Just a quick note to say that I’m back from my one month visit to Thailand and Malaysia. The day I arrived in Thailand my wife learned the painful news that her niece was diagnosed with neuroblastoma. It was a difficult week for all of us because Sophie (her niece) was only 5 [...]
Archive for September, 2007
My Visit to Thailand
Posted in Children, Children and Poverty, Compassion, Economy, Education, Poverty on September 20, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Poverty, Aka Students, and Education
Posted in Children, Children and Poverty, Economy, Education, Human Rights, Poverty on September 9, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I had the priviledge of visiting another two Aka villages. They were homes of two of the students that we are currently sponsoring. Their homes are located approximately 45 minutes from the city. Most Aka engage in planting rice and corns. For about 6 months in a year they work in the rice field or [...]
Poverty, Karaoke, and Education
Posted in Children, Children and Poverty, Compassion, Economy, Education, Human Rights, Poverty on September 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Last Saturday I had the opportunity to visit the home of one of the girls who receive scholarship from our project. Her house is located 40 kilometers from Chiang Rai city. We drove for about 50 minutes till we get to her place. We pulled into a small dirt road. It is a small wooden [...]
Children in Northern Thailand, AIDS, and Education
Posted in Children, Children and Poverty, Compassion, Economy, Education, Health, Homeless, Human Rights, Poverty, family on September 2, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Just want to give a short report of my recent visits to various places in northern Thailand. My first stop was at Bo Thong Elementary School located approximately 20 kilometers north of Chiang Rai city. My wife and I and a couple of friends have been supporting about 30 children from this school. This time [...]
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I couple of my esteemed colleagues published books that you may want to consider reading:
Jane Maynard, Transfiguring Loss: Julian of Norwich as a Guide for Survivors of Traumatic Grief. Pilgrim Press, 2006.
David Hogue, Remembering the Future, Imagining the Past: Story, Ritual, and the Human Brain. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2003.
Kathleen Greider, Much Madness Is Divinest Sense: Wisdom in Memoirs of Soul-Suffering. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press, 2007.
Siroj Sorajjakool, Do Nothing: Inner Peace for Everyday Living: Reflections on Chuang Tzu's Philosophy: Templeton, 2009.
