Elizabeth Kolbe is helping her neighbors in Thailand

Members of Trinity Lutheran Church know all about former Youth Director Liz Kolbe’s life and special project in Thailand. Recently she was kind enough to share her story with our readers also.

Elizabeth (but I think “Liz”) Kolbe is a 2002 graduate of Sleepy Eye High School and the daughter of Thomas Kolbe and Katelyn Mason. She told me she is also a former staff writer for the Herald-Dispatch, when she was 16 (she didn’t say—maybe summer intern? We used to have those). 

Liz is currently living in Thailand with her husband Kim. She described their location as “our beautiful, yet economically underprivileged tropical island home, Koh Jum, Krabi, Thailand. There are about 3,000 people living on our island, roughly the same population as Sleepy Eye. Much like Sleepy Eye, it is quite rural; while about 70% of families make their living from marine fishing, Koh Jum also has rubber…