Thailand

October Prayer Letter

19 September 2011
Amy Hupe

Summer is quickly transitioning from Fall to Winter; the long weekends spent enjoying family in the States are feeling so far away.  Some of my most treasured memories are afternoons with family, firing up the BBQ and cooking outside.  There is a sense of “all is right with the world” when kids are running in [...]

Blurry Lines

25 July 2011
Tim Hupe

A Reflection by Amy Hupe Turning the corner there is a young baby sitting on a mat hands folded. As I get to her I see she is alone. She looks about 2, white powder on her faces shows someone took care to make sure her hair is combed, her dress is nice and her [...]

Thailand has a New Blog!

14 December 2010
Amy Hupe

Read weekly reflections from our ministry night on our new blog.  http://courage2create.tumblr.com/

Beggars Society in Thailand

21 October 2010
Tim Hupe

We were inspired by our U.S. Office to hopefully create the same attention while gathering people together in Bangkok area seeking God’s heart for the poor. On December 1st we will be kicking off our first gathering with the help of Ash Barker (founding director of UNOH).  He will be reflecting on the new book [...]

Field Update

16 March 2010
Tim Hupe

So we are long overdue for an update. Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. We are keeping busy currently hosting another Servant Team (4 people) and have 2 interns working with us until June 1st. Outreach We continue to hit the streets twice a week building relationships with the families and children [...]

Phase II

6 October 2009
Tim Hupe

MINISTRY During the time we spent volunteering with another organization, it became obvious a very real unreached need are the children and families who beg on the street. It has sadly become known to us that these little girls and boys begging or selling trinkets in the red-light districts are at risk and being propositioned [...]

Monsoon and Bubbles

20 July 2009
Amy Hupe

I get woken up with “Yaay, MaMMa awake, Ella awake … Dadda wake…Sissy awake..Yaay” as Elijah declares, while jumping on the bed, that we are all awake and how happy she is about it! Then it is off to phone calls discussing Visa issue and planning to go to Laos. In the afternoon i am [...]

“ the world of the poor…that is the real world…”

15 July 2009
Tim Hupe

Dear Family & Friends, “ the world of the poor…that is the real world…” Jon Sobrino goes onto say that until in 1974 he lived in the “real world” the world of the Poor did not exist for him. Today in 2009 this is still very much true.  A fellow Word Made Flesh worker shared [...]

HOME

2 July 2009
Amy Hupe

Life if Bangkok often feels like months are really hours, and days only minutes. There is so much life around us that time seems to melt away. As I sat down to do a quick update I looked and realized our last blog was in May and I though how is it already June working [...]

PRAYER

29 May 2009
Tim Hupe

“i will take my stand at my watchpost and station myself on the tower, and look out to see what he will say to me …” This passage from Habakkuk has a beautiful imagery. I see him standing in the watch tower, of the destroyed or desolate city of Jerusalem in the middle of a [...]