By Paul Vernon on Jun 11, 2008 in Paul | 0 Comments
There is another George Junior in one of the most exclusive clubs in sports. George Kenneth Griffey Junior joined George Herman (Babe) Ruth Junior as well as Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, Barry Bonds and Sammy Sosa in the 600 Home Run club. Throughout his career he has been known as “The Kid” or “The Natural” [...]
By Paul Vernon on Jun 11, 2008 in Ministry Updates | 0 Comments
Well, we’ve been all around, actually, but the times that we have not been teaching at the Bible college, receiving training in community development, assisting our director as he prepares for a teaching series in Singapore or showing Tiffany and Tamara around Northern Thailand (we had a great time girls! – hope you enjoy Bangkok) [...]
By Paul Vernon on Jun 11, 2008 in Ministry Updates | 1 Comment
When we share about our work with the Akha, we stress a holistic approach to ministry. Simply stated, this means we seek to minister the whole gospel to the whole person through the whole church. There is a spectacular article by Ron Sider et. al. over at forMinistry.org if you would like to read more [...]
By Lori Vernon on Jun 10, 2008 in Ministry Updates | 1 Comment
This is A-Paw. She is hearing impaired. When we first arrived in the village three years ago, she was an outgoing, playful little four year old who had no idea that there was any difference between her and her friends. Unfortunately, without any exposure to sign language, in the past three years we’ve seen her [...]