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There is something terribly daunting about an empty page. A blinking cursor. How can I cram these weeks and months into words, to make my silent blog not-so-silent? Do I even want to? I wasn’t sure. So it sat quiet. Life was not quiet. Fall flew by in a blur. October was crammed full of meetings and school and work and prep for my upcoming  trip to Thailand . Ready or not, we were leaving on a jet plane. And then, Thailand. How do I describe Thailand? Amazing. Wonderful. Providential. Holy. Devastating. Heartbreaking. Life-altering. I laughed so hard I’m sure I looked crazy and cried so hard I thought my heart would just burst open. We saw children sold in front of us, and we saw children offer themselves for sale. We spent afternoons playing jenga and drinking sprite with new friends who would be sold that evening. We saw God move. We loved people. We left it all on the field. I came home exhausted and spent in a way I cannot describe. Jet lagged, yes. But much m...