A city of contrasts is my host city. Birds flying in unison, free. Birds singing in a cacophony, caged. This week thousands of Asian openbill storks have been spotted flying across the nation. Thanks to Au’s father for his photos of what he spotted. But birding is also a pastime favored by some older […]
Have you ever noticed the difference between the first time you do something and the next time when you repeat it? Is it usually easier to do something after the first time? You’ve made your mistakes, learned a lot, and now are better prepared to do it again? What if you’ve been given a challenging
Fifty years can feel like a long time. This week Eunice realized that she’s done the same thing for a long time – have Thanksgiving dinner with her mother. It started the first week I was born. My mother had just come home from the hospital after giving birth to me (I was born within
In early September we were asked by our deputy general director to host our organization’s day of prayer for our office. Hmmm…that sounds like a big responsibility! And yet, it is reasonable for us to take our turn. We know that our organization is well-known for looking for skillful AND willing workers and having a
Bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam, bam. A three-second pause. Thump, thump. And we are off again! What was all that, you ask? We were in a public bus plying the streets of Manila. The conductor, who had stepped out of the bus, was banging on the side of the bus as passengers jumped out