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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!

Oh, the Places You will Go!

Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Inspired by the harrison ford super bowl commercial and the innumberable similar blogs throughout the world which posted these lists I have compiled my very own

places i slept in 2005

salem, or
portland, or
bend, or
napa, ca
los angeles, ca
palmdale, ca
arvada, co
seattle, wa
taipei, tw (not overnight, but i was asleep)
krunthep (bangkok), th
chiang rai, th
doi mae salong, th
doi chang, th
chiang mai, th
fang, th
somewhere down south in thailand

Amazing. The people and places we saw over this last year were incredible. Of course I must recommend Thailand to anyone looking for a place to visit (or for a place to have a "vacation with a purpose"), but the time in each of these cities was wonderful.

Now, I'm off to add to my 2006 list...