Apocalyptic It’s meant to unveil truths, which sounds like it should be fascinating  but it seems a jumble of nonsense. Apathetic  ...

Connecting is the Velvet Ashes theme for this week.  (I didn't really plan ahead for it but I ended up posting some photos from our t...

There were many surprises when I moved from China back to Australia. As I started interacting with Australians again I realised I’d taken o...

This month on Velvet Ashes  it is all about welcoming new cross cultural workers, in particular last week was focused on  Welcome to Ministr...

Enduring the late afternoon with two kids screaming at each other is easier than doing it with seven loud, messy kids complete with  poo and...

4th Scorpion we've found inside I was thinking about this weeks V elvet Ashes Welcome to the field   Broken water pumps and scorp...

It was dead before I saw it, so glad about that.  I came out of the shower to see Soeun sweeping up bits of a big black scorpion. While he...

Normally when I think of transition I think of a huge upheaval of everything at once. New house in a new country with a new job, having t...

Just in the last few weeks the younger toddler suddenly changed! She started counting and singing and recognising the alphabet . She started...

Just some quick notes so I can remember what I learnt. Recently a Homeschool summit was held over about 2 weeks, the sessions were li...

We went to visit family in Aus earlier this year. One morning they were working on the road of the house we were staying in. The preschool...

We are continuing to think about schooling for our kids. There are lots of schools in the town we live in, although at a first glance none s...

Jacaranda is in bloom, weather is warmer, town is decorated in festive lights, shops and schools closed, people travelling to their hometow...

Here are some of the book we are reading at the moment. Bottom left are some bilingual books from the Cambodian Bible Society . We have ...