The Two-Way Street of Community {The Grove: Sayings}
“Klooen tee bung klooen.” “Depend on yourself.” This common Cambodian phrase surprised me as I learned in the early years to appreciate the generous and interdependent culture of my overseas home. I saw so many expressions of compassion and help, people dropping everything to step in and meet a need. One rainy season day in […]
Feeling for Stones
We stood there on the bank of what back in Tennessee would have been called a creek, but here in southwest China was a river. The woman beside me, an older Christian sister and friend, was giving me a cultural lesson. I’m sure she had no idea how close to my heart she was hitting […]
Say It Ain’t So + Strawberry Balsamic Jam
When we first landed in Asia 8 years ago, I could barely say “hello” and “goodbye.” Y’all, I hadn’t even taken the time to learn my simple numbers! I quickly learned them well enough to get by. But, oh, looking back on the videos of me teaching my one-year-old how to count makes me cringe! […]