Have you ever been ashamed to be an American? Or just to have white skin? I have. Travis and I are in Lao again for our “evil” visa run, and we found out that we are going to be stuck here for 2 more days since the embassy chose this very day to have a…read more.

An intense pain shot through my back as I tried to sit up this morning. Oh NO! Not again. I have had problems with my back for a long time, but over here there are not any chiropractors to go to, so a bad back is a bit more unwelcome. Roy went out and had…read more.

1. Mosquito bites that itch are very likely to make us cry. We have them distributed evenly all over our bodies, and they itch like crazy! (especially the ones centered in the middle of our backs) 2. Language mistakes- is Hannah ripe, or sleeping? These two words sound the same in Karen to us! 3.…read more.

“A righteous man reguardeth the life (and name???) of his beast.” Proverbs 12:10 We are supposed to do what? Well, I called this family counsel to name the cat. Name the cat???? Don’t we just call it “cat”, questioned Ethadahl? Well no, I said, if we are going to have a cat, it should have…read more.

I am not sure which boy came up with the idea first. But  there seems to be an absence of good peanut butter in Asia, and we really like peanut butter! So, one of the boys started experimenting, or maybe both Jason and Andrew did it separately, but anyway, they both told me that they…read more.

This morning a truck loaded down with supplies for our new kitchen arrived in front of our bridge. This event evoked an immediate response from our enthusiastic students. Everyone rushed to help, including our wonderful Karen teacher, Pearl. The first thing to be unloaded was the steel for the roof structure. Kentegee went to grab…read more.

We got a call last night asking us to come to the check station and pick up our newest students! We had thought that they decided not to come, but they did come after all. We now have two BOYS! Travis was really happy about that since all of our students were girls so far.…read more.

Ever since I got Hannah, I have had troubles with her throwing tantrums. At first, I would be able to calm her down pretty rapidly, with either a correction, or singing to her, or praying with her. But, about a month ago she started having more determined tantrums, especially during worship time. This has taxed…read more.

It all started the night Jason left to go back up to his school. I was innocently sleeping, when I awoke to a disturbing sensation in my tummy region, telling me that I had better make a mad dash to the outhouse. I had been feeling pretty tired for a couple of days, but not…read more.

You know those tiny little critters with the irritating hum? Well, we have them in abundance here. Not as many as you might think, but a lot more menacing! I am learning quite a bit about these nasty characters. They come in three different varieties… that I have heard of at least. First, there are…read more.