In 1997 there was financial meltdown in Asia that led to the collapse of the Indonesian economy. One of the results of this was that many large projects that were being built went into bankruptcy. After 10 years these sit throughout Jakarta as rusting monuments to that period. This is one we drive past regularly. Another one is a huge shopping center/apartment complex that is just down the street from our apartment building.

As we were getting into the car at the grocery store, I noticed this scene. Surrounded by high rise buildings and a very modern super market, sits this old house with part of it’s roof missing. It is not an abandoned building but is obviously a home to one or a number of families. This is so Jakarta. New and old – rich and poor – just steps apart – sharing the landscape.

If you have been following this blog, you are familiar with our new neighbors by the chapel.  We are hoping that it will be finished before we leave Indonesia. It will be interesting to see what it is going to be and look like.