After Bali I had a 5 days left on my indonesian visa so I had already decided to pop up to Jakarta. I had spent two months living and working in Jakarta with an outreach team from Ywam New Zealand. So I have made a load of friends living and serving God up in this city so having the opportunity to go back and join with them again was amazing.
It all started at the airport playing hide and seek with Alex who had come to find me and help me get into the city. So after he found me hiding in a tree in the airport we them began are adventures into the city. Last time I was living in jakarta I was living in an apartment with my friends from ywam so this time I wanted to try out the tourist hub in the center of the city and see what it is like as a tourist. So I managed to find a cheap sleep at a good $10 with a bed & fan so all was looking good.
So myself and alex sat down and wrote out all the names of the people who I was going to try and find in the city and catch up with them and see whats happening in their lives. So we had 17 people who I was gonna go looking for in 2-3 days. So a heavy task and a bonkers city full of 16 million people.
But these few days I had there left me feeling so encouraged and blessed. These christians in Jakarta are just top draw material. Ive learnt so much from being with them and spending time with them. They are so unselfish and will do anything for you, they are so determined in everything and are fighters. They made me feel so welcome and looked after me so well. The passion and enthusiasm is admirable and so contagious the may they fearlessly give up everything to serve the God whom they love.
I got to join the Central Local team during one of their care groups as they were hanging out, worshiped, taught and encouraged each other. Also I got join with Sasha and her ICCJ home group in their church. Myself, Alex & Sasha went back to Suropati park to hang out with all the musicians, artists & the homeless dudes. I'll never forget that moment sleeping in the middle of the city on concrete wall listening to the saxophone echo around the city at 5am while the city is sleeping one of the best moments of my life seriously.
We got to teach some street kids English while one of the girls treated them to KFC aswell.
I got to go back to Cinema and chat to some homosexual prostitutes friends that we made last time we were there and Myself and alex even got to pray with one of them who was having a rough time and was running away from his past and had fled to the city to get away and having nothing here in jakarta no money, friends, home had turned to prostitution to survive. We also got to meet with Rudy a former Prostitute who had become a christian 7 months ago and had got baptized while we were in the city. He had many testimonies of what God had been doing in his life protecting and providing for him. He was electric and so happy and filled with joy. I didn't get one word in 2 hours as he talked constantly about what great things are happening with him.
I also got to renew my relationship with Nasi, Sate & the most beautiful J-Co.
Jakarta what a place, im defiantly attached to the city, getting back there walking the streets which I spent so much time and the group of friends which I have there and there friendship which ive been able to continue because of this super internet thing the worlds got going. I cant wait for my next trip there but hopefully some of them will come see me wherever I am aswell.
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