Open Arms Cambodia
Empowering and Supporting Cambodian People to Reach their God Given Destiny
Bless your heart THURSDAY!!!!
Open Arms special
May Newsletter
Hi folks I hope you’re enjoying the cooler weather it’s around 40 degrees each day here but we are managing to keep cool.
Open Arms is a very busy place these days and we are continually grateful for the input that the young ones have, they make life so much easier.
We have employed two older women to help at Alabaster the young ones find it too distressing I must admit I find it difficult most days , we have four women pregnant at the moment and the sadness is that they are all sex workers and living on the streets but they don’t want to be housed ,I think they are just afraid of the unknown however Open Arms will assist with many things, Medical, Clothing, Toiletries, Formula , Baby bedding and if they decide we will rent rooms for them its such a strange situation a place to stay and they have Alabaster daily.
The children’s school is going extremely well the children are picking English quickly and their habits have changed, we are hoping to start to provide lunch for them daily it will cost $50usd a week so if you would like to invest in this could you let me know on this email address.
The young ones are loving training in the the new look of the restaurant I think its the aircon they like the most , Sreynait is really enjoying training the guys and we have just hired a lady from the slums she’s an older lady in her late forties but shes as keen as mustard . Sreynait is enjoying upgrading her skills I will attach a copy of her latest cake decoration and the cake, business is very slow as its too hot for people to eat but we are sure it will be good soon.
The Salon is losing two of its long time employees they have both been with us six years each Sreyna is so sad as they are friends but we assure her we are trainers and expect them to leave and go ahead them selves, they are both opening their own Salons and they should go very well as they are accomplished beauticians now.. The problem for us at this stage is to get rainers but we trust God in all things.
The training as always is going well we have 15 girls we are taking new girls constantly and i just love it when we drive around in the tuk tuk and Sreyna points out all the owner operated successful Salon that have come out of the training I use all those adjectives because anybody can train but to take in onto the next level is the success story and to think of where they came from what pleasure it is to be able to help these kids and watch them blossom.
The boys who lived with us in the children’s home are constant visitors now most of them have good jobs are married with babies and enjoying life, two of them came for dinner Saturday night and of course out came the photos there was lots of laughter kidding and fun was had by all I just loved it all.
Anyway for you folks who have been serving with us for fourteen years it’s a very good result thank you and to you all lovely faithful people thank you so much for all that you do to keep us going.
Much Love and Many Blessings
Grahame, Sandra and the Open Arms Family
Open Arms is now fully air conditioned.
Hi folks I Thought you might like to see the new look Cafe its was a trial to do it but it came up lovely.
The hope is that we can start to make profit so that we can continue
As usual our team was incredible we just couldn’t do it without them.
Thank you for your love. prayers and support.
Look forward to seeing you here.
Sandra x
Khmer New Year
So today we start our Khmer New Year holiday it’s the only time of the year that Open Arms is closed we close for ten days .
We don’t go away as Phnom Penh will be deserted and it’s beautiful and quiet and easy to get around .
We will go swimming eat watch DVDs and sleep but before we start there is tradition to follow.
First we scrub our home then we decorate it with lots of flowers then we buy food, then we play play play.
These kids are so beautiful willing and so generous they only get such small money to us that is but they insist on putting in money can you believe one of them wanted to start giving pop and $50 a month she gets $250 kids here always help their parents we didn’t take it but how very beautiful and honoring hey.
So anyway pop and I are looking forward to the time with these lovely kids and you guys have a totally blessed week in whatever you d
Alabaster News
To all you wonderful women that brought perfume for the ladies at Alabaster thank you so very much thank you for helping me make these ladies feel very special.
