The Vernon Journal

Globally, 1.1 Billion people drink from contaminated water sources every day, but thanks to the generosity of Pure Water International, there are now 12 fewer Akha families on that list. Near our village is another small Akha village very close to our hearts called “Ayi Akha”. They are very poor, and have no access to electricity [...]

As we’re wrapping up our first furlough since beginning our service as Foursquare missionaries, and our first trip to America in the last 3 years, we want to say thank you to all of our family, friends, pastors and partners that we’ve been able to see over the past 3 months. We’ve really enjoyed our [...]

This image was created for an introduction/update printing we are about to do, but we thought that it would be a great thing to share with all of you here as well. [Image Text] Paul and Lori Vernon ministering to the Akha people of Southeast Asia We are Foursquare missionaries partnering with a ministry in [...]

We have been asked numerous times about traditional Akha music and singing. As we cannot even begin to imitate this beautiful musical style we haven’t been able to fully communicate what it is like. However, for the AOF 10th Year of Ministry celebration we cut a recording of one of our Akha pastor’s wives singing [...]

Ten years ago this week was the first time we arrived in Thailand. As two young, wide-eyed, newlywed college kids we first set foot in the nation that we knew God had called us to serve. We had come to Thailand to visit a fledgling ministry to the Akha people and assist them with some [...]