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the personal blog of paul vernon

Thank you for taking the time to view humblethorn. The purpose of this blog is to have an outlet to share my thoughts, quotes, ramblings and the occasional item of interest as I serve as a missionary to the Akha in Northern Thailand. Mostly, this is an outlet (in English!) for me to feel like someone out there is listening. So, to whoever you are, thank you for being my listening someone.

Many people have asked about the name "humblethorn". I would love to explain it, but I honestly don't fully understand it myself. In very simple terms, it is an identity that I have come to realize in Christ. I do not claim to be humble, rather that I am often humbled by my own weakness.

Feel free to navigate through the links on the top of this site to read more about me or just to view the photo galleries, videos, podcasts and journals about our lives with the Akha. Now... on to the posts!

Well, Google seems to know us

Sunday, December 18, 2005

Just when you think you're insignificant in the universe, you search for your website during halftime of the Broncos game (21-10 Denver is driving - what a great year 2005 has been) which happens to be two VERY common words (Vernon Journal) and hey, there we are! I can't pretend to understand how Google works, but obviously you guys are all keeping up with us online - we feel the love!

So, here's a screenshot of what I found when I searched for "Vernon Journal" on Google. I'm not sure if it has any significance, and who knows what changes will occur over time, but for one brief moment, there we were. It's always nice to be number one - especially if your last name starts with a "V" which always put you on the bottom of the list.

All this to say, we just want to thank you all for all your support. Your prayers mean the world to us, your emails are great - but this shows us that you are really interested in our work here and our struggles and stories as we try to learn Akha and discover where our future ministries will be.

Enjoy the holidays (despite all my education, I have had to correct my misspelling of "holliday" five times today) and drop us a line if you get the chance - we love to hear from you. (Anderson's second touchdown of the game 28-10, Buffalo is done!) Goodnight everyone.

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