Leaf: With these two boys adoring her she's got a good life ahead. This is our first morning back at home. (Pai, Thailand)

Rae: Walking over a flower-lined bridge. (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

Leaf: This is the path I walk down in the mornings talking to God. This morning the 3 of us walked and prayed (we prayed for you guys as well). (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: Well, this was surprising. I can't say that I've ever seen anyone peddling paintings of the Virgin and Child in Pai before. I bought one for the meditation center. (Ha! Kidding!) But anyway, the man selling them was delightful. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: She is the newest love of my life. I'm so in love and I'm so so tired. (Yarramundi, Australia) 

Rae: I got Khao Soi for lunch and had to take a photo of this shop because there is something so beautifully, quintessentially Thai about it. Maybe it is the shop owner, who is gracious and traditional, or her photo of the King's family or the photos of the time the princess came to Pai and she met her. (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: Taran brought his little sister in to school for 'news' today. She was a hit! (Kurrajong, Australia)

Rae: Kenya waited breathlessly for her little tomato plant(s) to sprout, and I don't think there is a more-loved plant anywhere. Her name is Tina and today was her one week birthday. Kenya (and Asha) celebrated with a card, some flowers, and a gift of a spoonful of compost-- Tina's "cake." (Pai, Thailand)

Leaf: I'd like to introduce you to Reg and Mary. The presence of Christ is so strong in these two, that whenever I am around them I feel like weeping…I can't quite articulate all of it but it has something to do with how accepted and loved I feel. (Winston Hills, Australia)

Rae: I love this Gold Coffee guy with the gold behind him. (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

Leaf: I'm contemplating tiny little things in the Newborn Monastary, like little toes and feet that are so small that even the teeniest Indian anklets fall off them. (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: It's my favorite kind of tree, with the morning light just behind it. This world is more beautiful than I ever expect it will be. (Chiang Mai, Thailand)

Leaf: Every now and then a beautiful little parcel full of love (like this one) arrives in the mail to welcome the Sweet Baby Girl. (Yarramundi, Australia)

Rae: It's such a lovely thing to have Naomi baking a cake in my kitchen. (Pai, Thailand)