If you missed the last blog, go ahead an take a look at it before reading this one because this is a continuation of my lament journey. If you are continuing to walk alongside of me in this journey of lament, I must thank you for sticking with it, because I am sure after the last post, I brought a lot of you down…possibly even made you uncomfortable when I spoke with such rawness. If you remember...
Yes, today is the day! The day that marks one year! 365 days Three hundred sixty-five days since I packed up three large suitcases and a backpack and moved to the other side of the world. I left my family, my friends, my students, and my church back in the US in order to pursue what I knew the Father was calling me to. I don’t think a week goes by where I do not hear the question...
If you have known me long enough, you know that my writing is often extracted moments of my daily life, and the lessons I have learned along the way. This one is no exception. In case you missed the many journal-like posts that proceeded this one, you will need to know one fact. Five months ago, as of yesterday, I picked up my comfortable life in the United States, packed three very large...
I wrote the first part of this post back in my quarantine, days after arriving in Thailand. Now, it has been two months and have had quite an interesting journey. Are you ready? My previous post was about now much fear I had about actually having this dream come true. Now, things are beginning to be more and more “normal” and comfortable, but that fear still exists. I live in a small...
It has been just a short 30 hours out of quarantine as I write this. I made to another rung on the ladder before entering my new home. With every ride (passengers on the left side of the car), every market, every bit of stimuli, I realize I know nothing! I am a farang (white, westerner). It is a new experience to not have something to “do” here every day. No class to teach, yet, just...
I have a new journey beginning ahead of me, my adventure that shifted my life to other side of the world, is now shifting back west. Perhaps along the way, I will be blessed to share those real and raw moments as I cross oceans, pursuing the One in control of it all.