The Vernon Journal

The last few months I have been working with Aje on the publication of an Akha primer. Part of that work has meant that I have had the honor to listen in on the meetings of Akha leaders from Thailand, Myanmar, China and Laos as they discuss the newest Akha orthography.

Orthography: a method of representing [...]

Most of my recent reading attention has been focused on the dissertation: Leadership Development Within the Akha Cultural Context with Application to Akha Bible Institute as I have been helping our director finalize the editing for his doctorate program. At six hours a day for the past (and next) month, there has been little [...]

Since we’ve gotten to the field, I’ve become one of those people that devours books, especially what Paul and I call “candy books” or books that are just for fun. Lately I’ve been reading the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Series, by Douglas Adams. It originally started out as a British radio [...]

I started an amazing book this morning. Talking Animals. Magic. Giants. Nomads. Wars. Murder. Adventure. Emerging Culture. Emerging Language. And all of that is just the introduction. The stage. The first 15 chapters of the Greatest Story Ever Told.
Many of you heard me share about my struggles with literacy in culture and how it’s affected [...]

Inspired by the harrison ford super bowl commercial and the innumberable similar blogs throughout the world which posted these lists I have compiled my very own
places i slept in 2005
salem, orportland, orbend, ornapa, calos angeles, capalmdale, caarvada, coseattle, wataipei, tw (not overnight, but i was asleep)krunthep (bangkok), thchiang rai, thdoi mae salong, thdoi chang, [...]