Lately Abi has started laughing in her sleep. It’s one of my favorite things in the world right now. She’s not really laughing during waking hours yet and even her smiles are pretty rare, so I’m always amazed by the laugh-out-loud giggles that she has during naps! I wonder what she’s dreaming about that’s so [...]

Perhaps our most significant ministry to the Akha is the Akha Clinic. In Thailand, many of the Akha are not given Thai citizenship, even if they are born in Thailand. This is due largely to the fact that they are recently (within the last 3 or 4 generations) from Burma.Unfortunately, this also means a lack [...]

Thailand doesn’t want her.America doesn’t know she exists.So what is the first thing you do when your baby is born overseas? Get her a passport of course. Unfortunately for us, that means at least three 6-hour round trips to Chiang Mai.One trip to get the forms, and send her Thai birth certificate to Bangkok for [...]

Our little Abigail has been given the name Yeh mi by the Akha of Mae Salong, and has been widely accepted as the newest little Akha girl in the village. On August 26th we were able to go up to Mae Salong to introduce Abigail to our village family and to ask the elders to [...]

We’ve had our bad nights, but all in all, Abi is a great little sleeper… Tags: abigail pictures