Chuck and Ruth Fox

The story of Aba, the young man who came from Burma.  If you want to know the kind of situations I run into when I am in villages then this is a typical one.  Aba is 27 years old and he came across the border from Burma three years ago to this Akha village looking for a better life, beca » read more

My Dear Friends Abroad,

I am glad to write to you about a team that went to an Akha village to establish a clean water system.  This team was one of our American Baptist teams from Colorado, a diverse group from the Denver area.  They did not know what they were getting themselve » read more

Dear Friends,

Greetings!  Summer is here!  Well, at least it is here at the Family Learning Center where I serve as principal, but for the rest of Thailand, it is the RAINY season!  We hope and pray that you are enjoying some time of respite and rejuvenation during these sum » read more

The Blessing of Clean Water to an Akha Village in northern Thailand

Everyone deserves clean water.  We take it for granted . You turn on the faucet and out it comes pretty much everywhere in the US -- clean, beautiful water. However, in the north of Thailand and in Akha villages there » read more

Annual Akha Youth Retreat in Chiang Rai, Thailand

April is the hottest time of the year in Thailand. Some folks may say that it is hot all of the time in Thailand, but we think that the humidity makes it feel especially so in April. Also, this is the Thai summer and the kids are out of sch » read more