The Vernon Journal podcast - Life with the Akha by Paul and Lori Vernon.
Our Akha Grandma spins cotton picked from the tree behind her home into yarn using the method she learned in her youth growing up in Burma (Myanmar)
Our Akha Grandma spins cotton picked from the tree behind her home into yarn using the method she learned in her youth growing up in Burma (Myanmar)
The youth group from CMCC honored us and our village by spending their 2008 Missions Trip in Mae Salong with us!
Signing Time videos were donated to teach young Akha village children English and Sign Language (specifically a young deaf family). Our little Abigail loves the videos, and especially the theme song.Here are some moments of her dancing to the theme song.(This one is mostly for the friends and family who care - not about our work with the Akha)
Building a home with bamboo walls, grass roof and some modern convienences like a bathroom and cement floors. Akha construction in Mae Salong Thailand
Abigail crosses the border without her parents for her first visa run
First tooth and crawling. Set to "Flight of the Bumblebee"