Enjoy this revision of an earlier piece about hearing and following God, posted last year when discussions of our move to Thailand first began. We were sitting by a crackling fire on our back porch. There was a clear Colorado-sky overhead. It was November, I think, and we were talking of what it means to [...]
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Sometimes the holy enters in and catches you off guard. When you wished He would’ve shown up then, but didn’t, and so now you’re not in-faith-expectant, sometimes God comes down, anyway. And lays you low, as eyes look up. And dirty feet stumble onto holy ground. This evening was such a night. With our seven [...]
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Tuesday afternoon, I watched him lug the suitcase behind him down the stairs. The zippers were stretched from items crammed within and a blue light saber was tucked into the outside pocket. A knot formed in the pit of my stomach, and I knew the answer before I asked it. “Where ya going, buddy?” And [...]
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I’ve watched two men struggle to keep afloat. My little man, Cade, is barely a whole handful of years. Last week, we logged countless pool hours during our vacation to Pattaya in Southern Thailand. And Cade was determined to swim. In the deep end. He desperately wanted the freedom to be a contender in the [...]
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“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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Take it from someone who doesn’t have much of it right now, Community is more important than you think. Whether you call it family or sorority sisters or a small group, community is a tightly-knit team, maybe without the matching jerseys. Community means friends who know your Story and can hand it back to you [...]
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A Later Note: After I wrote this, I got to thinking that a post like this may communicate that you have it “easy” if you are called to stay in the same place, to develop roots and routines. Please know that I believe the planting is just as challenging (in different ways) as the moving. [...]
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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.
