Monthly Archives: April 2017
Rainy Season
Here are some pics that some friends took of our city within this past month. It’s rainy season. The pictures are truly beautiful, but it.is.so.wet.
Cooking over an open fire
David had the idea. He calls this meal “hobos.” I’m not even sure how you spell that, because I had never heard of them before. We each made our own – just meat and bunch of different veggies. We went to our favorite camping/climbing spot and played while they cooked for about 30 minutes. Of […]
A beautiful day in the countryside!
The kids were off school for the past 6 days so we took advantage of the break from school and a break from the daily rain of the past month (it’s rainy season!!) to visit a sister in her home village before she moves to another province to work in the factories. She comes from […]
Tomb Sweeping Festival
Today is Tomb Sweeping Day here in Asia. Most families will go together to the graves of their ancestors. They will clean them up, place flowers, and also leave food, wine, and/or fruit for the deceased. Another interesting activity is burning incense as well as paper items (money, cars, houses, clothing) for the beloved to […]