If I had put a pumpkin on our front porch..

What is it that you like about your American culture? Is it the freedom you have in almost all aspects of life (including going anywhere you want, saying whatever you want, wearing whatever you want, etc.)? Is it the American celebration of specific holidays? Or the style of clothes that...

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Some Nuts and Bolts (and a hand saw)

We have been living in our new city for four weeks! The last few weeks have been frustrating and exciting, sometimes feeling both emotions on the same day. We arrived in our city in the middle of the night and spent a few hours sleeping at our coworkers’ house. When the moving truck...

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"There's a first time for everything" ... The many new ones we've experienced

When you move to a new country (especially one literally half way around the world), countless new experiences hit you in the face rather abruptly. Some events are exhilarating and others are downright terrifying.  One day a new experience will make you want to stand in a corner and cry, and...

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Sheep Among Wolves - Shrewd And Innocent

“I am sending you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore, you must be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves.” – Jesus These instructions from Jesus didn’t really hit home with me until last week.  We read them that day, after being here in South Asia for almost a year now, and they...

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When You Finally Feel the Shirt Tugs

   A few days ago, I saw a man riding a bike by our house with two monkeys sitting on the back. If you paid him money he would stop and make one monkey in a dress dance around and the other do a back flip. As interesting as it was to see, it was more heart wrenching because other people and I didn’t want to stop him to see his show, but we would watch from a distance as someone else asked him to stop, and then rob him of possibly...

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