Tag: friends

  • Small Sacrifices

    It’s always nice to get asked to do something you’d like to do anyhow. I was recently asked to go down to Bangkok to help some friends with a move. I’d been wanting an opportunity to see some of my friends in Bangkok. I’ve now started and deleted a few paragraphs trying to say how…

  • Kidnapped

    I was invited to eat lunch and see a waterfall with Pi Lek (my next door neighbor) and Pi Gee (my guard). The trip was not exactly what I expected, but it was time well spent. On our way out of town we grabbed some roadside snack food. We got grilled eggs on a stick…

  • Falling

    A few days ago, I spent a great deal of my time falling. In the afternoon I rolled down a huge hill in a huge inflated ball. It was fun until the ball started bouncing. Heads are not meant for bouncing on. Then, in the evening, as we were waiting to go in to a…

  • Observations

    The following are observations from my first day in Bangkok: Being led in worship in English is a refreshing thing for me Mexican food is amazing It’s good to sit and talk to a friend face to face in English Note: I do love Thailand. I love the Thai language. I love Thai food. I…

  • Stars

    Tonight I heard the story of the 7 chicken children. It went something like this: Once upon a time a __________ (word I don’t know) came to a grandmother and a grandfather and asked for food. The grandmother and grandfather did not have much food, but greatly desired to feed the stranger. The only meat…