As Times Go By

First, let's just take a moment and realize how incredible U2 is not just for making beautiful music, but the sheer fact that they released an album secretly to the world for free . Thanks, boys. It's great hearing you again. This week I started my new job here in Bangkok and it's been wonderful.  I have two amazing bosses who have welcomed me into their home as one of their own and made a way for me to join them in their ministries.  It is a lot of logistics, finances, scheduling, meetings, and ministry, which is all time consuming, but so much fun.   However in the midst of this great new job, in a great big city, there is so much heartache.  Things that I now know I have been oblivious to for so long. Last week I had my first real encounter with sex-trafficking.   Some friends and I had met up to go out for dinner and we were walking down a soi (street) that had about ten bars full of men watching and buying women.   I'm talking about seeing l

Well, I've been in Bangkok for ten days and I still can't get myself to understand that I won't be returning to the States after three weeks of asian vacation. I live here now. I've been meeting so many amazing people since I've arrived and they all ask the same question: "What brings you to Bangkok? How did you end up here?" I give them the short answer for now - I'm working in an administrative/assistant/teacher role at Christ Church.  What I keep running through my head though is: How did I end up here? Some of you reading know very well, because I've done nothing but vent and complain for the past year to you, and for that I apologize.  But thank you for sticking with me. Let's refresh our memories... Summer of 2013 I applied to a teaching job in Spain after being told that they never have enough applicants but always have spaces that need to be filled by teachers.  I applied, interviewed and was told that it was the fir