This past week has been really slow, since I sprained my ankle pretty bad and cannot get around much.( I left my crutches in America) But, today my loving family decided to liven things up a bit! We had company today, which was nice except that I can’t understand much of what they say, so…read more.

Have you ever noticed that when you feel called by God to do something special for Him, things can get rather difficult? Well, that is how this week has been so far…which makes me think that maybe we are on the right track! I came back from Cambodia very enthusiastic about a new project that…read more.

I rolled over, reluctant to rise from my resting place. The frigid air pressed in around me, and I pulled the blanket tighter around me trying to get some warmth. Thoughts of what  I really should be doing  sauntered through my brain, but the cold banished them as fast as they came. Never in Cambodia…read more.

Khone was sitting beside me on the bus, but I could tell from the green expression on her face that she was not enjoying the trip as much as one would wish. I thought that Khen was doing better sitting behind me, but at the first rest stop, she bolted out of the bus and…read more.

My computer calendar tells me that it is almost Christmas time. Somehow, that seems a little strange to me in this climate. But, I did put on some Christmas music so that I could try to feel festive while I write. Now if you know me well, you know that I don’t really do the…read more.

Ben arrived safely home today! Everyone was so excited to see him. He made it safely all the way across the world to our little spot on planet earth, but not without incident. As a parting present, his wallet was stolen in Los Angeles, leaving him with no money, no debit cards or any other…read more.

About a year after Ben first came to Asia, I was talking to him on the phone, and he asked me what I thought of some of the things that were happening in the news. I told him that I had not thought about it, but it didn’t look like that big of a deal,…read more.

It is always amazing to me how God works. Last week was a really hard week, to say the least. But, for some unknown reason, the noise has stopped at night completely,(that is until I began writing, and now it started in again) and only occasionally during the day do we have to hear that…read more.

Last night, we were all getting sleepy. The kids were finally tucked into bed, and we were just thinking of settling down for the night, when from out of the darkness came LOUD rock music, driving all thought of sleep from our minds. Soon, we could hear motor bikes driving down the new road right…read more.

We had a blustery, 80 degree Thanksgiving. We had not had wind for a long time, but it couldn’t have come at a better time since I spent my day trying to put together something special for our Thanksgiving meal. Maybe you cooks out there can sympathize with me. I had only onions, garlic, tumeric,…read more.