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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!

March 3rd 2006, A Day to Live in Infamy

Monday, March 06, 2006

Marco Polo met with the Great Khan. Kennedy flew in a the first Air Force One. Neil Armstrong was the first to man to step onto the moon. But today is a day for history...

I have been feeling a bit under the weather (which is an idiom by the way); so, while everyone else is out and about, I'm *sniffling* and *coughing* away the morning at our friend's home in Palmdale, CA. As I like to do when I have the time (or when I'm just bored) I was perusing my Newsfox feeds and an Engadget article caught my attention. I was shocked to see this was not top news on every newswire. The link was to the Catholic News Service:

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- A group of Vatican Radio employees gave Pope Benedict XVI a brand new iPod nano loaded with special Vatican Radio programming and classical music.

To honor the pope's first visit to the radio's broadcasting headquarters, the radio's technical staff decided the pencil-thin, state-of-the-art audio player would make the perfect gift.

Read full article.

How cool is that? Pope Benedict XVI is the first Pope ever to be presented with an iPod. I'm certain Bono is very pleased. The only question that remains is when will Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II be presented with her very own XBox 360?

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