The Vernon Journal

It’s been so long since we’ve posted anything on the baby blog that I have to go back in time to catch up a little bit! Here are a few cute pics of Abi during our trip to America. Tags: Abigail firsts pictures

Last Saturday AOF had a monumental celebration to dedicate the new classroom / future radio studio building as well as to recognize Aje for the completion of his Doctorate. Over a thousand Akha from around Northern Thailand, Christian and non-Christian alike, came to join in the festivities; and all the Satterfield girls were here for [...]

A team from Faith Bible Chapel has come out for a short-term missions trip. They are a great group and we have enjoyed spending some time with them. Last week we went with a number of them to an Akha church here in Chiang Rai and at the beginning of this week we brought them [...]

The Akha Wedding ceremony is a long process, beginning in the wife’s family village and ending in the husband’s family village. The big “wedding” event occurs in the husband’s village with the “Wife Celebration“. There is a lot to be told about this event, and for Lori and I there is still a lot to [...]

This has certainly been an exciting month for us. Between visa problems, guests, graduations and a new computer (hurray!) we have put a lot of miles on poor little Suzi with three trips each to Mae Salong, Mae Sai and Chiang Mai this month. It’s our belief that God wanted us to have these 33 [...]