This
morning we had a ceremony officially recognizing the completion of construction
for the fish farm at the Sitanala Hospital.
In attendance were a number of hospital personnel and many from the
leprosy community adjacent to the hospital.
Also in attendance were several leaders from our church and a number of
members from both the local Indonesian congregations and the English-speaking
expat congregation. There were also
reporters from the local press, which covered the activity. The hospital officials had done a great job
of organizing the event.
The
15 fishponds contained thousands of small fish.
Many of which were hatched in those ponds within the last few
weeks. We are particularly pleased with
this project because it will be economically self-sustaining and be used to
teach the leprosy patients a skill so they may become self-reliant.
We
have made a number of friends at this project over the last couple months. We will miss our weekly visits to see them
and seeing the progress of the project.
Eileen was one of the speakers at the ceremony. She spoke for about five minutes in the local
language. I (Russell) was very proud of her. I am extremely blessed to have such a good
companion. In her talk (which we will
attach on another post), Eileen notes that this has been her favorite project,
and how fitting it is that the best was saved for last!
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| THE MEN WE WORKED WITH EACH WEEK- PAK ZEN WAHID, PAK WAWAN, PAK CECEP |
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| THIS PLAQUE WILL BE ERECTED NEAR PONDS- RUSSELL AND DR. MUNTHE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF REHAB WITH THE LEPROSY PATIENTS |
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| DR MUNTHE, DR. ALOYSIUS ARIFIN, (HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR-AKA BIG BOSS) AND EILEEN |
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| GIVING OUT STICKERS |
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| THE CHILDREN COUNTED TO 10 IN ENGLISH BEFORE GETTING A STICKER |
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| GIVING MY SPEECH |
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| BISHOP MAK OF TANGERANG WARD |
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| BISHOP MAK RECEIVING COMMEMORATIVE AWARD |
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| PAK MUHDI PRAYING |
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| NO RIBBON CUTTING, IT WAS FLOWER CUTTING TIME |
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FEEDING THE FISH WITH MY VERY OWN MAN TO HOLD AN UMBRELLA
THOUSANDS OF FISH IN PONDS |
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| PAK CECAP, ALWAYS WITH A SMILE |
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| BISHOP MAK AND PAK ZEN WAHID WHO IS THE TRAINER FOR THE LEPROSY PATIENTS |
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| THIS MAN HAS LIVED IN THE LEPROSY COLONY SINCE 1979. HE HAS 5 CHILDREN, ORIGINALLY FROM EAST JAVA. HE WILL BE TRAINED TO RAISE THE CATFISH |
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| THE MEN IN GREEN WILL ALL BE TRAINED TO RAISE THE CATFISH |
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| SISTER WELCH (JUST ARRIVED LAST NIGHT) ELDER LISK, AND PRESIDENT DJAROT |
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