Month: March 2011

Emily can’t sleep. She wakes up between 6:30 and 7:00 every morning – even when she plans to sleep later. She’s not nervous. There’s nothing

Dear Readers, This blog is being written to all of you who have been following Eric's blog and Emily and Eric's experiences throughout their world

In the past week, the rice fields next to our compound have sprouted grain. Suddenly stalks of rice that resemble wheat fill several acres next

Sometimes you don't know how you feel until something's over. Before we left for the airport last night, Susan realized she had a few things

“Can you please hold two more minutes? I think I found something,” said the Delta Airlines help desk operator. All four of us sat huddled

“It doesn’t really feel like an island….” Susan said. Emily said the same thing last week because Bali feels so big to her. For Indonesia,

I was working away happily when the Internet suddenly went out. With a mild annoyance, I went to the wireless router in back of the

This is my second tsunami while in Bali. On the morning of December 26, 2004 I awoke to a phone call from my worried mother.

When we picked it out from the refrigerator case, it seemed innocuous. I knew that it wasn’t really – but it was so mellow I

It was decision time. Susan, Aunt Penny and Emily watched CNN, looking for information on the tsunami and how it would affect Indonesia. I scanned