Sara Sarver

It is infinitely impossible to describe what ran through me this Sunday morning when I discovered I was singing along during worship in our small church of Thai believers. Churchgoers, you know the drill – the music starts, you look at the screen, you read it and sing along. For the past 4 months, I [...]

I had this idea for a detailed post telling you just what it was like to see part of my family for the first time in 4 months, via Skype, from the opposite side of the world… but, in all honestly, words cannot truly describe.  It was wonderful. Hard to imagine what it was like [...]

Thanksgiving Message from Michael Brook Sarver on Vimeo. Happy Thanksgiving! We are waiting until we can get together with some fellow Americans here in Thailand to have our Thanksgiving meal. When we do, I’ll fill you in on just how we made that happen here in Thailand. Until then, I want to hear from you!  [...]

Tham eng – to do something your self. That’s exactly what I learned to do on Monday night this week – something myself. Do what yourself, you ask? Most of you know already how much I enjoy cooking and baking, pretty much anything having to do with the kitchen and sharing what comes out of [...]

After several evenings eating in for supper, we decided to venture back out to our favorite night market in the part of town known as Sra Kaew.  This is the same place each of the other Tasty Tuesdays in the market took place as well!  There are 2 parts to the Sra Kaew market – [...]

I was recently reading back through a book called Thai Ways, which I found here in the library at our language center.  My first encounter with the book was when the head cook at Baan Thai, a restaurant near Glenbrook mall in Ft. Wayne, IN, offered to lend his copy to Brook and I.  We [...]

Yep, I’ve been working in the kitchen again, and this time it was something really special.  Last week, we received a box in the mail with all kinds of birthday goodies for Brook.  But… there were also a couple of things for me that I had prepared before we left for Thailand – a cookbook [...]

… bathroom signs. In the whole world. Literally. These are found in the Siam Discovery mall in downtown Bangkok, Thailand. Every time I see them, I can’t help but chuckle. We’ll see if you do, too! Here’s the men’s sign. And, here’s the women’s.

I have a few favorites when it comes to food here in Thailand, and today I’m sharing one of my top 2.  This dish is called Som Tam.  (Say ‘som’ with a long O sound; the T in ‘tam’ is more like a soft D, and the ‘a’ sounds like “ahh”… got it?) Som Tam [...]

This past weekend was the festival of Loy Krathong here in Thailand.  As a part of learning about the country in which we live, our language center hosted a special session devoted to this particular holiday, featuring traditional songs, talks from our native Thai teachers, and presentations by a few of us students.  My husband, [...]