Pujut Corner

Just wanted to share with you a bit of what we are doing. We spend a lot of time teaching at Pujut Corner. It is a large area of Kampongs.

This is an everyday sight. There are always clothes hanging out to dry. From windows and ropes and doorways and poles, and wire... This is the Dryer. The grass is a welcome sight...not typical.

This gives you and idea of how the houses are built and what materials are used. Occasionally, someone has a little paint... and in this case, used it for the door...and a little bit more... Materials are gathered from any and every source. A board here, a door there, a piece of rope, a tire, a car hood...

Pujut corner is where the Ringkai family live. They are a a beautiful family. We teach them each tuesday night. They are the ones with 2 candles for light. We play a game with them and their children each time after the lesson. It is so fun. This week it was "Don't eat Pete!" This week, we learned to our great distress, that Tantus their boy of 11 years, is not in school. The reason: They didn't understand how to fill out the paperwork! That is our goal this week: Get Tantus in school! He will have to begin as a first grader. But imagine, being 11, or 15, or 19 and not knowing how to read!!!

The children play out in the dirt with nothing. They make kites out of grocery bags and sticks. We see them at times going through the garbage....not for food... but for anything that looks interesting.... or that they could make into a toy.

This is not an abandoned house. People live here.

Pujut Corner is also where Dandi, Manda and Winnie live. They live next to the county recycle center. No bins, or containers....just stuff dumped there for recycling.

We also teach them on Tuesday nights. This week as we sat there, a huge (about 3"-4"long) flying bug flew in and darted from person to person. Everyone was ducking and swatting, until Dandi captured it ! Then it kept flying at the window and banging into it. It has a hard shell so is very noisy as well as unnerving!

Manda and Winnie are members. Dandi is "listening"...but the excuse many here give is: "My heart is not yet open" In many ways it is very descriptive and honest.

We think he maybe has felt the spirit and is a bit panicky, So Dad is taking some Jerky to share with him next week, and just going to make it "an establish friendship visit."