No sooner had I arrived to Luang Prabang, and we were off the ground running. We needed to complete our first village before our guests were to arrive, in order to meet the Christmas rush for pictur…
It has certainly been a hectic summer and fall so far. There have been lots of fundraising activities for our Laos Projects and other local projects in Southern Ontario. Fortunately it looks like …
It has been a bit of a scramble to fit in the last of the commitments for the various projects. Plus, with our budget starting to run low we squeezed everything in one last trip to the villages, befor…
I would be remiss, if I didn’t include the latest poem our visiting poet from the Rotary Club of Ladner. These were her thoughts; The Third Tale of Laos We were deep in the heart of Laos The t…
I had prepared an itinerary for them of course – I think it may have been the first one that I didn’t have to change on the fly, due to accessibility, road, coordination and weather issues…
With just weeks to go before my return, I think I can say that this season has been the most successful in our 9 year history. With more projects in a season than ever before, more water filters tha…
This year has been a strange one. Rain, cold (for Laos standards) and for some reason, we haven’t slowed down since I arrived at the beginning of December. Fortunately everything is on track…
What were you doing on Christmas Day? I trust all of you had the best Christmas ever, with family and friends. For me, I was with my Lao families and friends, although mssing everyone at home too.…
With our fundraising season pretty much wrapped up (although we are still trying to raise funds for another 18 water filters to be able to do 7 complete villages (3100 villagers), I sit here in Luang …
While it has been quite some time since my last post, it isn’t because we haven’t been busy. Our fundraising season begins on the day I return from Laos (last April) and ends when I step…
A few days following the visit of our 16 guests, we had the pleasure of receiving several more guests, Kevin (Saskatchewan, Canada), Cinzia (Switzerland), and a very, very special lady and good friend…
It was so sad to see everyone leave a couple at a time but I suppose the highlight was when Dawn (my sister) and Beau managed to visit after o many years of hearing me talk about it. While I was busil…