Sara Sarver

As opposed to what you may already be thinking, no, I do not turn to eating cookies as means of soothing myself and my woes.  Rather, I make them.  Cooking, baking, creating anything in the kitchen – the more details and frilly I get to be with it, the better – is my way of [...]

This past week, Brook and I were fortunate enough to enjoy some of the most beautiful scenery on Earth with our very own eyes.  Every 6 months or so, the organization we are working with affords its workers up to 2 weeks of leave time to rest, recharge, and prepare for the next round ahead.  [...]

Nobody can take a fall better than this girl right here, that’s for sure.  You see, growing up, I spent my fair share of time in the hospital’s emergency room getting stitches, mending broken bones, and nursing concussions.  After all those quick, uninvited encounters with the ground, you bet I learned how to throw my [...]

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!  How [...]

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 [...]

… 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.

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, [...]

Today marks the birthday of two very important boys in my life, and seeing as I can only be with one of them today, I thought I’d write a special blog post about them.  We’ll start with the youngest, my nephew Carson, because he’s the one I won’t be able to see today.

I remember when [...]

Many of you may have already noticed that Southeast Asian culture is quite different from that of the States and many other Western cultures. Every culture has its good points, its bad points, its similarities and its differences. Those things are exactly what we are trying to observe, learn, and distinguish every day [...]