| Dear Friends: We are a day away from riding down into Santa Barbara where we will rest shortly before heading to Los Angeles and the Thai Consulate. We would appreciate hearing from you if you enjoy being on this list, and find it useful. We will be riding into LA and then riding east to Riverside, California before heading to the desert crossing to Phoenix. We now have more than 114 Ride for Freedom videos up on Youtube.com/akhazauh and close to 90,000 views of those videos. Today we rest in Los Ovitos, California, yesterday I walked 36 miles to give the horse a rest, on the way from Santa Maria. Tomorrow Hampton gets new shoes, the last ones went almost the entire length of California. In LA
we have flyers to hand out regarding the Queen of Thailand taking Akha land. She is going to see the bottom of our shoe for sure. You can help by calling the Thai Consul in LA. and voicing your displeasure about the Queen's Royal Project at Hooh Yoh and Pah Nmm Akha. 323-962-9574 - 77 323.962.2128 - Fax We are about 1/3 of the way of our trip across the US. We need help with grain for the horse, diesel and food if you are of a mind and heart to help out. By the way, we have heard that Richard P. Haugland has returned the Akha kids to their villages. We continue to investigate it. Bobby Morse (the defendant) took five hilltribe girls (the victims who accused him of rape) to the police station in Chiangmai to explain to the police that their report against him was nothing more than a prank. Since when does the accused have contact with victims, let alone escort them to the police station to recant their stories. Missionaries. I would also like to hear what your interest is in the Akha projects and what you are interested to do to help out the Akha cause? Matthew McDaniel The Akha Heritage Foundation. http://www.akha.org Akha Heritage Site. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Akhaweeklyjournal Discussion http://groups.yahoo.com/group/akha Donate Via Credit Card Paypal: PO Box 6073 Salem, OR. 97304 USA. |