Ten Years Camille Porter Each of my (Camille’s) last ten years has been embedded in a marginalised neighbourhood of the bustling, cosmopolitan, yet dreadfully unequal, city of Bangkok. And each has brought me the gift of experiencing depths of relationship, hospitality, and care beyond what I could imagine far from my birthplace of Australia. Ten
Where you stand determines what you see. The way that we see and experience life is shaped by our place in it – our cultural perspective, our socio-economic standing, our gender, our family life, and so on. Where we stand shapes the way we read the Bible too – the ways our imaginations interpret its
Appreciating Inconvenience Elise Fletcher Two weeks of hotel quarantine with this view and meals delivered three times a day turned out to be a great way to transition between countries! We had dreaded the confinement but were given a suite double the size of our house where we lived like kings! It was a great space
Life Doesn’t Always go to Plan Lish Besford Last year did not quite go according to plan but God still worked in ways we could never imagine. While a pandemic may have stopped our world in its tracks, as always God was/is still present, still working, still helping us find hope in unexpected places. As
“Everything that is done in this world is done by hope!”– Martin Luther Christmas is just around the corner in a year that seems like it almost never got started. 2020 has definitely been a strange year filled with pandemics, lockdowns, fear, hopelessness and uncertainty. We have been forced to stop and think about life
ADAPTING By Elise Fletcher Every day we pass the kids play-area at the end of our alley. Most of the kids call us ‘Jon’ interchangeably … I, Elise, have given up correcting them! In the relative cool of the evenings it is buzzing. During the lockdown period, while local schools were still closed, I noticed
At this time of Global Pandemic, Jon and Elise Fletcher from UNOH Thailand, give an update interview with Rev Simon Bickersteth from St James’s Church, Carlisle, England. If you want to know how things are going in UNOH Thailand, this 20minute video will give you a snapshot into Jon and Elise’s work.
The Coronavirus crisis has already hit the Khlong Toey community hard in many ways. Stopping work and staying home is not an option for most, when existence is already hand to mouth. Job security is now more fragile than ever, with little informal ‘day’ work to be had. If Covid cases arrive in our crowded
In Manurewa, Auckland, activities and worksheets for families without access to a printer are being distributed by Urban Neighbours of Hope.
These are challenging times for all of us. For those facing urban poverty, however, they are particularly tough. Whether it’s the difficulties of living in high density slums, the precariousness of those from migrant and refugee backgrounds or in immigration detention, or the uncertainty with which those on low incomes face their next rent payment,