As we live our life in this fallen world, we are exposed to all sort of "dangers". Danger brings different meaning and experience to each individual. But the danger which we fear the most are the ones we do not see until it is too late. No doubt satan brings good disguise until the victim slowly entrapped into sweet temptation. Each one of us have dreams. Our dreams somehow change along the course of life. Most of the members felt that perspective and dream change as we follow Christ. Dangers come in whether we know it or not. If we are not aware, dangers will destroy our dreams. The members believe the prominent danger that Christians are facing is danger of dream. Christians tend dare not to have big dream (big dream for spiritual work). This could be due to biblical values which have molded the perspective of each Christians. Martin Luther did have a big dream. There are five dangers to be explored: danger of loss, danger of sin, danger of freezing, danger of witdrawal and...
From sleepy Surabaya, we headed to Probolinggo, which was about 3-hour journey, plus the slow traffic. Just imagine the highway is a 2-way single lane with lots of lorries in front of you. The scam happened, as reported in LP, that travelers are often being left at random travel agents which eventually are being charged for exorbitant fares for bus tickets or travel packages. So we had no choice but to take up this particular travel agent's service. Initially just wanted to take the bus ride to Bromo; ended up took a huge package covering Bromo, Kawah Ijen, Borobudur, Prambanan and accomodation in Yogya. The price: 1.8 millions rupiah for two. Could be a good deal but believe the price can go even lower. Never mind the price but we didn't get to stay at the preferred place on top of the mountain (Cemoro Lawang). Instead we settled at Ngadisari which was about 3km before reaching Cemoro Lawang. That was an overnight stay before we woke up the next morning for the sunrise view in Bromo.
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