Indinsian adventure coming to a close....

Well, we r winding down our month long Indonesia extravaganza and have one night left. It has been quite a journey full of fun, culture, friends, illnesses, and rice. We are anxious to get back home and eat some real food, and I don't care to taste rice again for at least a year! But needless to say it has been a grand adventure. We are dreading our 39 hour flight home, but are looking forward to the outcome. Thank you all for your prayers and continued support. We will post some pictures of our adventures after we sleep for a couple of days and readjust to the time difference:).
Blessings to all
we are out of here!
Autumn and nick

Favorite quotes from Indonesia

Here are some of our most favorite quotes from our trip:
(while stopped at a road block late at night)
"why do we have to pay here? Is it for the government?" asks autumn " no it is for the Mafia.... Our government doesn't dare try and stop them," says christopher.

"look at this scorpian I found down In the hotels garden!" Stephen

"we were looking for the neighbors chicken because it was missing, then the next day we found a python in their house that was fat. We cut itopen and found the chicken!". Victor

" I recently found two poisiones snakes in our house, I had to kill them." Victor

"if the cloud is wide- it rain all day.". Victor

"sorry it took me so long the streets are flooded.". Victor

"we no go to orphanage today, to dangerous, streets are under water" victor

We were going to pay for victor to come see the temple with us and he said, "I no pay, I am a local."

Victor is there a restroom I can use?(autumn) victor-" uhhm go follow her and take this (a flash light). I was led to a local style bathroom that has a hole in the ground.

indonesian hospital anyone?

Well .... A couple of days ago we decided we needed another adventure. On our way to breakfast on Saturday morning I (autumn) fell down the staires outside of our hotel and twisted yet again my bad ankle! My ankle instantly swelled up 4 times it's normal size and turned blue. Nick gathered me into his arms and took me back into our room. I layer there in intense agony with ice on it for an hour before Nicholas made the executive decision that we were going to the hospital. Now normally this is a comforting thought....but here in Bali I was not to thrilled with the idea as we pulled up to a dark, dirty small building. I was wheeled into their "emergency" room which is no bigger than a standard sized kitchen with 6 beds crammed close together with a blue cloth hanging to seperate the patients. I was ushered to the farthest bed as they took their hand along the top to brush it off from. The previous person and turn the pillow over(I wonder how many times it had been turned over and over before I got there). The doc came and pushed and pulled and tweaked my ankle asking in a different language if that hurt, as each time he did it, it sent nausia coarsing thru my body and I was blacking in and out from
the intense pain . The doc decides he needs an Xray and I am wheeled down many hallways past numerous locals laying in the halls with tubes and IVs sitting in their laps, to then sit in my rickity wheel chair in line behind 3 others and wait for my turn to get an xray. When my time comes I am wheeled into a cellar sized cement bare room
with an old as can be contraption that is apparantly the xray machine. I am to get on the table and hold still as they not so graciously twist and pull My ankle to get the right angle. Two xrays later and nausia still very present we wait a few minutes as they hand us the xray and we head back thru the maze of sick people passing by the other line of doctors gloves drying in the sun(nondisposable) back to the first too
. They swipe off the bloody gozz pads from this next bed and motion for me to get up there. Thankfully Nicholas has gotten to be with me the entire time( even in the xray--no protective xray coat provided to either of us) and he hoists me onto the soiled bed. The doc looks at the xray and says no broken bones probably ruptured many tendons. He gives me medicine(which I have yet to take for fear of what it is) a d they wrap my ankle tight and say start walking soon and u will be fine. So having just did this injury to this same ankle in septem we I know to not keep it wrapped and to stay off it and ice it.
Nicholas is then directed by a nurse to go pay as I try and not lay on the soiled bed but can not help it. 20 min later Nicholas comes back with mymeds and the best part was it only cost $66 without insurance!!
So having now been to a third world countries hospital (which i do not recommend) I am able to write in and check off one more thing from my "bucket list."
All is well now... I am limping around like a professional(as there is no such thing as crutches here) and am relaxing by the pool as our few remaining days here end...

Yikes stripes fruit stripe gum

Official monkey encounter! Humdreds of em. Even one that bared teeth within bite range of autumn. And yes amber, we got one in the backpack. Pictures soon will substantiate. Headed today from ubud to n bali in lovina. Miss you all

Endless summer II

Fried and by fried I mean fried rock hard chicken
Giant albino spiders
100 plus degrees
Humidity you have never experienced
Cheap taxi's
Good prices
Beautiful scenery
Sun tanning
mosquito nets
Bahasa Indonesia (language)
Open air everything
Crowded streets
Crazy but skillful drivers
Vendors everywhere
Taxi's honking at you constantly
Exotic flowers
Monkeys
Loudest thunder u ever heard
When it rains it really pours!
Muslim call to pray over loud speaker @5am and5pm
Many islands
Friendly locals.....

Moving on

Well friends,
Nicholas has survived his first and hopefully last bout of food poisoning! It was a tough last few days for him but the good lord has spared him and he is up and running!! We had to move to a new hotel yesterday and we were knot such huge fans of our new one so we are on the move again. We have wondered around Luda which is tourist capital and are ready to get back to the locals. All is well here we have ten days left and are getting ready to travel to some other islands. We will write more later. Thank you for the prayers for Nicholas. Blessings from the toasty roasty Bali beach.

Sun and sand and snooze and swimming pool and ssage(massage) in sanur. It's officially holiday!

Monsoons arive

Dear friends and family,
We greet you from a rainy(and by rainy, I mean torrential down poor, flooding rain) in Indonesia. We woke up to pouring down buckets of rain and had to reschedule our events for the day, as victor said the road to the orphanage is flooded and that would be to dangerous... We agreed and gladly went along with plan b of checking into our new cottage and relaxing for the day. It has been an adventure filled first week already where we taught in the primary school, Nicholas did a number
of preaching engagements, from teaching at their theology school, two church services, Sunday school and we have had some great conversations with the locals.
I got sick the second day we arrived(wouldn't you guess that) but I am starti g to feel a bit better and stronger each day...please keep the prayers going, and thank you for them (thanks amber for the Med advice)
the culture is so very different and very interesting to just sit back and watch. We have been learning bahasa Indonesia and between Nicholas saying the few words we know and me listening and trying to decipher what we are being told we are making progress. Every he in Bali has a Hindu temple. These range from a bamboo shelf with idols to a large intricately carved stone structure. They make offerings each day . For the muslms on the isla d there are calls to prayer over loud speakers. In contrast to this, yesterday we saw where the tourists stay... A segment of the island which is gated and guarded. A true border crossing experience.
Humidity is high like someone left a scalding shower running all day.
More later.
Love,
The Morgans

Live: Calvary Chapel bali

Well, we are here writing from Calvary Chapel Bali. We are enjoying our trip and had the opportunity today to speak to the theological school which meets here. There were pastors from around Bali, Lombok, and Java. Autumn and I attempted, also, to entertain the preschoolers and kindergartners with an english lesson. "vaccum, speaker, mp4 player, and microwave" were all vocab today. Headed out now to Kuta with Victor and his wife. We miss you all and love you lots.
From Indo,
Nick and Autumn

Chillin in Hong Kong

We are currently sitting in the airport in Hong Kong. We have been traveling for 28 hrs and have a 3 hour lay over here and then a six plus hour flight into Bali. We are running on a couple of hrs of cramped sleep, sitting up none the less, but are doing well. We were pleasantly surprised that our flight allowed for each passenger to have there own tv screen with unlimited shows and movies! In LA we spent 3 hrs walking around and exploring a strip of there down town trying to kill the 6 hour lay over. Where ever we land we just start walking and walk as long as we can as we know we will soon again be crammed into a plane for many hrs. Currently we are 13 hrs ahead of boise Idaho. Which makes it a bit odd... We are ready for dinner yet breakfast is all you can find. :)
We have been loving the different cultures and are trying to adjust to the already very humid temps. We have seen Gods many blessings for us through the first part of our journey already. This is all for now... Sorry if it made little sense as we are pretty exhausted. We will write next from Indonesia! Thank you for the prayers. Much love from the other side of the world!

The day is here! (4/13/10)

We finally have our bags packed, my survival food sorted and stored through out our bags and our plane tickets printed off! We leave tomorrow at 3:45pm and will fly to LA for a 5+ layover to then board the plane and fly to Hong Kong! From Hong Kong we will fly to Bali and will arrive Thursday mid day. After 28 hours of travel, it will be quite a time of adjusting as Bali is 15 hours ahead of Idaho, not to mention the culture shock.
I have posted a couple of pictures to the left of the lovely hotel we will be staying at for the first week, while working with Victor (Calvary Chapel Boise). We have an exciting first week filled with, orphanage visits, teaching preschoolers bible songs in English, to Nicholas preaching to many different types of groups; from their youth group to their bible study groups to Church and Sunday school. Please pray for the messages that Nicholas will deliver, as we are very excited to see God work. Thank you for your continued prayers, and my next post will be from Indonesia!

T minus 10 days--destination Indonesia

We have just returned from our crazy and fun road trip to and from Arizona. We had a blast visiting with Omy and GG (Nicholas' grandparents), Yuri and his new GF (wonderful old friends), Amanda and Austin (more great friends), and were able to spend a full week with Amber, Adam and Carson! We enjoyed the 85 degree weather that provided pool time, desert hiking and sun burns. It was hard to say goodbye to the Starks, but we had to begin our long journey back up North. Camping out in the back of our Jeep is our new favorite Hotel and very cost effective!
We have returned to Boise to begin crossing off our lists of strategic packing that is needed for our month long trip to Indonesia. We leave on April 13th and will return on May 7th. We hope to post updated news and pictures while we are there, so keep an eye out for our new blogs, and we would love to hear from you while we are overseas.

Our Adventures to come...

The year of 2010 holds many exciting adventures in store for us and we wanted to share them with you. To give you an overview of what crazy and fun times we have in front of us, continue on reading...

To begin our year off right, we plan to pack all our belongings into a storage unit and live out the Jeep and our backpacks for the next 8 months! In between our many great travels we will be crashing on peoples couches, and may come knocking at your door...
*In March we will begin a road trip heading south going where ever the wind leads. We will end up in Arizona for Autumns birthday, and spend time with family over their spring break. We will then take our time coming back up north all the while playing our "Learning the Indonesian Language" CD in the car, as we will be traveling to Indonesia in April for a full month! We are honored to be able to be doing missions work for Mission Ready as well as trying to catch a few great surfs! We will head home in May and have plenty of time to debrief on our 30+ hour flight home. (fewf- talk about jet leg!)
*Our turn has come up in the Morgans Mexico rotation, and will head with Bob and Cori to Mazatlan Mexico for two weeks in July. We are excited to do some deep sea fishing, and take in the culture once again. The last time we were there, was four years ago when Nicholas popped the question on the moon lit beach.(Romantic- I know:)
*We will then return well rested(so we hope) and have two weeks to gather our things together and once again stuff all we can in our backpacks and head to Ghana Africa. We will be going at the first of August for two weeks. We will be going to continue building Mission Ready Africa, and to help initiate a Biblical Training Institute in a small village.
*When we return from Africa we will pile ourselves into our Jeep and head back up North to Moscow Idaho where Nicholas will begin Law School at the University of Idaho!
We are very excited for the many adventures in store for us during these next 7-8 months and appreciate any and all your prayers along with any encouraging words you want to post.
We hope to update our blog during each of our International tours, with pictures and stories, so keep posted for more to come!