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In Indonesia there is a certain type of bananas that are particularly delicious. Most Indonesians call them "pisang Ambon" or Ambon bananas. And that is where my travels take me today.

What a delight for me to bite into one of them for lunch today. Just they way God meant them to be: tree ripe! (No, Joy, you wouldn't like them).

This week, I am teaching a class on Biblical leadership at Maluku Bible School, Kate-kate, Ambon. You will have to look real hard to find Ambon on the map. It's a small island in the eastern part of Indonesia. Used to be the center of spice trade in the 17 and 18th century. Now it's just one of the 17,000 islands of the Indonesian archipelago.

What makes this particular bunch of bananas and this particular village special is that it is the place my parents and I first resided in Indonesia, almost 48 years ago.

The table where these bananas were served to me is in the house where Mom, Dad, my sister and I lived. The house is much nicer now, but what memories.

What is even more fulfilling is the fact that the campus where we first lived is still a thriving Bible school. And I have the privilege of being here teaching leadership to 22 Indonesian ministers.

Thanks for the heritage and the memories, Mom and Dad!

Last update: 06-02-2008 07:32