Unqualified

When your hands are tight and unable to help frustrations set in your heart and soul. This feeling can bring more pains and struggles when your goals and guidelines are unclear. 

Four days ago, two children came and wanted to join the Home. But, we are unfit to take them. The older boy is suffering from HIV positive and the younger has some physical defects. Our hearts wanted to help them but we are incapable. We are not prepared for this and we are unskilled to take in such responsibility. 

We don't want to send them hopeless but, we soothingly and comfortably ask them their contact information so, we can refer them to another orphanage that can help them better than us. 

Although we are incompetent to help others but hopefully May we be able to help more in the future in our own capability. In God's perfect time. 

It's been awhile...

Change is apparent. It can happen instantly or immediately. Sometimes, it will caught us by surprise. But, most of the time, we don't want changes especially if we are comfortable with our situation or happy. We hold back, trying to stay where we are happy. The truth is, there will always be changes. We like it or not, it will come knocking at our doorstep. Prepared or not? It will come.

Years have passed, countless changes came. Some children come and go. Some left a hole in our hearts. Some left memories of happiness as well as sadness. Yet, we still move on... Why? Because when one child is old enough and have stronger wings to fly, another two or three cold,sick weak hatchlings will come to take refuge in our nest.

We will move on and embrace more challenges and changes to triumph in each life that will come into our lives. 

More stories are coming... geard up! 

Going back in time

Our Home is blessed by God through generous and good hearted young people who have sacrificially invested their life by coming and helping our kids by their talents and skills.

In fairness with the first few volunteers that we have been so blessed , I have to go back in time because it is hard for me to go on with my write ups without remembering the 3 lovely, willing, and talented young ladies and 1 gentleman. Two of them have made in possible for me to know and enjoy blogging.

The four of them filled in the entire task they can do so I can focus on another very important report. i'm truly indebted to Catherine, Michelle, and Samantha for the precious time they invested to our Home. They endured the heat of the dry season without complain. Ladies that are high-spirited that lift up our kids and bring out their smiles.

The 3 young ladies stayed with our home for 1 month while Ivan stayed for two months. To you guys, thank you very much. God bless you and all your endeavor with good success. Our kids will remember each one of you. To God be the glory.

Welcome! Rain

Each of us welcome the different season of the year in our life differently. Sometimes a season reminds us of something bad or memorable experiences of the past. Anyway, our attitude towards it doesn't matter because the cycle of nature will come whether we like it or not.
In our home, we look forward for this season with excitement even if it will mean a smelly clothes dried by the cool wind. ( Hopefully and prayerfully we will have a drier soon ) , dirty feet and dirty slipper marks all over the Mess hall.
This is because every season has something to give to us that we can take advantage with. Our kids love every part of this season. On the first part of it softens the soil which signal us that it's time to till the land. When the water is accumulated up to the knee it is our time to plant the rice and later to move to farther more area to be cultivated to plant more vegetables. Our cultivated useful area is becoming bigger every year because of the rainy season.
On the night that we can hear the frogs singing suggest another delicacy in our kitchen menu. Maybe, to some like me the thought of it would give our tummy a different feeling but, our kids love it. When the working in the field is over then, it is also their time to play and run in the rain. It is the season that we have more hot soap in our plate and above all the season the we sit close together and cuddle each other on devotion time.
In our home, we praise God for the rain.

Why and How

Friends, visitors and supporters usually ask why and how we started our "Home". These "why" and "how" usually make me silent and will bring me back to our past trying to search for answers just how? Why? and Where? did we really start.
Hhhmmm... Honestly, "Home" was never in our mind and in our plans. Our desire is simplified in this four letter word, to be in the " will " of God in our service to Him. In anyway we can and in everything we do in our committment to make a change and a difference in the life of people here in Cambodia one step at a time through one person at a time through the knowledge of the true living God.
We started by helping one child then later on we realized we're becoming bigger and larger in number. Changing a life by giving a child a purpose and a value so he will have a future is our objective.
It's exciting to see each child change in the way they live and the way they see life.

Our Home

Having a big family like our Home needs several people to take care of the different needs of each member of our family. These wonderful workers of God are with us in our vision to make a difference in our world one child at a time.
Meet Raksmy - She came to our church to avail of our free computer and English classes in the early part of 2001. She starts to help us the following year as our church secretary. Presently, she follow up the health improvement of the children through proper nutrition and personal hygiene. Most of all, she help us with the character building of the children through our night family time fellowship in the word of God in our absence.
Her valuable part in the contribution for the children's welfare and future are beyond compare. We are thankful that she stays with us through many years of toiling imparting her own life to her own people.

recovering

We are very thankful that our 7 year old Ram which we fondly named Mark has continue to recover from health problem. He has been very active lately that we all feel satisfied with our effort to give him and others not only a home to live in but a health to enjoy.