I woke up early this morning, and headed across the property to the outhouse. As I made my way through the living room, I noticed that all but one of the mosquito nets had been put away for the day, and the inhabitants were gone. I guess my idea of early and theirs are two…read more.

This morning, when I went to get my three little buns to eat for breakfast, I found them crawling with little ants. They had obviously been working at eating my breakfast for several hours, judging from the holes they had already chewed in my bread. Findings like this are not unusual here in Thailand, but…read more.

That is right…Roy flew in late last night. We have not told the kids that he is here yet, we thought that they might like a little surprise. Hannah for one is really looking forward to seeing her Daddy again. One day, she was talking very earnestly with me and told me that when Daddy…read more.

 I was putting Hannah to sleep in the house, while the boys finished up worship with the older children. The waterfall was making a pleasant gurgling sound, while jungle bugs sang their good night songs. I could hear the babble of the children’s voices as they finished worship out at the classroom. Their voices began…read more.

It had been a pretty hard day. I had been bitten by two little “ants” as people call them here. I quickly found out that I was allergic to these little critters, and had spent the day working hard while trying to nurse my wrist and elbow that were swollen to several times their normal…read more.

Having 7 kids to call my own is a little overwhelming at times. My little Ahmesow is the hardest at this point. Try to imagine having a  new little seven year old boy, who was never expected to do anything he didn’t want to do before. He spent his time watching violent movies, eating, sleeping…read more.

This past week has been a challenge to say the least. Each time we get new students, there is an adjustment time, especially since most of these kids have never had to follow  hard and fast rules. The five new students were no exception, other than maybe they were more traumatized than most. When they…read more.

This is one of those articles that I am a bit reluctant to write, since I don’t want anyone to get the idea that I am complaining or begging for money. I promise you that I will never do that. But, in order to give you an accurate picture of life in the jungle, I…read more.

On Friday, we were invited to a baptism and a wedding. It was all very nice, and the bride and groom were married successfully. I was sitting innocently in my chair, trying to decide how to tell when we should head on home, when they brought out a HUGE ice cream container. We are not…read more.