Writing at the Narita lounge during our 5-hour layover back to the states. Long travels and time to mull over the 2 weeks we were in Bali. Christmas morning we had a very productive meeting with our Yayasan Board, discussing some exciting future projects. It will be good to be home, back [...]
Archive for December, 2008
Homeward Bound
Posted in Uncategorized on December 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Practitioners
Posted in Uncategorized on December 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here are some action shots of the practitioners who came to Bali. Everyone took the GAHP continuing education classes, raised funds for their own airfare, solicited donations for supplies, and put in a whole-hearted effort to bring their compassionate care to the people of Bali:
Up Again, Down Again, Getting Stronger
Posted in Uncategorized on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
We are learning more background information to our situation. We have recieved great support from the Yayasan members. We have had amazing meetings with brilliant people, all trying to help us meet our mission. While this trip will not bring us back into the field, we are growing stronger as an organization. If we can [...]
Hopeful
Posted in Uncategorized on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Back to Sanur for a lunch time meeting. An appeal is being made on our behalf by our yayasan. We are hopeful that we might be able to start up again. If we can, we will go out as one group and try to maximize our time. We are planning a day [...]
The Model
Posted in Uncategorized on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
So while we are here working on paperwork, I have a little time to write about the model we are using here in Bali as our treatment delivery. Which is a formal way of saying: how in the world can we treat 200+ people in a day effectively, compassionately and efficiently with 2-4 practitioners!
Last year [...]
Waiting
Posted in Uncategorized on December 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Frank, Dan and I are holed up at Candidasa (pronounced Chandidasa) trying to figure our our options. It is the weekend so no paperwork can go through. We have been told that Jakarta is notoriously slow with such things and that our chances of expediting our paperwork through is slim. Team members [...]
Halted
Posted in Uncategorized on December 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Surprising news from Denpasar (the capital and government seat in Bali): we have been asked to temporarily stop our outreach sites. We received news from Frank as he met with officials to discuss our project. There is additional paperwork we need to process through Denpasar and Jakarta before we can proceed. Dan and [...]
Treatment Day
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Start Up
It was an early morning start to load up the vans. We just had time for a group shot before Dan’s team headed off to Karagasam (north-east of Bali).
It felt strangely lonely to have ½ of the group gone, but we soon my team was loaded up too and heading north to Badung, [...]
Preparations
Posted in Uncategorized on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s been a while since I’ve had internet connection so I will catch up on the last few days
We all arrived in Sanur in ones and twos over three days or so. David and Janine Thomas, who live here in Bali are helping us a great deal. David and I made several trips [...]
On The Ground
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Getting my Bali-feet back. Hot, but not too bad. some rain but nothing like the downpours of last year. still working out the kinks of how to access the internet. so far have treated the families of some of the people here who are doing outreach. Our GAHP team are [...]
