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Empowering and Supporting Cambodian People to Reach their God Given Destiny
Open Arms week started out with the graduation as you already know it went off very well, we have hired one of the students she will start work in the salon on Monday .
Tuesday had all of us cleaning up after then party we were all scrubbed and packed by eleven then off to our corners for some much needed quiet time.
Wednesday all hands were back on the deck (the businesses were closed) to get the painting done for the new project. We have found that if we include the guys in a part of it they take ownership and it helps make them feel secure with the transition. We were all painting away and the guys looked really tired so we told them to stop for a while we just started chatting and I said to them if I had $1000 I would take you all to the beach for a two day retreat of course they all agreed so I said well lets pray and ask God all agreed again and prayed believing the word that says YOU HAVE NOT BECAUSE YOU ASK NOT.
Thursday we have back to back meeting from 8.30am and I wasn’t looking forward to I really I just wanted to sleep anyway the first meeting came and went well, at the end of it the organisation involved said we have $1000 for you to do something for your staff well of course I nearly jumped off my seat amazing grace how sweet the sound, Can you imagine the guys when we told them and how much it has lifted their faith. Just beautiful no wonder we love Him.
Friday came and it all happened Chiva was carrying some glass for pop and slipped on his thongs(why in the world was he wearing thongs while carrying glass) and cut his wrist pop said that he had never seen so much blood he had cut all of his tendons and had surgery late Friday night poor little guy he’s in a lot of pain but still eating so we figure he will recover well, gotta laugh he was nearly fainting in the tuk tuk but managed to lift his hand to make sure his hair was ok he is seventeen.
The hospitals here are just awful to say the least we are trying to get him home asap we have a great woman here who will help us look after him. Folks those of you who love to pray please pray for the medical system here people pay $5 a night to lay in the hallways the some of the injuries and terrible and they are given a panadol for the pain it comes with the five dollars Mon says you hear them crying all night from the pain awful just awful.
Well guys that’s our week and we wouldn’t have missed a second if it last night we said to the kids let’s get out of here and we all had pizza and a drive in the cool.
Love to you all thank you for your love prayers and encouraging emails we couldn’t do it without you all.
Grahame Sandra and the Open arms team. xxxxx
Well another graduation celebration over and 28 girls have graduated they are the first group to receive Government accreditation., it was a great night with the usual calamities that we have come to expect like two huge rats they kept wanting to join the party I am just so grateful that none of the guests were interrupted hahaha
I don’t know how to thank the Open Arms team they go beyond the measure every time and really they never complain (I do I was a real grump by the end of the night oh well a work in progress) they were still cleaning up at 11.30 and laughing and chatting and now the real clean up begins WE LOVE YOU GUYS AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
They tell us the food was good and the students did themselves proud with their dancing and hair parade, some of the outfits were a bit of a shock but again a work in progress. For the first time Open Arms had a student queen the little one we chose has showed such character in the last year and had to overcome many difficulties but she never gave up.
Thank you so much to everybody that came and helped and made the night such a success.
Well it’s onward for Open Arms yesterday we cleaned and had a rest in the afternoon today its painting getting ready for the Side Walk café , spirits are high with lots of giggling and tooooo much talking.
Blessings Folks
Hi Folks,
Well Grahame and I are off back to Cambodia tomorrow after nearly four month leave to say it’s been great would be an understatement, lots of quality time with friends and family , the girls visit , Christmas and a new church family .
The girls seem to be settling down in Cambodia but we will wait until we get back to see how the experience has affected them.
We would like to thank you all for your love, kindness and generosity to us all, it always bitter sweet when we leave but the good thing about it that we are so loved and supported in both countries .
Here is Sreyna Testamonie
Time in OZ is really amazing. I have grown so much in my life. Not just my journey also my faith in God. And my relationship between my heavenly father and I.
He has given me the confident in many things,that I never fell before. One of them is that, I don’t fell to afraid to talk to people, like I used to. As I speak I fell like He lead my mouth and put word in my mouth to speak.
And He also has healing me a few thing with my past. He keep bringing me to remember some stuff and heal me by showing and bring me in to that. And also God gave me passion. When I do something I enjoy it and pushing me to do more.
So I really thanks God for every thing He done to me whale I was in OZ, I didn’t realize all of this until I came back home.
Hi Folks ,
The girls flew out last night , there were lots of mixed emotions saying goodbye to their western family and new friends , I can only imagine how excited Jenna will be to see them back. What an honour and absolute joy to have had them with us here now us old people sleep.
When we asked them what was there favourite time they said it was too big they said we just don’t know what to say, but here is what they came up with and lots of giggling went on.
Time spent with family and their new friends ,the churches we went to they felt like family there ,Christmas, shopping, the turtle rookery at Bundaberg, shopping ,mount Tamborine, sea world, movie world, shopping ,swimming in the pools and the beach, shopping ,western food ( they only asked for rice twice) sizzler, shopping. Pop and I think maybe eating was really their favourite when we saw them eat a T-bone steak and two sausages and still have bread and salad we thought they should be a size 20 not 6.
To say they had a great time would be an understatement the personal growth in them all was amazing by the end of the holiday they were making all their own purchases and they were full of confidence. We know that they will take it back to their own country and use it for the good of the girls that they train.
We would like to thank you all for the love and kindness that you all showed them it was above what we ever thought in fact they had so much luggage they had to leave some things for pop and I to take back but hey you’re only young once.
Bless you all and thanks again.
Grahame, Sandra and the girls.