Elani and I were out at the well doing laundry when it happened. We were soaping and scrubbing, and talking 90 miles per hour, with our words bumping into and overlapping each other in our eagerness to talk in English with someone who can understand it …when it happened. Elani was telling me a profound…read more.

The tension was mounting. By Thursday morning, the students come to realization that tonight is the big night…tonight they take their weekly test. Having a strong desire to do well, they vanish into their rooms and pour over their books. Once in a while, one of them will appear to ask us how to pronounce…read more.

After worship this morning, the caretaker and his wife came over to visit. He had stopped coming to see us, and he had also stopped doing any work here at the training center. He mostly just works on his broom business now. We don’t know what happened, or why all the changes have occurred, but…read more.

Have you ever had a job that you dreaded doing? I certainly have! One of the strange things about living here in Karen land is that it is considered TERRIBLE for me to actually work. The Karen  think of white people as being better than themselves, and so they feel that it is wrong to…read more.

Emily sent this to me recently, and I enjoyed it so much that I thought that I would share it with you too. Kaw Thoo Lei is where Ben and now Emily work. Beforetimes, there were 2 places that my eyes had not seen, my ears had not heard, nor had entered into my heart…read more.

This morning Hannah and I are in the bedroom, she is playing with her toys, while I finish up my worship time and then pull out my computer for some writing. Roy is in the living room with the students and Elani, giving another bible study. The other day, we had a “family counsel” to…read more.

We certainly had a high weekend! Jon Wood brought our new JFA student missionaries with him to our place. Not only did we get to meet new friends, but we got to see the “big boss” again! We would have stayed up all night and talked, but our poor visitors were dealing with jet lag,…read more.

I was sleeping soundly, after getting home from my visa run, when I felt something crawling across my arm. I brushed it off, and went back to sleep. But, pretty soon, I felt something bite my arm! Now I was awake. After killing that biting thing, I felt another bite and another! Hannah was laying…read more.

Yesterday, Travis warned me that he had seen Hannah’s Father over at the church. So, when he showed up at our house very early this morning, I was not all that surprised. He comes to see Hannah sometimes. Each time he comes, he tells us that he will sign the papers, giving Hannah to us…read more.

Today I have a variety of things to tell you about, so I will start out with this. Just a little bit ago Bilay came to visit me. I can’t remember if I ever put what I wrote about him on my blog or not, but in case I didn’t, or if you have forgotten…read more.