Things you might see on Bali...

Things you might see on Bali...

Volcanoes.  This one last erupted in 2006.  Ash, lava flow, death and destruction.

Alice letting her dad put his arm around her 

(believe me, this is unusual--she's touchy about her shoulders).

Pigs going to market in little wire cages.  How did they get them in there???

Roadside Hindu sculptures

Palm trees, mountains, and cute huts and wires.

Sidewalks that are even worse than what we deal with in China.

Street markets.

LDS hymnbooks in Bahasa, the main language of Indonesia.

The Davis and Bailey families at church at the Bali Branch.

The Bali branch meeting room, after meetings are over and chairs put away, and everyone just wants to talk to everyone and find out "why are you here in Bali?"

One family is French--here for the Green School.

The branch president is Taiwanese.

One family is Australian.

The rest are Balinese, and typically, joined the Church elsewhere.

And us, of course!

Additional note:  The mission president was visiting from Jakarta, Indonesia.  He currently has 96 missionaries but would like many more.  Apparently, there is some difficulty getting visas for missionaries, perhaps because of the dominance of Islam in Indonesia. 

So currently, there are no LDS missionaries serving on Bali. 

We also met several senior couples who are serving in Indonesia (proselyting as well as humanitarian missions).  Very interesting experiences!