From a Village in Simalungun
I visited Sonom, a nearby village of Salbe in 2008. I stopped for a cup of coffee across GKPS (Simalungun Prostestant Christian Church) Tigaras before I walked to Sonom.
The majority of people in Sonom come to GKPS Tigaras for Sunday service. The distance between Sonom and GKPS Tigaras is about 3 km. All of the villagers here are Christians, mostly member of GKPS.
I stayed for a night at a house of St. Sitio, an elder at GKPS Tigaras. He and his wife have 4 children and the youngest stayed with them who was still in his high school year in Sipintu Angin. I got there around 3:00 pm where mostly villagers were still working. I decided to go with St. Sitio’s wife to their coffee-garden just near their house. There, his wife and I spent around three hours to harvest ripe coffee-beans. Around 6:00 pm, we decided to go home after taking cassava-leaf and rimbang.
