We admit it– we’re Survivor fans. We’ve watched Boston Rob rise and fall and then rise again, we’ve rooted for firefighter Tom from New York, and we’ve rolled our eyes at evil-maniac Russell who burned people’s socks. And even though they’ve been recycling challenges for the past 10 seasons of the current 23 {really, how [...]
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Picture this — You’re grabbing a burrito at Chipotle’s {oh, don’t make me jealous} and the family at the table next to you unwraps food that could feed an army, sticks straws in cokes, and then grabs plastic spoons and sticks them on their chins. Yeah, you heard me– they stick spoons on their chins. [...]
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Anybody can have a good website. Anybody. And that includes missionaries and ministries and humanitarian efforts that want and need your money. And oftentimes, what you see IS what you get– honest efforts at helping others, effective means of sharing God’s love with a community whether it be in education or poverty reduction or leadership [...]
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Sweaty heads and dirty feet tumbled into the car after an evening last week at BHJ Girl’s Home in Thailand. And we waved goodbye out the window as the gate was closed behind us, and I asked my three kids in the backseat, “Well, did you have fun?” And, immediately, my son started in– “I didn’t [...]
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We were in our mid-twenties when we tasted utter failure in one of our first “ministry” jobs. It was a train-wreck on every level– landing our family of three into my parent’s basement with no money, no job, and a whole heckuvalot of hurt to muck through. Conflict sucks. Especially conflict in Christian ministry. And [...]
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“So the question is, when the credits roll in your life, are people going to think your story sucked?” – donmilleris.com There’s been a lot of talk about living a Good Story this past year. I’ve read Donald Miller’s A Million Miles in a Thousand Years {and loved it}, which has been a catalyst for [...]
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The following video is one we took in the downtown tourist area in Chiang Mai, Thailand, several weeks ago. There happened to be a street preacher there that night, shouting Bible verses Navy-SEAL-style, in ENGLISH, while several people handed out literature to the tourists and locals passing by. And we walked away, trying to be [...]
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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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And, now, for an admittedly heavier post {in conjunction with the upcoming Idea Camp: Orphan Care Conference}. The following is about human trafficking, child labor and how complicated these problems really are. Please know that I claim no ‘expert status’ on the issue . . . They walk the streets selling roses– flowers in the [...]
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The following is a post I’ve been thinking about for two weeks, but have been living out for a few months now. As we begin a New Year, I’ve read a lot from other blogs about choosing one word as a resolution of sorts for 2011. Alece is talking about it, and so is Nicole. [...]
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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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