The last few days have given us a real taste for the beauty and diversity of the South Island of New Zealand. As we’ve been driving the last few days, we’ve agreed that a month is just not enough time to do justice to what this country has to offer. It has certainly worked to […]
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Who Does Bucket Lists?
Hobbiton – The Shire It sounds so cliche anymore. But if there were one thing Bob or I ever considered as a bucket list item, it would be New Zealand. Ever since high school, we have talked about visiting. However, we never really made any move towards that dream. And when we made the decision […]
More on Mae Sot
Thai Travel Style! Our time in Mae Sot with the Outpour folks has been full. Bob taught a few first aid classes to the staff of Famous Ray’s restaurant and the Refuge. Colleene spent some time working with the Outpour staff on biz stuff and did some customer service training. She also had the […]
Bob on Diversity
”Yea, that’s a good word for it….diversity. In MaeSot, Thailand on this Thursday morning and I’m sitting inside a coffee house/bike shop called Braverly. It’s a very comfortable setting, almost too comfortable. Whether you want to lie down or stand up or sit there’s a place for you here. Ray and Candace Ward (Outpour Movement Ministries)opened this […]
Outpour into Myanmar
Ray and Candace Ward and their Outpour Team are some pretty ordinary people, doing some pretty incredible things. They have taken a simple desire to love like Jesus, a variety of useful skills, and a whole lot of desire, to be the “outpouring” of Jesus’ love in an intentional way to the displaced hill tribe people […]
Chiang Mai
First step takes us to Chiang Mai, Thailand. Our daughter lives here, so in some ways it’s an obvious first step. Some pretty special friends are also residing here. Mother daughter moment with Olive the unity cat Chiang Mai has all the conveniences of western living – shopping malls, great food, really cheap […]
Bob Chasing Peacocks
About four years ago we began discussing what each of us would do when one of us passes away. What became clear to us was that neither wanted to leave the other with a burdensome amount of “clutter” that needed to be sorted through and painfully disposed of. After 43 years of collecting there had […]
What’s Next
Where we begin is not where we end. To that end, can we change the beginning? Unlikely. We may not be able to change the beginning, but we can influence the path. We can choose the direction of the path. But what occurs while on the path will not be our choosing. It will be […]