I just got back from a 7 day trip to Indonesia for one of my best friends weddings. Bekah is my oldest friend in the world and every minute of the trip was worth it, but it was tough.
It was hard to be in a place like Indonesia where poverty is so prevalent and terrible. American poverty is nothing compared to developing-country poverty. There is just no way to compare the two. It was hard to travel 32 hours straight to get there and the same home. It was hard to plan and execute a wedding in a different country, one where the majority of the people coordinating the wedding didn't speak Bahasa (Indonesian language). It was hard because the traffic is terrible in that country, and driving anywhere takes soooo long! It was hard because while we were there, Ramadan started, which meant that all the Muslims (about 80% of the population) were fasting while the sun was up, but were breaking fast before sunrise and after sunset. Traffic got even worse.
SO those are some of the reasons why it was hard, but like I said, it was just plain worth it. Bekah means the world to me, besides my wife, she is my best friend and she will always be one of the people I would die for. No matter what the circumstances, I will fly halfway around the world to be there for Bekah when she needs me. I also got some great international and travel experience, it was really fun and there were a lot of super memorable moments during the trip! :) Wouldn't trade it for the world.
I was talking to my bus driver on the way from Emeryville to San Francisco Airport and I told him where I was going and why I was going. He could not believe that my wife thought it was cool for me to travel to another country for the wedding of one of my childhood friends, who was a woman! He thought that it must have caused major fights or mistrust. I told him my wife was seriously that cool, and that we had also built our relationship on open and honest communication and trust. I have no problem with her meeting up with her guy friends and she doesn't have any issue with me being with my girl friends, We trust each other. I know that she loves me. I'm not worried, and she isn't either.
That is all I wanted to say today.
It was hard to be in a place like Indonesia where poverty is so prevalent and terrible. American poverty is nothing compared to developing-country poverty. There is just no way to compare the two. It was hard to travel 32 hours straight to get there and the same home. It was hard to plan and execute a wedding in a different country, one where the majority of the people coordinating the wedding didn't speak Bahasa (Indonesian language). It was hard because the traffic is terrible in that country, and driving anywhere takes soooo long! It was hard because while we were there, Ramadan started, which meant that all the Muslims (about 80% of the population) were fasting while the sun was up, but were breaking fast before sunrise and after sunset. Traffic got even worse.
SO those are some of the reasons why it was hard, but like I said, it was just plain worth it. Bekah means the world to me, besides my wife, she is my best friend and she will always be one of the people I would die for. No matter what the circumstances, I will fly halfway around the world to be there for Bekah when she needs me. I also got some great international and travel experience, it was really fun and there were a lot of super memorable moments during the trip! :) Wouldn't trade it for the world.
I was talking to my bus driver on the way from Emeryville to San Francisco Airport and I told him where I was going and why I was going. He could not believe that my wife thought it was cool for me to travel to another country for the wedding of one of my childhood friends, who was a woman! He thought that it must have caused major fights or mistrust. I told him my wife was seriously that cool, and that we had also built our relationship on open and honest communication and trust. I have no problem with her meeting up with her guy friends and she doesn't have any issue with me being with my girl friends, We trust each other. I know that she loves me. I'm not worried, and she isn't either.
That is all I wanted to say today.