The sometimes elusive Karen Longwell of Northumberland News is an amazing photo journalist.  She has already submitted two articles on her trip here in Laos and they have been published in Whitby This Week and it is possible that Northumberland Today will publish at least one of them today.  Karen has a golden heart, an […]

There are so many wonderful images presented by Karen Longwell, it is really difficult to choose!  Let’s start with the performers who waited so patiently for us to complete the formal part of the ceremony and to get the sound system going.  None of this would have been possible without the generous support of Jai […]

It has been a very busy couple of weeks but am so proud and happy to have been visited by great friends and to involve them directly in our projects.  Imagination is one thing – seeing is another.  Karen Longwell is a photojournalist and I am just so amazed at her abilities to capture the […]

I didn’t realize just how far behind I was with my updates.  Once I looked through several file folders of pictures, I understood why I always seemed to be busy. First, here is a picture of the second student we are sponsoring thanks to our generous sponsors.  I would like him to thank the sponsors […]

I am always behind the 8 ball these days – partly due to the poor internet service I have here, partly because I always seem to be busy (which is a good thing) and partly sheer procrastination…. Art Quickenton, a good friend of Mike and myself, just left a couple of days ago after spending […]

Hi Folks, I have been in Laos for 10 days now and it has been a bit of a struggle to try do as much as I can before our first visitors arrive.  This year it looks like 19 people will be visiting us to see Laos and join into some of the project activities […]

The Used Book Sale was amazing.  I was amazed at the number of volunteers that came out to help us.  Kathy Dennis, you are amazing!!!!  It was a lot of work but we raised $4,354 so it was well worth it.  Thank you also to Peggy and Tim Hay for all your help and to […]

Wow, where has all the time gone?  June was my last entry!  To be frank, almost all of my efforts were towards fundraising, putting together a dynamic Board of Directors, overseeing the last couple of projects overseas, determining what projects we should try to manage this year.  We did manage to get an update of […]