Papua, Indoneisa

Britt, this is my post for the loving contest.

        Abrielle Lindsay

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

                Something really, really exciting came up 2 ½ years ago… Moving to Papua, Indonesia!! At first, I was scared and didn’t want to go. I thought that there was no power, mud houses, only Papuans (that’s not a great thing to tell since that was the whole reason we were going). But then, I gradually got more and more excited!!!!! But then, there was leaving America. I had lived there my whole life!!!! I was 10 years old then, it was really hard leaving all of my family and friends!! But I had to go wherever my parents went so that meant Indonesia. We got on the plane, for nine hundred years, well, it felt like it!! ;] No, just 3 days [just]. Then we adjusted to the time.

                Well, now I had found out that my friend, Ann, was going to Papua too!! But she happened to be in Java the same time we were!! :D So we had playdates, sometimes, but mainly we played with the Indonesian kids, that lived right next door! Rizal, Rendi [Randy], Lusi [Lucy], Ka-ka, San-san, and Dian were our best friends there!! We played together every day!! (unless it rained)

                There is electricity, there are real houses (you know), and there were Bulahs (aka foreigners){not that really mattered, it just felt good to have other bulahs}!!

                Even though we now live in Papua, there are still the same things, Indonesians, electricity, etc. Even though we have power outs more often here, it’s kind of fun. ;] Well, it does get hot, sometimes we are ready to scream, but it’s super-duper fun playing outside with the Indonesians in the rain!!! And getting all muddy!

                I love living here; I’m soo glad I am getting to live here!!! I love it soo much, it’s just going to be hard to get used to America for 9 months next year! Since this place is totally different.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

~Abrielle Lindsay~