After 28 hours of flying and air­ports, from Bangkok to Taipei, Taipei to LA and then LA to Vancouver, we finally made it home. Exhausted and excited we exited the baggage/customs area of the Vancouver airport to a group of fab­ulous, sup­port­ive friends. Dale, Kate, Katy, Brianna, Colin, and Mike thank you so much [...]

It’s bed time in Bangkok, and we fly home in the morning. Things won’t be that imme­di­ate though; the flights and airport waiting will likely be a 30–35 hour ordeal. And then that’s it. Trip over; real life here we come. We’re looking forward to seeing every­one, but there’s def­in­itely a twinge of bit­ter­sweet about [...]

It’s my Dad’s birth­day today, or at least it’s still his birth­day right now in B.C. Canada (August 4^th). We’re so far away we’ve already moved into tomor­row. Anyway, miss you Dad. Hope you have a good day. Don’t do too much work on your renov­a­tions. We’re think­ing about you.
Love,
Chris (and Laura)

Hey gang,
Chris and Laura here again. Well, we’ve been teasing all of you with subtle men­tions of our big news. If you’ve been fol­low­ing along for the past several months, you’ll know that our plans have already changed more than once, so one more big change shouldn’t be too much of a sur­prise. Our original [...]

For the first time in my life I have had people ask me where I’m from and when I say Canada they shrug their shoulders and say, “Where’s that?”  After 5.5 months I am offi­cially home­sick.
Although some of my home­sick­ness might be brought on by the fact that my entire body is aching, my eyeballs [...]