Clik here to view.
Message from a friend
About 2 months ago I received a special email from a very special person. In the mid and late 1940’s, 2 young men from Scotland left their homes and families behind and set off for Tibet. Their names...
View ArticleClik here to view.
June Prayer Requests
Here are our prayer requests for the month of June: 1. The guesthouse that we have been working at for the past 8 months is currently closed due to a large landslide that happened about 2 weeks ago....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Crazy Weather
It is mid-July on the Tibetan Plateau. It is supposed to be the warmest time of year. Normal temperatures are in the upper 60’s and low 70’s. However, for nearly the past week, the temperatures have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
September Prayer Requests
We hope that all of you are doing well. It is amazing how fast this summer has gone by and really, it is amazing how fast the past year has gone by! It seems like just yesterday that we were moving to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Yushu: 18 months after the earthquake
Last month, I (Jamin) made the long journey to Yushu prefecture ཡུལ་ཤུལ་་ཁུལ།. From the city, it is 825 kilometers (515 miles) to the prefecture capital of Jyekundo སྐྱེ་དགུ་མདོ་ and 1000 kilometers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Photos and stories from across Yushu Prefecture
I returned a few weeks ago from an 8 day, 1100 mile (2000 miles total) journey across Yushu Prefecture ཡུལ་ཤུལ་་ཁུལ།. I traveled with our good Tibetan friend TS along with some good European friends...
View ArticleClik here to view.
First week back
In the early morning hours of December 31st, our family arrived safely at our home on the northeast corner of the Tibetan Plateau. Our flight path took us from Seattle to San Francisco to Beijing to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Prayer walking at Labrang Monastery
I came back recently from a 3 day trip to the nearby town of Labrang. Labrang lies 4 hours south of the city and has the largest Tibetan Buddhist monastery on the northern Tibetan Plateau. Home to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Back on the Tibetan Plateau!
After a very restful 4 months in the US, our family returned home to the Tibetan Plateau on January 7th. Our flight took us from Seattle to Seoul and then to Hong Kong where we spent 2 nights. From...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Across Tibet for Losar
Jamin just returned from a 900 mile journey across the eastern Tibetan Plateau visiting long-time friends for the Tibetan New Year holiday of Losar. Losar (Lo = year, Sar = new) is the largest holiday...
View Article