The Vernon Journal

Regardless of what corner of the globe or what ethnic group, it’s important for women to have the opportunity to retreat from their usual daily routines and be with other women for rest, encouragement and spiritual renewal. In January I had the privilege of joining with many women for the annual Akha women’s retreat at [...]

Oh, the joys of illiteracy! Take our experiences yesterday. We were looking for breakfast and ended up in a 7-11 (finding this to be the least “risky” of the available options… we’re still pretty new at all of this). We settled on two strawberry yogurts and a bag of plain white dinner rolls. But I [...]