START OF THE TRIP: The Marshall family on their way to the airport. It’s the first time any of them have worn their fully loaded packs.
START OF THE TRIP: The Marshall family on their way to the airport. It’s the first time any of them have worn their fully loaded packs.
COSTA RICA: Traca and John with Carol Crew (now Carol Patrick) practicing the Alpha Shout on their way to the Osa Wildlife Sanctuary.
COSTA RICA: The Human Kitchen, the center of all Sanctuary operations and the space where the spider monkeys were most territorial.
COSTA RICA: John and Sweetie during their first meeting.
COSTA RICA: Jackson with Tank the anteater. Tank never wanted to be let go.
NEW ZEALAND: Jackson ironing for the first time at the Sharda Centre.
NEW ZEALAND: Sherab’s bus, aka the Gypsy Dancer or the Brown Potato.
NEW ZEALAND: Logan helping to move the window in the girl’s dorm at Sherab’s place.
NEW ZEALAND: The birthday bathtub behind The Hangar at the Rumble’s house.
NEW ZEALAND: Traca loving the view above the clouds on Mt. Fyfe, Kiakoura
NEW ZEALAND: Logan, Traca, Jackson, and John at the top of Mt. Fyfe.
THAILAND: Logan and Jackson with a group of adoring students.
THAILAND: Several girls from nearby towns surprised Logan one day, stopping by to talk and take pictures.
THAILAND: Jackson during recess with three of her most persistent admirers.
THAILAND: Lining up with the other teachers at Teacher’s Day.
THAILAND: Jackson’s hands at the end of our reception. So much affection in those little strings.
INDIA: After chasing the water buffalo out of John’s path, Job turned to scream in triumph.
INDIA: The seats of honor at Jackson’s fifteenth birthday party. One of the Older Girls, April, shared the same birthday.
INDIA: John helping out in the laundry, something that always embarrassed the Older Girls.
INDIA: Clifton Shipway and a few of the children he is raising at the Good Shepherd Agricultural Mission.
LADAKH: Khen Rinpoche with Logan and Jackson on a hillside above Stok Village.
LADAKH: Maya on the streets of Leh, offering her strings of necklaces. “My dear! I am here!”
LADAKH: A view of the mountains and the new Golden Buddha statue in the Nubra Valley.
PORTUGAL: The heart mosaic on the beach in Salema, Portugal.
PORTUGAL: The last day. At the Lisbon airport, ready to fly back home.