Mission Blog of Chuck and Cheri Lambson

  Elder Lee invited us to go along with him for the closing a a water project nearby in Bogor. The project consisted of two small dams with catchments that were built on two nearby streams in the mountains above the kampong (neighborhood). Large pipes were run from the upper a catchments (the mother reservoirs) down to smaller containments like the one shown in the picture above. There were five of these containments constructed at various locations in the kampong. The small pipes you see exiting the containment distribute the water to houses and public restroom and washing facilities. The water must be boiled before drinking but it is much cleaner than the water the people have been using and they are very grateful to have this water. Previously they had been obtaining water from the streams that run through the neighborhood which had a lot of contamination, especially in the dry season when the flow is low. Some residents of the neighboring kampong came to the opening and asked Elder

  These are the last two bars of soap that we will buy on our mission. We will go home before these bars are used up. This picture is happy-sad because we are looking forward to being back in our home and our native land and able to spend time with our family, but also sad because we will miss Indonesia. We have grown to love being with our wonderful missionaries. About one third of them are from Indonesia, one third from the Philippines and one third from the US and Europe. They are all amazing and they make us happy just to be around them. We will also miss the people of Indonesia. They are among the friendliest and most helpful people in the world. We have made many friends here and renewed many old friendships. We are looking forward to our last 7 weeks here and plan to make the most of them. One of the amazing treasures of Indonesia is the diverse wildlife of the jungles. Our dear friends, Mike and Laurie Hoer are visiting Indonesia for a dive trip and they arranged to come to Sum