A ‘Real’ Servants Community
Posted On August 2, 2009
In the last month we have had 3 new reasons to feel like a ‘real’ Servants community: 1) children, 2) weather and 3) unwanted guests… Read More →
The Two Towers
Posted On July 18, 2009
Last week I was away for 5 days on a course for work. Coming home on the train I couldn’t help smiling when saw the… Read More →
A Piece of God’s Earth
Posted On June 29, 2009
Daniel writes: the people sitting on benches near the Gurudwara on Havelock Road watch me with curiosity (or perhaps mild amusement) as i head off… Read More →
.:::THE DISCO:::.
Posted On March 23, 2009
“only dance, only dance…drink beer…only dance.” Our friend Aung Tin (name changed) tries to clarify his purposes at the local disco before we fully understand… Read More →
Labourers are the Mortar
Posted On January 16, 2009
“Bus #48” they say, catch that and you can see half of Bangkok for 8 Baht. So I decide to take advantage of the cheap… Read More →
How to Move into a Slum
Posted On January 14, 2009
According to the UN, 1 out of every 6 people on earth today lives in a slum. Yet those who intentionally relocate to these communities… Read More →
Family Experiments with Living on $2 a Day
Posted On December 3, 2007
Many of our neighbours lives on less than $2 a day. After 12 months living in a poor Cambodian community we have observed lots of… Read More →
Undercover in Cambodia’s Brothels
Posted On July 28, 2007
BBC reporter Thembi Mutch spent seven weeks in Thailand and Cambodia, finding out what life is like for children trafficked into the region’s thriving sex… Read More →
Thought from the Streets – My 7 Days of Homelessness
Posted On July 9, 2007
I am sleeping on the ground. Well, on cardboard really. One of more than 2000 people who are homeless on the streets of Vancouver tonight…. Read More →