Last year we were ridiculously late sending out a Christmas letter. This year we got organized early, just for fun. (This organization has not so far extended to decorating, …
Life in Laos
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We spent the day at a waterfall yesterday. Between you and me I wanted to spend a nice relaxing Sunday sitting in front of the television and eating Thai biscuits …
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I’m blogging today on a new site I’ll be posting on once a month. aLifeOverseas is a space for honest reflection, conversation, and connection for missionaries and humanitarian workers living …
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Heya, Dominic here. Mama’s too busy to write to you all right now – she said something about Florence Nightingale duty, a lot of consulting work, and a whole bunch …
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On Wednesday night we bundled Baby Fabulous into his PJs and took him out in the stroller for the evening. It was the end of Buddhist lent, an annual full-moon …
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Often when I go quiet it’s because things are not going so well, but these last couple of weeks it’s been the opposite. Things are starting to go better. Here …
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It’s boat racing day here in Luang Prabang and all is beery, cheery chaos out on the streets. Boat racing day is sort of a fair cum rowing festival. The …
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[This post was inspired by my friend, Jenn LeBow’s series on mercy. This week, she asked people to write about “What Mercy Isn’t.” Follow this link to read more posts …
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Dominic’s latest trick is to waddle over to the shoe basket, dig until he finds a tiny shoe, and then carry it over and drop it in front of me. …
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My mother has been here in Laos for two weeks now helping out with Dominic and saving my sanity (or, at the very least, forestalling a complete breakdown). With Mike …
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We traveled back to Laos from Thailand last Wednesday, a week after Mike’s surgery. Three suitcases, three carry-ons, a stroller, a baby, and a husband who couldn’t lift anything. It …
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Apparently, the word travel has a common origin with the word travail. During the era when travel was uncomfortable and often dangerous, the French word trepaliare (torture) spawned the word …