Suppose I wrote a novel about my awkward years in middle school during the neon-colored-nineties. Suppose I wrote about teased bangs and stirrup pants and those long shirts that you knotted at your thigh with some kind of plastic accessory that matched your alternating-colored- and -layered-socks. And suppose I dropped a few middle school terms [...]
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So I remembered a story this week– a story that took place about a billion minutes prior to this one. It happened in a dirt-floored home where wine was poured from pottery, where feet were washed and figs were dessert. It was a home that rivaled the southern-hospitality I know, though the guests probably sat [...]
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And, now, for some happy . . . I looked at my school schedule last week and noticed we were already on week 12. Combine that fact with the reality that we were all beginning to hate phonics workbooks and math facts, and our homeschooling took a “fall break” of sorts this week. We read [...]
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My husband’s not a schmoozer. He’s not one to say something for the purpose of inflating an ego, and he’s not one to walk-in-a-straight-line-and-follow-the-rules, either. He’s more of the envelope-pusher, hard question-asker, brutally-honest type-of-guy. He’s the person you want for a friend {if you want someone with the guts to call you on your crap}, [...]
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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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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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The following is a new page that will remain as a link at the top of the site. Just didn’t want ya to miss it . . . To my friends of varying faith journeys as well as to my church-going-friends, both kind enough to visit me (and Matt) here, I understand I often write a [...]
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Living in a foreign country serves you with constant reminders that you do not belong. Just this week, we spent four hours in the waiting room of the Thai immigration office. Four hours. Waiting. Vulnerable. Nervously offering paperwork to officials in hopes that our passports would be stamped worthy of remaining in their country for a year. [...]
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“Today {not in the future, a better mood, or an easier season}, if you hear His voice {stirrings, Divine ‘coincidinces,’ Truth}, do not harden your hearts {distract yourself, ignore My pursuit, turn away}, as you did in the rebellion {remember, the Israelites in the desert?}. Who were they who heard {had the chance to know and [...]
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So, we were playing pretend this week. Yes, really playing pretend with wagging baby-dogs and force-strong jedi-knights and visits from the princess who is also a horse-trainer. And the four of us were crowded around the coffee table, and my son was explaining what should happen next in the story–his version which included light sabers and lots [...]
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“Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen. Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the desert and paths in the wilderness.” {Isaiah 43:19} . . . and p.s., yes, that is, indeed, me saying “woo, doggie” on the above clip.
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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.
