“Listen! Can you hear that,” asked Barrett a couple days after landing in Louisville? I listened as we stood in the cool night breeze looking at the star studded sky. “SILENCE!” I said breaking that very thing! No trucks emitting both noise and smoke pollution as they roared past the garbage lined streets of Nonthaburi. …
Ice Cream
I got a lot done on Friday. I had a great run in the morning and then cleaned the room and bathroom where I am staying here in Louisville and then went to Betsy’s and cleaned Barrett’s room, bathroom and Betsy’s kitchen. Then I tackled the spare room that will become our study. I emptied…
Skittles
“Do you have a quarter?” asked Barrett as we were leaving the Mexican Restaurant where we had lunch with a friend. “For what?” I asked. “I want skittles,” was the reply and I firmly said “no.” The funny thing was, I had a quarter, I just didn’t give it to him. Why? Ashamedly I did…
Radical Welcoming
These past three weeks have been quite a learning experience for me. I was slammed with a sinus infection upon landing and have been fighting it ever since. This past week my ear finally popped and save for a few morning bloody noses my body seems to have adjusted, thank goodness! People here have been…
James 1:27
“Where is everyone?” I asked the 5 grade 9 students who came to class on Wednesday. “They not come.” “Really? Who told them this trip was an option?” I asked them. Wednesday was the day that all the Jr. High were to go to a day shelter in the slums of Bangkok to give them…