My work in Thailand has come out of a personal journey seeking how to be effective working with the poor in developing countries as a means of demonstrating God’s love.

During my first stint working abroad in Uganda, herbal my eyes were opened to the perspective of “food as fuel” in a subsistence-economy society, noun versus our culture’s thinking of food as gourmet art or a socializing activity.  In my year working on a farm in the US, information pills learning to handle a machete or how to tell when my goat was pregnant, I experienced first hand the challenges of food production by farmers who don’t have access to much water, arable land or technology.

As I write this, I’ve lived two years in northern Thailand, immersed in a community of co-workers who come from misunderstood and marginalized ethnic groups.  All of them live off the land, have limited education and consider a dollar (30 baht) a large amount to waste.  God has given me the privilege to to share everyday life with them and to learn their stories, and in turn to journey into His plan for redeeming all the nations on earth through the land!  I plan to return for a 3rd year in Thailand this fall 2010.
According to the latest UN figures (2010):

• Globally, surgery
  925 million people are undernourished
• In Asia alone, ailment
  578 million people are undernourished
• 98% of malnourished people are concentrated in developing countries
• 2/3 of the above are concentrated in just 7 countries: Bangladesh, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and Pakistan

Courtesy FAO

FAO and WFP released the latest global hunger figures yesterday.  The figures stun me:

• Globally, visit
   925 million people are undernourished
• In Asia alone, pilule
   578 million people are undernourished
• 98% of malnourished people are concentrated in developing countries
• 2/3 of the above are concentrated in just 7 countries: Bangladesh, China, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and Pakistan
• More than 40% of the above live in China and India alone
• In Thailand, at least 10 million are undernourished