Collection 2

September 12, 2017

Here’s a bit more from the past few months. In no particular order. Cool Stuff. Guys from interior meeting about continuing education for their kids that come to the city. It’s awesome how this interior church has continued to grow and his trying to prepare the next generation. If you ever wonder about our sanity…this […]

Tradeoffs: Edibles

September 19, 2016

I figured you might be curious to see how some of our habits have changed over the past 1.5 years. Food is a big area. So I’ll start with edible things in this post. We eat eggs and soaked oatmeal for breakfast. Not much has changed here–that’s still really western. Most people eat fried rice […]

Guest Perspective

February 6, 2016

So if you wanted to know what you might encounter if you stopped by our corner of the world, our friend Dan did us a huge favor and wrote a snippet about his 4 days here. We figured it might bring something fresh to the mix! Dan was a great guest. He tried every food […]

Celebrate with Cake?

June 18, 2015

C is for convinced!–I’m truly convinced that people here “take the cake” when it comes to hosting big events, especially weddings…well, except that they don’t always serve actual cake, which does knock off a few points. We had the honor of being invited to two weddings in the same weekend not too long ago. They were […]

Belly Buttons

May 31, 2015

B is for Belly Button…well, and for my belly in general. You might start thinking, “Really, all she seems to talk about is being pregnant.” Well, actually, I talk about it probably every day, multiple times. Here, it’s like a giant magnetic sign that says, “Look at me! If you didn’t already notice that I’m […]

Exploring a New World

April 26, 2015

I know we’re just pilgrims here on this earth, but it’s been wild to enjoy a whole other part of the world. We can’t help but take it all in in hearty gulps! Payton got the chance to dive right in when a whole group of language students decided to climb a nearby mountain/old volcano! It […]

First Week

March 27, 2015

We started our adventure with mercy and I’m sure it will only continue to be that way as we navigate a whole new world. All of our totes were overweight. We already knew we’d have to pay extra for the 5th tote, but it was starting to look pretty bad if we had to pull everything out, […]

The Wrong Word

July 31, 2014

I’m not going to lie; July was packed. I hesitate to use the word “busy” because I think I use it a lot, and it usually implies duty and a bit of negativity. Payton says that when I use “busy,” I’m usually worried (usually true!) or I don’t like that I’m required to do all […]

Fresh Air

July 31, 2014

All of Colorado air smells fresh, but the higher you go and the further you remove yourself from cars, the closer you get to vanilla pines, which means everything smells amazing. I’d bottle the scent and pack a few for Asia if I had the space. So, I was very thankful that we were invited […]

The Month of Loves

March 1, 2014

February causes mixed emotions for most people, ranging from hate to passion, or maybe even passionate hate, but I thought I’d recount some of the loves/likes I encountered along the way. #1. An Adventure with the Luyendyks! (Although this wasn’t quite in February, it was close enough to count in my book.) Seeing these old […]