The Vernon Journal

At the end of this month (August 2009) our annual dental team will be arriving in Chiang Rai. Dr. Luce and Dr. Newman will be with the team to provide free dental care for the children’s home, Bible students, and various Akha villages. Dr. Luce has been coming out for years, and Dr. Newman joined [...]

Living in an Akha village is a constant discovery of talents and craftsmanship. Whether it’s a man making a bamboo ladder, women creating ornate Akha stitch work, or the simple, pure skill of the machete as a daily tool.
The other day while Lori was out in the village she came across another incredible sight. Our [...]

Our director is off to Singapore tomorrow to teach on the subject “Communicating the Gospel in a Pluralist Context” for Haggai Institute. I have had the privilege to help him prepare for these 8 lectures: we have been working on the powerpoints for months, and intensively over these past two weeks. The time is upon [...]

Last week I took my sister Esther to Myanmar without my parents.
She did very good and walked exactly where I told her to. She didn’t cry and neither did I.
After we gave money to the policeman for a special stamp we went back to see my parents in Thailand.
They were very excited to see me [...]

Yes, the days have come. Abi has one little bottom tooth and is “army crawling” all around our little house. Here’s a brief glimpse:

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