October 14, 2022
We got up and out the door early on a Saturday morning for Jackson to try out baseball. We found his group and he joined right in. Everything was in Bahasa (the local language), but he managed and actually made a friend. While they waited in line for their turn to run, catch, or throw, they fooled around – giving each other High Fives and such.
After two hours in the heat and humidity and waiting for what seemed like forever for his turn, we finally headed out, unsure of whether we would return. We decided not to make a decision that day, as we were both feeling pretty worn out. We’ll go back one more time and decide if we are going to become a baseball family. Here, the sports go year-round. So, there is not a baseball season and then a soccer season. If we join, we are ‘all in’.
Hot and sweaty, we hopped into a taxi and went straight to a dumpling making class! (Well, Jackson sat in the other room playing video games while attended class.)
It was so much fun! We stuffed and rolled and folded each dumpling with loving care. We packaged ours to bring home and enjoyed the professionally made ones – hot out of the steamer. She had a variety of chicken, shrimp, and pork dumplings for us to sample – and lots of sauces too.
They lady giving the classes lived in the U.S. for a few years before returning to Indonesia. She was full of personality and shared her story of how she started and is now continuing to grow her business. We all left feeling good: with full tummies and the knowledge that we supported a female entrepreneur.
