We get a lot of emails and questions, mostly from people in America, asking how they can become missionaries to Thailand or other nations in the world. I’m a proponent of missions, and encourage anyone and everyone I meet to seek the missions call in their life. So, for those of you who hear the call, [...]

I’ve been trying to write an update on the story in Maesalong this morning and have been struggling to find the words. I just can’t narrow down all the stories into a cohesive update. So instead of finishing that post, I began catching up on the emails that have been piling up on my task [...]

Many of you have read or heard some of our ministry philosophy “catch-phrases” here on our journal or as we have communicated with you in person. The study of the Akha culture, and the inevitable parallel study of my own American culture has led to a number of cross-cultural keywords that have become very important [...]

Over the past seven months we have had a number of ultrasounds, including an attempt to have a 4-d video ultrasound at the private hospital in Chiang Rai (the technician was not available) in order to determine whether we are having a boy or a girl, and until last night she just wouldn’t cooperate with [...]

A documentary created by a Media Light team in 2010 that gives a little bit of a glimpse into our lives with the Akha in Southeast Asia. A short 5-minute documentary style production by the 2010 Media Light team in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Paul and Lori Vernon are serving the Akha people in Northern Thailand [...]