and I surfed this fun river mouth in Padang, wading out through the river was about the filthiest thing I have ever done though.
Much love to all my peeps! Thanks so much for the prayers, I have been in great health. Sumatra is so in need of people to come and be salt and light. Pray for workers to come here! I will be back in the States on Tuesday, I look forward to talking to and seeing many of you.
Working for Peace,
Eric
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My time in Sumatra thus far has been very chill. Jeff has been been showing me around Bengkulu, introducing me to his friends, and taking me to empty breaks. It is very different here than Bali. I was the only whitey on the plane and haven't seen any others since being in Bengkulu. Tomorrow we are heading out for a Sumatran adventure.
We are going to drive twelve hours through the mountains, crossing the equator, to Pekan Baru with Jeff's friend Josh. Josh is an M in Pekan Baru. From there we are going to take a ten hour bus back through the mountains to Padang, and from Padang grab a boat out to the Mentawai Islands off Sumatra's west coast.
Sorry for the lack of pics, and this may be my last entry for awhile, but I covet your pryrs and cannot thank you enough. Much love my friends.
Damai,
Eric T.
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The boat trip was sick. Too many stories. The best waves I have ever seen and ridden. I am in Sumatra now until the 11th. Communication is a little harder up here, so this is brief. More will come later.
Love,
Eric
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The dedication.
The maiden voyage.
Sorry for not putting pictures up until now, but the internet here is fickle. Needless to say, Mady has a boat! It was awesome to see the last stages come together and the dream that started last August at a table in Flavor's Eatery in St. Augustine, Florida has now become reality eleven months later in Nusa Lembongan, Indonesia. It was a super special time. We have video of all of us carrying the boat to the water, praying over it, and hearing the motor roar to life. For the maiden voyage Made took Garrett and I to a "secret" surf spot you can only get to by boat.
This morning I was sitting on the beach and watched as Made came in from fishing in his very own boat for the very first time. This is such a huge thing for him, he is overwhelmed with joy right now. I thank all of you for the part that you played in this.
The time on Lembongan has been great. The team has blessed tons of people with clothes, led Bible studies, played football (soccer) and volleyball, harvested seaweed, and been a great example of the love of Jesus to these beautiful people. Tomorrow we head to Bingin for a few days.
Still loving Indo,
E r i c T.
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