Enjoy this re-posting from the archives about how the rolling of my eyes in church one day led to tears in those same very eyes during the singing of a certain song. And I’m not one to cry-much. Originally written October 2010. So I’ve been honest about my church snobbery in the past {and all [...]
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Every ninety days, we have to prove it, and every 365 we have to pay for it. We have to photocopy stacks of paperwork and hand over stacks of cash. We have to assemble reports and meet with accountants and hope-like-mad for that stamp in five passports that says we can stay legally in the [...]
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I wrote in my last post that the video of Ava eating worms was my favorite video from our time in Thailand. I was wrong. This one is, quite possibly, much funnier, and I figured it would be a happy way to end my series on this past year. Thanks, again, for journeying with me [...]
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This year has marked each of us, uniquely. And I wonder, today, what my kids will say about their Thailand experience, thus far. I wonder if they’ll be excited to use “elephant riding” as a truth when they play “Two Truths and a Lie” at summer camp some day. I wonder if they’ll have hearts [...]
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We started this year with stars in our eyes– big plans to save the world and all that. We were stuffed-full of glossy-idealism and the dramatic-Following. And maybe I’m being too hard on myself, on us, but somehow, I don’t really think so. Because when the heat gets turned up, the true gold shines through– [...]
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How do you deal with culture shock? Good question, and I’m not sure I have the answers, but I do have some thoughts on handling the realities of culture shock through that critical first year in a new country. I wanted to talk about it, before I forgot about it – What are your thoughts/stories [...]
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As I continue with my short-series looking back over our first year here in Thailand, I can not escape the impact the people of this place have had on my own heart. I remember our first awkward evening with the girls and staff at Breanna’s House of Joy, and I remember the first time I [...]
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We Crappy Missionaries are coming up on our one-year anniversary of moving overseas. Yup, it’s been an entire year, already. And in an effort to personally process the past 12 months, I’ll be re-posting some of my favorite articles {or portions of them} from this last year during the next few days. For those of [...]
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The following post is my final writing for the IdeaCamp Conference on Orphan Care which is happening next weekend in Arkansas. If you will be attending, I pray the following encourages your discussions while there. If you’re not planning to go, I hope the following inspires you to embrace whatever shape service and love happen [...]
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Just in case you would prefer listening to reading, here’s a vlog I did while I was processing the Guy in the Orange Shirt post (above). Essentially, the same “confession,” just spoken outside a coffeeshop . . . Thanks for your grace as you’ve journeyed through this first year overseas right with me– mess and [...]
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If you have struggled or are struggling with depression {or discouragement}, I hope this post will be helpful, though it’s an admittedly longer one than usual. Please understand that I speak not as an expert of any kind, but merely as one who’s tasted the weighty dark depression/discouragement which can bring. And while I talk [...]
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ALifeOverseas.com / LauraParkerBlog.com.
My family is living overseas in Thailand, where my husband is directing a Christian Humanitarian Foundation. This blog is the honest recording of our journey– squatty potties and all. 
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Destined Traveler.
Mentoring Young Adults, Hosting Teams, Educating about Human Trafficking.