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My Laos Journey

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Saibaidee It's midnight on a cold February night and I'm at SeaTac airport waiting for a red eye flight to Taipei - with a final destination of Laos. I'm excited that after eleven months of planning, this trip is finally happening. But for me it has also been eleven months with very mixed emotions. So let's back up a bit. Several years ago the church I attend wanted to have a presence in other parts of the world. We were already active in our community at home and it was now time to expand. We decided to work with World Concern's One Village Transformed (OVT) program and the first village we adopted was Harako in Chad, Africa.  One part of the church/village relationship was that every year we sent two people from the church as ambassadors to the village. When they came home, and I would hear their presentations, a little spark started growing in the back of my mind. Is this something I could do? It was amazing to watch Harako change and after six years of s
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Road Trip!

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All packed and ready to go. I know I've only been back from my last trip for two months but since I'll be home all summer I decided to squeeze in a road trip along the Pacific Coast.  My sister and I take turns being in town for our 91 year old mom and she is leaving soon to spend three months on the east coast. I'm going to take some time away while I can! The purpose of this trip was to take pictures, see new places, revisit places I haven't seen since the 60's and spend some time with friends. I took hundreds of pictures and it was hard to pick just a few to share. OK...maybe I picked more than a few.  I hope you enjoy my photo journal. DAY 1 - drove 348 miles Westport, WA - my first view   of the Washington coast. Longbeach, WA - It's raining, and the sand is steaming, but for the rest of the trip I had wonderful weather. A first - I crossed the 4.1 mile long Astoria bridge. And halfway across the sun peeked out. Welcome
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