Photo by Matt Collamer on Unsplash Shortly after starting my job downtown last year, I quickly began to learn of the complexities of homelessness and drug abuse. Our office’s main floor washrooms were locked off and made available only to those who worked in the building and had electronic passes to get inside. One of the building’s janitors … Continue reading Offering Compassion in the Face of Shock
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Transition Discomfort
Several weeks ago, I decided I would move away from hosting my blog on WordPress. I had researched several other options and decided on a host with a good reputation. The reviews I had read made it seem like the transition would be easy peasy lemon squeezy, like the saying my five-year-old has recently picked … Continue reading Transition Discomfort
Between Here and There
The sky slowly begins to dim and turn shades of blue until blue is black and black is as black can be. We live on the edge of a small village in rural Northern Thailand and when evening comes the sky is brilliantly full of the shine from heaven - unless it’s rainy season, of … Continue reading Between Here and There
When You’re Homesick for a Place or People who are No Longer There
I've been reading my way through the “Anne of Green Gables” books and earlier this week I came across a great quote from L.M. Montgomery in “Anne of the Island.” It was the scene when Anne and one her good friends and roommate from the past three years, Phil, were taking one last walk through their … Continue reading When You’re Homesick for a Place or People who are No Longer There
The Perspective of Returning Home
I recently looked back at some of my early blog posts, dating back a little over thirteen years ago. I was in the middle of preparing to go to the mission field and, as I read, I was reminded of the many ways that the Lord prepared the way for me. I was single, young, … Continue reading The Perspective of Returning Home
Beth Donchai 
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