The Vernon Journal

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 [...]

We’ve had a bit of a blogging dry spell recently (and by that I mean “I’ve had a bit of a blogging dry spell.” Thank goodness my husband has the motivation to post every once in a while!). Any how, I’m trying to get back into the blogging groove, so I just thought I’d share [...]

Here’s a video that the Quinley’s recorded of Lori explaining a little bit about Akha food and culture to their team when they visited us in Maesalong.

reposted from a guest blogging article written at JasonRuggles.com FOOD FRIDAY: EAT LIKE AN AHKA Posted on 29. Jan, 2010 by April As we’ve mentioned more than once, last month we went up to an Akha village for a few days to experience their culture.  Part of that was, of course, their food.  My favorite part was [...]

The Akha way of life is centered around rice. It encompasses every aspect of their lives.  Preparing the fields, planting, harvesting. every meal every day every month every year It’s no wonder that rice is the center of religion, culture and celebration in the Akha world. But, if there is a secondary symbol of importance [...]