Archive for November, 2008

MMF, Take 2, still in Chiang Rai, Thailand

Posted on November 18, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized |

Wow! So much to relate! Sunday, I was able to spend more time with the students and we ran one of the modules! It went pretty well, although it would have been great to have more time (always, always the refrain) and to have spent some serious time thinking about how to translate some of [...]

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Mekong Minority Foundation, Chiang Rai

Posted on November 15, 2008. Filed under: Organizations | Tags: , |

Today, I met with the director of the Mekong Minority Foundation and the youth team.  Lucky for me, they were having a youth leadership retreat this weekend, which they graciously invited me to.  And tomorrow, we will test one of the modules with the youth leadership team.  The youth leadership team is comprised of about [...]

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Chiang Mai YMCA

Posted on November 15, 2008. Filed under: Organizations |

This afternoon, I visited the Chiang Mai YMCA.  I wasn’t entirely sure how to get there, but I figured if I asked the right tuk-tuk driver, I might find a way.  Sure enough, the first one I approached, said…oh, like Y…M…C…A.  That was the response I got from the monks, too.  Good thing that song [...]

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M, the monk

Posted on November 14, 2008. Filed under: Individual Voices | Tags: , , |

A couple of days ago, we went to Monk Chat for the second time, to talk to “M” again.  The first time we monkchatted, M told us that monks are supposed to be leaders in the community and that he, particularly, was interested in social justice.  That is why he was studying politics in school.  [...]

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Posted on November 14, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized |

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