Many people have asked us, “So what exactly have you been doing in Thailand?” and I hope to answer that question with this post. The easiest answer is ‘learning,’ of course. But what are we learning? How to farm rice? How to weave beautiful skirts? How to give an entertaining English lesson to rambunctious six…
On The Street Where We Live
Someday when my kids get out of line and forget how blessed they are, I think I will send them to Mae Chaem, Thailand. We have been here a little over two weeks now and my eyes have opened to a very different way of life. A way of life where parents sell anything they…
Elephant Fun!
In our two years of marriage we have done some pretty fun stuff – hiked a crumbling section of the Great Wall of China, fed kangaroos and held koalas, and hiked “the most dangerous mountain in China” (Hua Shan) – but riding elephants through the jungle in Chiang Mai is now really high up on…
Colors of Thailand
We have almost been here a week now and one of my favorite things about this country is all the beautiful colors! Pink houses, green-plated temples, yellow government buildings. It makes exploring so much fun! And that is what we have been doing the last week – exploring. Here are a few of my favorite…
Next stop…
Thailand! We are four days away from take-off! On Tuesday we will embark on a four month journey to Southeast Asia as Jarek does an internship with the political science department of BYU-Hawaii. We are so excited for this new adventure! It will be a little different from our last trip to China because we…