http://www.lauraleighparker.com Life Overseas {a missionary blogs of life in Asia} Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:05:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/88ea54a0b2c7b923e211db41c950105b.png?s=48 http://www.lauraleighparker.com http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/10/on-how-much-we-absolutely-miss-from-the-bible/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/10/on-how-much-we-absolutely-miss-from-the-bible/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:01:10 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=5578 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 [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/10/on-how-much-we-absolutely-miss-from-the-bible/feed/ 13 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/10/better-relationship-with-children/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/10/better-relationship-with-children/#comments Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:01:05 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=5568 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 [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/10/better-relationship-with-children/feed/ 11 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/10/bible-verse-rap/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/10/bible-verse-rap/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 03:08:15 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=5556 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 [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/10/bible-verse-rap/feed/ 11 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/04/god-work/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/04/god-work/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:59:26 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=4628 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}, [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/04/god-work/feed/ 33 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/02/role-of-missionary/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/02/role-of-missionary/#comments Thu, 17 Feb 2011 08:17:09 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=4112 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 [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2011/02/role-of-missionary/feed/ 44 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/12/not-to-cynical/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/12/not-to-cynical/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:53:34 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=3570 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. [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/12/not-to-cynical/feed/ 40 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/08/not-sellin-jesus/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/08/not-sellin-jesus/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 05:47:52 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=2074 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 [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/08/not-sellin-jesus/feed/ 18 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/07/stranger/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/07/stranger/#comments Fri, 02 Jul 2010 18:17:38 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=1768 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. [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/07/stranger/feed/ 7 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/06/today-in-the-desert/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/06/today-in-the-desert/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 04:00:04 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=1616 “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 [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/06/today-in-the-desert/feed/ 2 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/06/but-im-not-the-star/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/06/but-im-not-the-star/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:10:29 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=1577 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 [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/06/but-im-not-the-star/feed/ 2 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/06/brick-by-brick-building-a-road/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/06/brick-by-brick-building-a-road/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:45:36 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=1466 “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.]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/06/brick-by-brick-building-a-road/feed/ 5 http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/05/red-light-wallowing/ http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/05/red-light-wallowing/#comments Tue, 25 May 2010 19:06:12 +0000 Laura http://www.lauraleighparker.com/?p=1382 There’s a red light blinking in our house that makes me want to scream.  It’s nearly always been blinking, and despite daily phone calls and accumulated hours on hold and confusing conversations with technicians, red it stays.  It’s the light on the modem which indicates if we have access to the Internet at our house, [...]]]> http://www.lauraleighparker.com/2010/05/red-light-wallowing/feed/ 7