Convenience is very different here in the city than it is in the US. Let me give you just one example . . . The last few days it’s been quite hot and I haven’t felt like cooking a hot meal in the evening. Instead, I decided to just have a salad, and so I […]

I’m sure you’ve all been there – someone greets you as if they know, and they may look familiar but you can’t place them. Where do you know them from? Do you know them? And then it dawns on you, perhaps with a little help from them – you do know them, but it’s from […]

(You may have to turn your sound up really high to hear these recordings. Sorry about that.) Did you know that in Thai, the language of Thailand, the “t” in “stop” and the “t” in “top” are two different letters and they hear them as completely different sounds? In each language, there are sounds that […]

It was only a few days after I had gotten back to My Country; I hadn’t even been able to get my motorcycle back yet. But I wanted to go and greet my pastor, which is really important in the culture here.  I started out on foot, hoping to find a taxi along the way.  […]