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Nug lives with his father and his mother. He is responsible for making beds, running errands and cleaning. His father is sometimes employed and his mother maintains the home.

For fun, Nug enjoys soccer and listening to music. He attends Bible class, youth group and camp regularly and is in middle school where his performance is average.

Your love and support will help Nug to receive the assistance he needs to develop his potential. Please pray for him.

Nug lives in the hillside community of Blondo Celong, home to approximately 1,000 residents. Typical houses are constructed of cement and have tile roofs. The primary ethnic group is Java and the most commonly spoken language is Javanese.

The regional diet consists of rice. Common health problems in this area include influenza and coughs. Most of the adults in Blondo Celong work as factory laborers and earn the equivalent of $56 per month. This community needs vocational training, scholastic materials and employment opportunities.

Your sponsorship allows the staff of Yosua Student Center to provide Nug with Bible teaching, health checkups, vitamins, health education, sports, leadership training, music classes and computer courses. The center staff will also provide meetings, fellowship and nutrition and hygiene education for the parents or guardians of Nug.

Indonesia consists of 17,000 islands along the equator between Australia and Asia. The larger islands have central mountain ranges and fertile plains and lowlands. The climate is tropical with a rainy season from October to April.

The country squeezes a population nearly the size of the United States into a landmass roughly triple the size of Texas; it has the fourth largest population in the world. Indonesia is also a diverse nation with many resources. More than 700 languages are spoken but the most common is Bahasa Indonesia. Islam claims 90 percent of Indonesians; however, Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism and animism are also practiced.

When Columbus sailed from Spain in 1492, he sought a new route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. The Portuguese arrived in the sixteenth century but in 1602 the Dutch began slowly gaining control of the islands. Following Japanese occupation during World War II, the country, led by Sukarno, proclaimed independence in 1945. Suharto ousted Sukarno in 1968 and held the presidency of the military-controlled republic until 1998, when a collapsing economy fueled riots and demands for reforms. In 2001, the country elected a female leader, President Megawati Sukarnoputri.