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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I’m typically quick to notice her faults, to comment about the not-so-great, to judge a motive I couldn’t possibly know. I’ve been one to walk away from a church service, complaining about the lead singer’s voice or the charisma of the pastor. I observe a ministry and then pick apart the ways it could be [...]
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This is a picture of my friend Kelley and I, taken a few weeks ago on her front porch. Our paths crossed in the small town of Colorado where my husband was the youth pastor to her boys. She writes, she works, and she literally asks the best questions of anyone I’ve ever met–ever, ever. [...]
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So today you get to hear from a missionary in Bolivia with the cutest dimples, ever. She’s an adoptive mom who’s logged years overseas already. She loves on children at the House of Dreams Orphanage and writes funny and honest on the super-fun, must-visit blog, The @. You can follow @ngie on Twitter, atangie. Un-commonality [...]
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Enjoy this re-posting from the archives about how the rolling of my eyes in church one day led to tears in those same very eyes during the singing of a certain song. And I’m not one to cry-much. Originally written October 2010. So I’ve been honest about my church snobbery in the past {and all [...]
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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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Yesterday, I posted some thoughts on what it means to have your failures on display. Here I tell a story where my airhead-self came into major play before an audience of Thai gas station attendants. Stick with it until the end to hear me talk about this quote from Andrew Murray which has been food [...]
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Vantage Point. Here at Life Overseas, I {might} try having a new, more consistent feature {greater emphasis on try, lesser emphasis on consistent}. Essentially, I will throw out a specific topic to another blogger/writer. We will both write about the same issue, from {literally} worlds apart. Then, we will both post each other’s article on [...]
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Post Disclaimer: Admittedly, any of us could walk away from a post like the following and want to argue. ”Isn’t this an ‘emergency,’ too? Do we all have to give our money away? Should you drive yourself into a state of emergency trying to solve the emergency?” I get it, I do. But, sometimes, I [...]
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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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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.
