Adi Putra school is a private kindergarten for about 80 children that was built by the government on private land owned by a local foundation. The school was built with the intent to help poorer children that may not have the opportunity to attend school.
One of the teachers with her small daughter greeting us as we came to see the school.
Taking pictures of the wall that needs to be built higher and area that needs to be covered.
One of the chairpersons, Sukati, is the mother of Sujud, one of our members. She is the shorter one on the right. Below is another angle of the play area that needs a roof to provide shade when the children play.The project design was for Latter day Saint charities to provide the materials to refurbish the toilet and surrounding walls, provide some roofing, repave the porch and floors and paint
The toilet is in bad condition and the door is almost rotted away, below and above.
The street in front of the school and more of the neighborhood around it.
In front of the school the area which was cracked, old cement is replaced with tile.
The area in front of the toilet, there is a nice new white door and also a nice built in bench on the right. They opened the door for us so we could see the painted walls in the toilet area, so the door is hard to see. It all looked so much better.
Standing in front of the school, Ibu Chusnul, school principle, and Sujud's mother, Sukati, chairperson.
Waiting for the program to start are the fathers of the students, above.
Speaking in behalf of the school, sharing what we had done and expressing thanks is Ibu Chusnul, the school principle. Below, the village RT leader, Pak Rohman, also expressing thanks for the donation by LDSCharities. He also described how the improvements will bless the children.
Our church leader in the Malang area, Pres. Tatit, 1st counselor in the Malang Branch spoke and gave thanks for the opportunity to work with the neighbors giving service and helping the community.
Sitting on the left side of the room were the teachers and the ward members who came to support the school and the project and celebrate the completion of the project.
Our first up close and personal sighting of a rubber tree plant! Look closely and you can see a white line going down the tree trunk. That is rubber that is oozing out of the tree. They harvest it the same way they harvest maple syrup, it goes to the bottom and collects in a small container that rests either on the ground or that is nailed into the tree.
It looks like a broken coconut, but it is a container that is filling up with rubber!
Taking a boat ride out to the island to go hiking through a jungle to a 'hidden beach'.
We always enjoy the scenic views that are everywhere we go. This is a big waterway going to the ocean, a big wide river, very pretty. The boats they take out at night and go tuna fishing.
The trees are beautiful and very different. Below, this is a tree that seems to have the trunk made up of many roots that twist up towards the sky in a big bunch. We felt like we landed in Jurassic Park, or for those of us who are older, maybe this is Tarzan country!
It had the jungle sounds too, we could hear the monkeys up in the trees and birds and geckos. There were black monkey way up in the tops of the trees, staying far away from us. Our guide casually mentioned that there were also panthers, leopards and small Indonesian tigers and a wild hogs also in the jungle! He must have wanted us to hurry faster! He assured us that they were deeper in the middle of the Island close the fresh water river, so there was no problem for us! Glad to hear that, since we were already half way to the beach area.
It was quite a hike, but here we are, we made it, it was absolutely amazing and the water was so refreshing!
The grey monkeys however, are very curious and will come down to see if we have anything of interest, like food. Too many people leave food around for them to scavage.
Sister Lucherini with her walking stick, so tired she didn't realize she was still holding it! Our driver, Rama, the tall one, and our guide for the hike.
This is why it is called the hidden beach, there is a hole in the wall of the rocks and the ocean spills into this area during high tide creating a small lake. It is cool!
Our ferry ride back, what a fun activity it was, and very tiring! Below, Rama, our driver and translator, also a member of the branch.
The colorful fishing boats in the harbor. they fish all night and return by 5 am to sell the fish to the markets.
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