Serenity in Serendib and Progress in Nepal
I’m happy to report that our project in Nepal continues to go well. We have made great progress on the house for our beneficiary family...
Serendipity in Serendib
Ayubowan. In addition to our Nepal project, which is going very well, I have been in Sri Lanka starting a new project and reconnecting...
MicroAid Repairs the Thaya Family Home — 2010
MicroAid provided windows and doors to two tsunami families who, after their homes were washed away, were just handed money to rebuild....
MicroAid Repairs the Nagakanni Family Home — 2010
Mrs. Nagakanni’s husband, a fisherman, had been abducted by the LTTE and then imprisoned for seven years. He was away when the tsunami...
Back from Sri Lanka
I am happy to report that I am back from Sri Lanka having completed all the post-disaster recovery projects we set out to do. As you...
Sri Lanka April 2010 Update
Can’t remember when it started, but the Soodin kids now call me “Jon-uncle.” So sweet, really, as long as they don’t start calling me,...
Sri Lanka Project Update March 2010
It’s funny how once you fix one thing in your house it can spur a host of other home-improvement projects. When we started to install the...
Sri Lanka March 2010
A quick note about traveling: the more you do it, the less different the world seems–slight variations in clothing, architecture,...
24 Hours in a Day
In so many ways I am getting used to being here. I don’t feel bedraggled all the time, and a breeze in the shade, even at 90 degrees,...
A Village in the Jungle
After a few days in hot, smoggy, congested Colombo, the capital city on the edge of the Indian Ocean, I headed south to the first...
