Leaf: Monks and merit making in the morning. (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Rae: A pair of happy macaws. (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
Leaf: Christmas- Christ was planted into humanity reflecting GLORY to us. A glory that before Christ came was too bright to look at with our natural eyes. Jai Yeshu Deva. Pranam. (Yarramundi, Australia)
Rae: It has been the sweetest Christmas Day but Isaac is keeping it real. (It's cream that he ate, threw, finger-painted with, and skated in.) (Pai, Thailand)
Leaf: Christmas with Brendan's family always involves cricket; indoors and outdoors. (Barrington, Australia)
Rae: Our Christmas Eve gathering was sweet and beautiful, with lights and flowers and lots of food. (Pai, Thailand)
Leaf: This is the path I walk down in the mornings talking to God. This morning the 3 of us walked and prayed (we prayed for you guys as well). (Yarramundi, Australia)
Rae: Well, this was surprising. I can't say that I've ever seen anyone peddling paintings of the Virgin and Child in Pai before. I bought one for the meditation center. (Ha! Kidding!) But anyway, the man selling them was delightful. (Pai, Thailand)
Leaf: I made this bush flower rangoli for a meditation that we ran. (Yarramundi, Australia)
Rae: I was nearly out of gas on a long drive, far from our town, when I came upon this little station. Thankfulness overflowing! (Between Pai and Pang Mapha, Thailand)
Leaf: Longing for a world where all refugees are welcomed and every animal is blessed. (Glenbrook, Australia)
Rae: A lovely kayaking and canoeing afternoon in a beautiful spot where we were welcomed and blessed. (Alta, USA)
Leaf: We went to the COPE museum and learnt more about the sad reality of all the unexploded mines still all over Laos. This exhibit reminded me of this verse: 'They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation,nor will they train for war anymore.' The Sacred Scriptures- Isaiah 2:4 (Vientiane, Laos)
Rae: My parents live on Vancouver Island, and we have to take a ferry to get to them. We've taken many ferry trips, actually, this month, going to different locations, and I love being on a boat, crossing to an island. This woman is one of many who would rather sit outdoors than in. (Georgia Strait, Canada)