Community Health Worker in Southeast Asia
My letter to future goers
When I decided to take on my first overseas assignment. My first overseas assignment ever. I decided to go big. Why not go for 2 years? I said to myself, “What have a got to loose? I’m a single girl without afamily to take care. I don’t have a house, I don’t have a car, I don’t even have a pet.” Yet I still had a lot of questions. Do I have enough experience to take on an assignment this long? Is my faith strong enough to withstand the trials I may face? Does God want me to go or do I want to go to prove something- either to myself or to other people? What you’ll be hearing a lot now and... Read morePower over Demons
This week I began living with a student who has lived in the dorms the entire time she has attended at the university nearby. I don’t want to use her real name so I will call her Manisan. She is now a senior and completing her time her doing her “practice” teaching at the high school in town. There is a different dynamic living in the house with a student. I was blessed to live with a teammate and mentor before I had a student move in. Even though I am only one year older than her, I am seen as more experienced in many ways because I have graduated college and I work for a non-government... Read more
Time to Give Thanks
It is always good to reflect on the things that we are thankful for. I have so many things to be thankful for since last year. God has revealed a lot of things about me and I have discovered much about myself. Friendship and support from those around me As I sat around the table this thanksgiving, we were all asked to share the things that we were thankful for. I looked around at the people that I was with and I was so grateful that God has brought me to a point where I am so comfortable with the friends that I share my time with here. I really felt like I was with my family and I am so... Read more
Consider it pure joy
As my shift was about to come to an end last Thursday, one of our students walked into the student center and he asked me how I was doing. He looked tired and thin, although that is the norm for most Asians, and especially college students here. I asked him if he was doing alright. He responded with a smile and said, “I am good Ate Jamie but I am very tired because I am very busy and I have many assignments.” I asked him if he had eaten yet today and he said, “no Ate, I haven’t had time to cook anything other than rice.” I was with a co-worker who offered over her small bag of peanuts. She... Read more