Due to the generosity of Voxites, we had a budget surplus last year that we have been able to give out to local and global partners doing cool things to serve the poor. Some of that money went to Mobile Loaves and Fishes for their micro-enterprise program ROADS to fix up a bike and turn it into a mobile ice […]
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Hope Springs Water
Karen Phillips is a Vox member and missions team member. She is looking for help to raise awareness for a water company that raises money to provide water for developing countries. Right now, she’s trying to get the water in Austin-area stores. Contact her for more information at 940-367-3935. H20 Flow is a tiny water advocacy group consisting of me […]
Catie’s Update: Reflections and Prayer
Catie, a Vox member, is currently living and working in El Salvador. She updates us on her thoughts and prayers regularly — you can read her first update here and her blog here. Today I was feeling the very strong need to pull close to my Vox community, and was so so grateful for the liturgy podcasts, prayers, and reflections […]
Narwaffle Posada Party
Vox has committed to hosting monthly birthday parties for residents of Posada Esperanza, a local housing program for immigrant women and children. We are still looking for hosts for the upcoming months, so if you or your midweek group is interested, please email us. Vox youth, self-described “Narwafflers,” hosted the January Posada birthday party. Here’s what some of the Narwafflers […]
Tutapona
This week I met Chloe from Tutapona. She lived in Central Africa and works for this organization that provides counseling to victims of trauma in South Sudan and Uganda. Specifically, they work in refugee camps with displaced people to provide Christ-centered healing and community. Their programs, based on a curriculum that has been tailored specifically for the local cultures, have […]
Teesa’s Update: Greetings from Maai Mahiu
Here at Vox we remain connected to several Vox community members currently living and serving overseas. Teesa Bahana, a much-missed Voxmie, is living in Kenya and working for Comfort the Children International. Hey Voxians, Voxites, Voxmies (Vox + homies), Greetings from windy Maai Mahiu! Chicago has nothing on this place. I’m currently holed up in my apartment for fear of […]
Catie in El Salvador
Here at Vox we partner with and support overseas organizations in Central Asia and India, which comprises some of our global missions efforts. In addition, we remain connected and support in various ways several Vox community members currently living and serving overseas. Catie Johnston — who has been a part of the Vox community and served on the Vox music […]