“Language is power.” -Matt in a conversation about how vulnerable we feel because of our current language barrier “Be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry.” – book of James, Bible Thailand is teaching me to shut-up. Literally, when you can’t speak {very much of} the language, you quickly learn to [...]
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So, on a lighter note from my previous Help-Me-I-Might-Explode-Post, here’s a true account from my week . . . Just a few days ago, I was crammed into a sawng-taw on my way home from Thai Language Class. It was afternoon-tropics-hot. It was stop-and-go-after-school-traffic. It was too-many-cars-and-motorbikes-fumes. It was five-people-too-many-people-in-the-elevator. And I was practicing my [...]
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Forgive my quiet this week. In my continued clawing for balance, blogging has fallen lower on the list than my day has allowed. We are working on a new site for Breanna’s House, my computer has been running slower than Christmas, and we’ve had a little-boy birthday to celebrate. I promise I will jump back [...]
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Since internet at home is still playing hard to get, I don’t have time to respond personally to all the fantastic (and funny) comments on my earlier post labeling myself as a Crappy Missionary. Here are a few practical updates and responses: First off, thank you for your encouraging words! Really, I felt so supported [...]
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I have a tree in my Thai backyard that daily teaches me a lesson. I noticed it the first day in our house, towering high above all the other tropical greenery that makes up our outdoor living space. And every morning, this tree-teacher does the same thing—it drops its flowers. For about an hour starting [...]
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I wrote this at the end of the last two weeks struggling to set up life here in Thailand–renting a house, setting up accounts, figuring out grocery stores, buying household supplies, trying to get internet at the house (still no success). Most of the girls have been away on school holiday, so we haven’t had a chance to [...]
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I won’t lie, this has been the hardest thing our family has ever done. Hands down. The hardest thing we’ve ever done. And maybe that proves that we’ve lived a bit of a cake-walk life thus far, but this past week has been much tougher than we imagined while viewing it from the mountains of [...]
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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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