Stop One and Request

I left Asheville today. My apartment is empty. My storage is stored. And my luggage is packed but not yet weighed. I had a good drive down to Charlotte with my dad. Now, good time here at my parents' house with family for the next two days. After laying down for a while, I start realizing what all I have left behind in Asheville. Man, its still a dream. Not many tears yet.

Side note, please pray for my knees. I fell in the parking lot on Saturday after a youth group rafting trip. It was loose gravel, downhill. My knees don't like me right now and its hard to bend and unbend them. I'm concerned about them with the whole LONG airplane flight coming up Thursday. Thanks.

Did You Know...

...if you travel from the US down to Nicaragua and then start digging through the Earth, you'll reach Thailand? It's kinda like how people say you can dig to China. (I spend too much time staring at world maps.)

Bye to Thai Friends Here

I know I'm going to see all my Thai friends when I get back to Thailand. But tonight, I had to say bye to my Thai friends here--the ones who work at the restaurant here in Asheville. They all are giving me the contact information for their families in Thailand to visit while I'm there. It's too sweet. I can't believe how blessed I have been to have them as friends. I don't like leaving them here without more people to take care of them. Please pray God continues working in their hearts. Pray for one of the women working there to find a new place to stay. At Christmas, I get to see the owner and her husband when they go back to visit their family in Thailand. I feel like I'm part of a big extended family now!

Spice Girl

This little assortment sits in front of you at all Thai restaurants. Once you've gotten your plate of food, you can alter it. It's like seeing salt and pepper on your kitchen table, just better! Would you like to make your food sweeter? Add sugar (foreground). Would you like to make your food spicier? Add dried chili pepper (right). More sour? Add vinegar (left). Or saltier? Add fish sauce which is their version of salt (the back container).

How does Thai Currie enjoy her Thai food? I choose spicier and more sour most the time! As a side note, do you remember that music group called the Spice Girls? Well, one of the members' names was Mel C. She was Mel C, Sporty Spice. So, you should know that I am a Spicy girl!

Just Keep Walking

I think of Dori* from Nemo when I type that, because she says "Just keep swimming." As I read the book of Joshua in the Bible, the Israelites are finally entering the Promised Land. Joshua is all freaked out, so God has to tell him like three times to be strong and courageous, all in the first chapter. How much of what happens do the people do and how much does God do?

God: makes enemies scared
People: walk into the new land
God: stops the Jordan River from flowing
People: walk through the dry riverbed
God: makes the Jericho walls fall down
People: walk around the city

So the theme of the story, just keep walking. Their fathers and grandfathers never got to walk though because they spent too much time scared and complaining. So, walking does take faith. As another book of the Bible says, "Just as you came to believe in Jesus, walk in him, being strengthened in the faith you were taught and with thankfulness."(Colossians 2:6-7) I remind myself as I get ready for my service in Thailand to just keep walking.

*Leah, thank you for reminding me that Dori is the fish and Dora is the explorer. :)

From 7 to 22 yrs old

Yesterday at church, a young Frenchman gave his story about becoming a Christian through Child Evangelism Fellowship. The retired missionary from our church had met him at 7 years old, while she was serving in France. Through her children's ministry, he became a Christian. He stood up at the pulpit with her as a 22 year old man. What a testimony of God's faithfulness! And through his interest in the Bible club, his family have come to know God too!

As I sat there listening, I prayed that the children I know in Thailand would have similar stories. I look forward to knowing them at 22 years old and seeing how God has directed their lives. For now, I will have known them 3 years when I get back. Can't wait to see their faces.

Goodbye to Ellie

My car is nice and clean and ready to be sold. I do have buyers, but they are still trying to figure out how to get here. Would you pray the selling would go smoothly and communication between the buyers and I would be clear? Thank you.

Ellie is the first car I've owned on my own, right after college til now. My brother cared for her while I was in Thailand. This term however, I need to sell her. My brother and I thought of some funny pictures I could take with her as a farewell. Enjoy laughing with me at my silliness.














1) both of us were tearing up
2) blowing our noses together
3) a goodbye kiss
4) a big hug
5) the supermodel pose
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