This past weekend I had the tremendous opportunity to visit one of the most beautiful places in Asia, and as my e-mail title suggests, I had some adventures along the way 🙂 In the northwestern [...]

Tears were filling her eyes as she revealed the deep hurt she had recently experienced. I had barely met Miranda twice before she went home for the New Year holiday. So when Dove and I met with [...]

I sat down with the intention of praying solely for Mae – I knew that she was at a Bible study with sisters from our family party and that she wasn’t feeling well. I asked God for Mae’s healing [...]

This evening Lily and I met with two friends, Char and Kellie. The longer we talked to them, the lower my heart sank. You see, just four days after our first fellowship meeting, they wanted to [...]

Right now I am lounging in sweats, drinking Gatorade, and trying to get up the courage to eat toast. Why must I get up the courage to eat toast you may ask? Well let me tell you about my day [...]

“Have you ever met any other Christians before?” I was standing at the bus stop with Candy and Jane, 2 friends with whom I had just spent the evening. We had eaten dinner with our friend Sarah’s [...]

Clink, clink goes the sound of Mahjong tiles as I sit in a wicker chair sipping green tea. I feel like I really am getting in touch with the culture here and I was still marveling at the [...]

“Man man chi,” ZB’s father was saying to me. I’ve heard this phrase countless times. It literally means “eat slowly,” but it’s a hospitable, polite way of telling people to keep eating. Eat more! [...]

As a foreigner in Asia I get a lot of attention, especially on my street where white people are about as rare as a solar eclipse. Sometimes this quasi-celebrity status can wear on me, especially [...]

Who knew that Dr. Seuss could be so insightful. I surely didn’t. Let me tell you what happened that brought me this revelation. We decided to have a girls night and watch Horton Hears A Who by [...]