The name of my blog is Thailand and Other Lost Causes, that probably seems like a strange name to give this blog. Why would you call something you're passionate about, something you want to spend the rest of your life doing, something you want others to support you in a lost cause? It makes no sense...it seems counter productive, it's not I promise. The idea for the name came from this blog post that I wrote almost three years ago while I was an undergrad intern at Honor Academy of The Ozarks. That post was inspired by one of my favorite quotes of all time, "It's very often that the lost causes are the only causes worth fighting for." - Jimmy Stewart These words are spoken in the fantastic movie Mr.Smith Goes To Washington by a man by the name of Mr.Smith ( Jimmy Stewart ) who is in Washington D.C. fighting what seems like a losing battle for something he believes in, something he knows is right. He's fighting for the children of Am
"Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us. Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God." Hebrews 12:1-2