Sara Sarver

You’re probably wondering what in the world a Lofthouse cookie is, aren’t you? If you’ve ever been to WalMart, Kroger, or whatever your local grocery store is in the States, it is likely that you have encountered (and possibly overdosed on) these. Look familiar?  Super soft, fluffy, almost bendy, brightly frosted sugar cookies.  They are [...]

Back in the States, today is Mother’s Day. The above picture was taken nearly two years ago, about a week before Brook and I moved to Thailand.  We had so much going on, and so many things to get taken care of, that I drove out to visit with family on my own while he [...]

What is that something new, you ask?  I learned how to evaluate, choose, remove from the tree, open, de-seed, and prepare a new fruit for eating – Jackfruit!  Do you remember this post way back at the end of June talking about Jackfruit?  Well, the tree I told you about is finally bearing its GIANT [...]

The United States of America. I’m not kidding.  We went home.  For realsies. We knew about it, you didn’t… because we wanted it to be a surprise!  I know there were many of you we didn’t get the chance to see, but for those that we did, we are ever so grateful.  Mere weeks before [...]

It’s Thanksgiving Day back in the States today… people are hustling and bustling about making pies, getting the turkey in the oven, letting rolls rise on the counter, setting tables, making place cards, cleaning their houses top to bottom, watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, laughing with friends, enjoying time with family, and just soaking [...]

A few weeks ago, Brook and I went to camp.  Camp?  Yes, camp.  For a whole weekend.  With 50 other Thai friends from our church.  And, I’ll bet you a whole bag of Tostitos Hint of Lime (those are like gold over here!) that our camp looked nothing like the camps that you’ve ever been [...]

The blogging has been lacking around here the past few weeks, I know.  It has been rather exciting here in real life though!  My goal is to write about it in the next week or so, as it should slow down for a few days.  We’ve had visitors, then camp, then studies, gardening, meeting more [...]

Have you ever hugged an elephant? Seriously, have you ever hugged an elephant right around his fat, dry, hairy neck?  Then, gave him a kiss on the nose? I have. After I kissed his little trunk, I wrapped my arms right around this baby elephant’s neck and hugged him.  Then, I told him he was [...]

Sometimes I seriously wonder what the people of Thailand think of us in terms of our intelligence and language ability.  Those two things really do go hand in hand here, at least as far as first impressions go. I’m sure you’ve all heard it before, the idea that in order to assimilate well into your [...]

How did you feel the first time you ever started up the engine of a car by yourself?  Was is thrilling?  Exciting?  Were you nervous?  Ready?  Or just plain terrified? When it came time for me to learn how to drive (back in the States), I was excited and ready.  I had a good deal [...]