Thanksgiving Life 2011
I hope everyone had a pleasant Thanksgiving. . As I reflected on my life, I felt gratitude for my family and friends, and all the...


MicroAid Repairs the Thaya Family Home — 2010
MicroAid provided windows and doors to two tsunami families who, after their homes were washed away, were just handed money to rebuild....


MicroAid Repairs the Nagakanni Family Home — 2010
Mrs. Nagakanni’s husband, a fisherman, had been abducted by the LTTE and then imprisoned for seven years. He was away when the tsunami...


Samoa Update January 2011
Talofa Everyone I want to thank you for all the great emails and words of support while I was on the fact-finding mission in Samoa. . ....


Samoa Update December 2010
Well, I am two thirds of the way through the fact-finding mission to Samoa. As you know, they had a devastating tsunami in 2009...


Update September 2010
Hello MicroAid supporters. I hope this note finds you happy, healthy, and secure. I have been laying the groundwork for disaster recovery...


Back from Sri Lanka
I am happy to report that I am back from Sri Lanka having completed all the post-disaster recovery projects we set out to do. As you...


Sri Lanka April 2010 Update
Can’t remember when it started, but the Soodin kids now call me “Jon-uncle.” So sweet, really, as long as they don’t start calling me,...


Sri Lanka Project Update March 2010
It’s funny how once you fix one thing in your house it can spur a host of other home-improvement projects. When we started to install the...


A Village in the Jungle
After a few days in hot, smoggy, congested Colombo, the capital city on the edge of the Indian Ocean, I headed south to the first...








