Elephants…

are cute and they’re also hard to get on. And this was a small elephant!
I barely made it on him, the elephant trainer had to push my rear to get me up. Then I almost fell off. I had a hard time getting off.
I think there’s a video out there somewhere of me trying to [...]

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Chiang Mai…

Was great! Karin, Rob and I spent 3 days in Chiang Mai. It was our little vacation time and after being in huge city Bangkok it was nice to be in a smaller less crowded and more laid back city.
What did we do in Chiang Mai?
~ Did a whole day elephant tour and bamboo raft [...]

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Weekend in Bangkok

(Me sitting in the tuk-tuk)
It’s almost 9:30 pm Sunday here in Bangkok. I’m trying to remember what we did yesterday. Oh, okay I remember.
Saturday
Kathy from the office and I went to Chatuchak Weekend Market. We were on the hunt for ministry items for Rob’s office. It was hot. April is the hottest month of the [...]

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Day Off in Thailand

Just so you know, it’s 11 pm here even though it shows I’m posting at a different time. It’s Friday night. Rob and I wore our Hokie orange even though no one here knew what it meant.
Today I slept in and it was really nice after working so hard on the conference. And then I [...]

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Dealing with VT Massacre

I wanted to give you links to several websites that are helping people deal with the Va Tech tragedy. Please feel free to direct people to these sites if they are sad, grieving, or don’t understand why God allows bad things to happen.
One site is this one on the left. Here’s a list of [...]

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Please Pray for Virginia Tech

Some of you have emailed me about the shootings at Virginia Tech, my alma mater. Thanks for sending me links. I’m aware of what’s been going on. I have received an email from the Campus Crusade Director from VT, whom Rob and I are good friends with.
He wrote that there are 2 students involved with [...]

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Mango & Sticky Rice

Mangos & Sticky Rice
Originally uploaded by Patricia102696.

This is the best dessert in the world!!! And I am a chocolate lover, but this beats chocolate any day!
It’s a Thai dessert. The mangos are so sweet and the rice is sticky, hence the sticky rice name, and they put a sweet coconut sauce on top [...]

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Happy Songkran


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