My name is Constance and I’m on the missions team here at Vox. I lived and worked for a few years in Thailand and had the privilege of meeting Tim and Amy Hupe of Word Made Flesh — a community committed to “serving Jesus among the most vulnerable of the world’s poor.” They live in Bangkok with their two daughters […]
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Vanakam (Greetings) from Chennai!
You may recall the tall giant who sometime early January timidly approached the mic and asked you to pray for her while she was in India. That giant was me! What then seemed like a significant amount of time now draws quickly—and cruelly–to an end. Crossing the airport barricade in January, I didn’t know what to expect, all I knew was to be expectant. […]
Wednesday Washing
One of the things I have come to love most about Austin is the abundance of passionate people. Passionate about coffee, food, graffiti, running, naked bike rides…You name it, there is someone preachin’ it here. Vox Veniae, our church community, happens to be incredibly passionate about being a source of hope and a helpful presence in the often-hurting East Austin […]
India Update: Delhi Partners
In October, Team Citizens United (Weylin, Hannah and Constance) went to India to visit a longtime partner, Calvary Community Church in Chennai, and meet other potential organizations in Delhi to support and learn from. CALVARY COMMUNITY CHURCH Our time in Chennai allowed us to celebrate the last decade of our relationship with Calvary Community Church. Gideon originally met Pastor Charlie […]
A Letter of Thanks
This is a letter from the director of Posada Esperanza thanking the Vox community for our support. Dear Friends at Vox Veniae, We are grateful for the generosity and friendship of the Vox Veniae Community. Thank you so much for giving Posada Esperanza a year of fun-filled birthday parties and for generously giving Posada Esperanza a grant of $5,000 to improve Posada’s services […]
Neighbors
For the past year, the Good Neighbor Fund has been available for Vox Covenant Members to feel supported and empowered to do good in their community. Voxites have applied to help their neighbor buy groceries, repair their homes and to allow a teacher friend to have an art exhibit for her students. I recently applied for a friend of mine […]
Mission Sunday
I grew up in the Baptist church. Every year (probably twice a year since we were Baptist), the cavernous foyer would be filled on a Sunday morning with tables upon tables of people returned from all over the world to share about their lives overseas. The Peru table was covered in beautiful blankets. The missionaries to India had pictures of […]