Over at Akha Outreach Foundation’s children’s home “House of Joy” everyone is battling the flu, not Swine Flu or H1N1, but a pretty nasty bug by its own account. Over 80 of the 150 people on site have gotten a flu that keeps them in bed for four days. You can read all the info [...]

Abi and her cousin Sem couldn’t be more different. She is energetic, outgoing and a talker. He is mellow, easygoing, and pretty quiet. Abi is determined to do everything Sem does, and play with everything he plays with. Sem is determined to get away from Abi.
After a few days, they have gotten a little more [...]

We are very proud of my younger brother, Jeremy, who is graduating from college this morning in Kassel, Germany. He has been studying at the International YMCA University of Applied Sciences, with the lectures, papers and oral exams all in the German language. We had been hoping to come out for the graduation, but the [...]

Thank you all for your patience through the years as we have worked to streamline the donation process as much as possible. We now have some very big news - online donations are now available through the FMI website! You may donate online at http://give.foursquare.org/vernon. Thank you for your continued support!