Highlights: Happy Easter! I walked to the nearest church & sat through Easter service. Turns out it’s almost exclusively attended by North Sumatrans from the Lake Toba area. I didn’t expect churches to break down along ethnic lines so distinctly, but I guess there are several ways to explain how that’s a normal phenomenon here. Indonesia officially recognizes six religions: Christian, Catholic, Islam, Hindu, Buddha & Confucious. Christian churches here are somewhat non-denominational. When I asked what branch of Christianity, I got blank stares. Just Christian. Lutheran, Episcopalian, Calvinist, Methodist, Mormon, Baptist, Orthodox, Pentacostal, Anglican, Christian Science, Jehovas Witness, etc… (there are over 1,000 denominations in North America alone); they have no idea what the difference is. Christian is Christian here, which is different from Catholic.
(insert Easter video + pics) [3]

After church, I had lunch in a warung on the side of the road in Cipete Selatan (my district in South Jakarta) as I was walking home. I sat for about an hour, talking to an interested group of kids about America; describing some of the similarities and differences. The group kept growing over time. Ha ha.
(insert video & pics of Warung in Cipete) [3]

After lunch, I met up with some Betawi friends from the other day, and invited them to play pool for a few hours at Citos.

When I got home, Vita came over & asked if I would help her with her English homework. (= happy to help.