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    When Helping is Hard (Part 1): That sort of decision

    by Lisa September 29, 2010
    September 29, 2010

    This story starts in May. In May, Mike was in Laos in the middle of his first seven weeks at his new job. I was in LA wrapping up my …

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  • Life in Laos

    Friendly Companions from Siberia

    by Lisa September 20, 2010
    September 20, 2010

    Last week our neighbor’s computer was stolen. His front door is less than ten steps from ours – his house is a mirror image of ours – and when he …

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  • Life in Laos

    When Laos is hard

    by Lisa August 31, 2010
    August 31, 2010

    It’s Tuesday morning at 7:20am. I’m sitting in a dark kitchen with the door wide open behind me, because there’s no electricity. There hasn’t been any since 1:15am when it …

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  • Life in Laos

    Stories, sacrifice, and nipple-eating-crows

    by Lisa August 27, 2010
    August 27, 2010

    A couple of weeks ago I went to the Royal Palace Museum here in Luang Prabang – a monument to the monarchy that ruled Laos before the communist revolution in …

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  • Life in Laos

    Today’s border run

    by Lisa August 25, 2010
    August 25, 2010

    Get up at 6:40. Go with Mike to his office. Go to airport. Plane delayed one hour. Receive phone call from colleague informing us that CNN says there’s a tropical …

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    What price a child’s life?

    by Lisa August 23, 2010
    August 23, 2010

    This afternoon Mike and I sat upstairs on the deck at our place, looking out towards the trees. It was pouring rain. Water was sheeting off the tin roofs of …

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