The recent discussion we had here about the brutal cycle of hope and disappointment had me nodding my head as the conversation developed about dreams and the eventual crash-and-burning of those very ideals. And this early morning light finds me watching the farmers begin the process of harvesting the rice. Over the big white wall that [...]
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Today was a “Go Home Day.” Matt and I have grown to classify some days this way because there are days, sometimes entire weeks, when we’d much rather just go home– back to our community, our culture, our families, our life. And maybe it’s because we haven’t hit even the two-year mark of living overseas, [...]
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This week is going to be self-proclaimed “Human Trafficking Awareness Week” at aLifeOverseas.com . I have several posts coming your way about the issue of trafficking and modern day slavery, along with ways that you can {really} help. Be sure to stop back by and check it out. So perhaps you care deeply about social [...]
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My authentic-to-the-core husband hates praying aloud in groups so much that he typically won’t do it. Oh, he’ll sit there quietly and have epic conversations with God in his head, but you’ll seldom find him piping up and popcorn-praying-it. He thinks his talks with God are personal, and he’d just prefer to keep them that [...]
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My husband is an inspirational leader– an Inspirational Leader. And when he worked as a student pastor, he challenged kids with Jesus-living time and again. And this week as we were looking through some old kid-videos, we found these clips from a message he gave once at the local high school during a global awareness [...]
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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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Remember when we posted about the little girl from Burma who needed corrective surgery? Thanks to the generous giving of people in the states, the support of Joy to the World Foundation, and the practical service of our staff here, who sat and interpreted for the child’s aunt at the Thai hospital, Sanglee’s surgery was [...]
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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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Thanks to all who entered last week’s giveaway. Matt randomly selected numbers which I had already assigned to facebook friends, subscribers, and twitter peeps who left a comment. The winners are: #38 Prinya T. #197 Sara E. H. #403 {subscriber} “minismama” {email address} Let me know your mailing address via email {lauraleighparker@gmail.com} or facebook, and I’ll [...]
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The greatest wedding I ever attended was of two people that were already married. Not kidding. We had some 40-something neighbors a few years back who had gotten married young and fast. A baby was on the way and so the Catholic wedding was sidestepped by a quick trip to a local judge. And 12 [...]
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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.
