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Hi well another week over and it was a very good week.

Monday to Wednesday we had a team from USA come to train the staff and in that short time the girls learnt so much.

The restaurant girls were happy as they got to feed the team every day and the encouragement from them was wonderful .

The team also paid for the whole of Open Arms to have a gala feast (thank you
Jason, Jennifer and the Urbaneve team you were the tops see you again real soon.)

Open Arms also managed to get their volunteers policy up and running at last thanks Lucy for being out first official volunteer. The new pamphlets now have pride of place on the salon and restaurants.

Twelve new students started and Wednesday was wacky dress day with a prize for the wackiest dress the day finished with up cakes for all.

Suzy our girl in the Tea Room met up with her mum again after 19 Years how beautiful is that she brought here to meet us today how great is our God.

The restaurant has four big big bookings for November and December so big that we have had to do buffet and the folks want vegetarian so today Sunday, we are training and eating yummy by gee they can cook.

Bless you all folks Grahame and I leave for Australia tomorrow our beautiful granddaughter Jessica Beal is marrying Timothy Hill on November 16th. it will be a beautiful day .

Bless you all folks hope you are having a lovely day x

 

Our last few days

Well it’s been quite a day, we were coming home in the tuk tuk after a very successful morning and I started to relax and was thanking Jesus for all He had done for us when I felt a tugging on my top a couple of boys were beside the tuk tuk the passenger was grabbing and pulling at me then he pulled my chain off my neck and took off.

The chain was a fiftieth birthday present from my daughters and on it was a dear little heart from my grand babies saying worlds best nana and also my map of Cambodia with the cross in the middle that pop brought me I am so sad .

But every story has a good part Lita was sitting beside me and she weighs all of 40 kg and well you guys know me anyway she reached out and wrapped her little arms around me to protect me beautiful hey.

Then tonight the two girls that were coming to Australia to be a part of our granddaughters wedding were knocked back with their visas , folks please pray these kids pay for this themselves they are such good kids and when they get knocked back they lose $145 each . We are trying to contact our MP in Australia as there is no reading why they shouldn’t be allowed a visa.

Thanks folks just had to speak about it heavy heart but still trusting in our beautiful saviour who always know best.

Sandra xx

That was yesterday , today 9/10/2013 we hear that our local MP is going to look into the visas and see what he can do for the girls. Also one of the girls that isnt going to Australia has been saving for a motorbike  today she got real close to me and whispered Mum I want to give you ,pop and the girls the money I have saved for the trip to Australia, tears of joy and pride.

Folks i tell you this to say thank you for your part in Open Arms and to assure you that you are sowing into real good kids.

God Bless you all. Sandra.

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Well the biggest religious holiday of the year is almost finished , Open Arms was closed for three days much to the delight of the staff who all headed home to their provinces to spend the time with their family. We are happy to say business is back to normal after the massive road works.

On Monday we will take nine more girls into the training center how exciting is that it still excites us how many girls now have their own salons and how they all copy Open Arms style .

We are working on a new training program to teach in a more comprehensive way customer service , Sreyna is working on a cutting manual that is the most exciting news as she only went to grade five
but is doing an excellent job. It Is after all our job is do ourselves out of a job and its fast coming.

We have a team coming next week from the USA they will train the trainers in cutting and color and also work with the students we are all really looking forward to that.

The cup cake runs are getting bigger and bigger we think the kids now know we are coming and they call all their mates it’s very cute they put them full in their mouths never mind the icing all over them.

The restaurant girls are training a little single mum in all the workings of the cafe , really the look on their faces makes it all worthwhile they beam when show us something that they have made.

Cambodian kids are just so talented they excel at everything that you teach them. The staff are really excelling with what they present to the customers they are now putting their own finishing touches to the food some is good some make me giggle but they have to have a go.

They did an afternoon tea for twenty ladies last week and I didn’t have to do a think brag brag .

Can you keep this in your memory banks, Open Arms is wanting to really dress up for Christmas , when I am home we always go driving to look at the houses all dressed with lights it delights us and our grand babies even though they are very cool teenagers so we thought it would be lovely to this here and bless the street kids as well as the community we will keep you posted as we will have to fund raise for this.

Again folks thank you for your love prayers and support.

Grahame, Sandra and the
Open Arms team.

This is one of the reasons that we serve Jesus in this nation. One of Open Arms staff life was more than anybody could imagine anyway she has been working with us for a while and we have had the privilege of watching God move in her life and heal her.
She is an amazing young woman who we have all grown to love and respect anyway today she brought her boyfriend home to meet pop and I to say they touched us to the core would be an understatement.
Culture says that when you meet the parents for the first time you bring fruit well these two kids dont have a lot but hey turned up with fruit for us as as I watched this young woman blush like a school kid I saw the redeeming quality of this wonderful Jesus we serve this is absolute total restoration and it is one of the miracles of life.
I am really sharing this because I hear people who dont know Jesus for who He is savious, healer,father, friend and a restorer say that they hate religion well we all hate religion it destroys people but relationship with Jesus is Christianity in its truest form its a relationship that allows the Holy spirit to move and to heal us and today I saw it again for what it really is restoring unconditional love. how Great Is our God.
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Hi folks.
Sonflower Salon is up and running and the first pamper day went well, a lively conversation took place about the christian music which ended up with all the girls singing and that led to the gospel being shared.

The girls are training one of the local hairdressers who wants to take her skill higher, we are also doing a survey to see just how many of the people in the area are actually committed to being trained and starting a new life if we get the response that we think we will Open arms will take the shop next door and make it a training centre.

With Open Arms staff are busier than ever with three training centres going and the businesses to run we have hired four more staff members they are young people that we have trained and they are having a ball. Actually be saw that they were all looking a little tired so off we went for a three day retreat what a blast. We had people from Australia come and share also a young couple that are helping Open arms came as well, they ate sang some cried and a thoroughly good time was had by all.

Blessings folks xxx

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