As a missionary in Thailand, I’ve been asked all kinds of questions. “Why do you come to Thailand?” “How much do you earn?” “Are you married?” “You mean you don’t have any children?” Even though I’ve just said that I was not married! Recently, one of my students asked me: “Are you a ‘Tom’”? Ouch!! […]
Nong Pleum’s father died when she was a young child. And when she was about 11 years old, her mother left home. She went to live with an uncle who gave her a roof over her head and nothing else. From a young age, she had to work to get money to buy food and […]
‘’Wow, your Thai is really good, how many years have you been in Thailand’’ says the Thai student who sits in the back of my car. I am trying to concentrate on driving and keeping an eye out for the many potholes on the road. At the same time I am having a conversation in […]
Sitting in a Tennesse Starbucks, a Thai girl called Tina was asked why she was wearing a Buddhist amulet around her neck. For the first time in her life, she looked inside herself for a reason and realized that she did not have one. The question came from a young woman who had just moved […]
