Some Great News for Two Children

Two children, Samrang and Long were living with their aunt in 2009 when they came to us.
They had lost their father and presumed their mother was dead as she went to Thailand 4 or 5 years earlier and not been heard from since.

Fast forward to last week April 2017 their mom showed up at the house 12 years later.

Samrang and Long have a mother again which is pretty cool thing to happen to someone.  We hope she's ready to be a mother and that we can fill in some gaps for her with pictures of who her babies were.

We did a lot of work on these two for sure, we had a number of people help support their stay here.  I can't think of a better investment to be able to have a child care for and returned when the right time presents itself.  

If your reading this and aren't involved with our ministry I say your missing out on such rewards and encourage you to contact us about becoming involved.  

Long and Samrang the day they arrived 8 years ago.

National testing 2017

Each year the country holds a best student competition for Math, Physics and Khmer.

We sent 4 students 3 from grade 9 and 1 from grade 12 to the local district test.
Neighboring schools sent about 60 students.

Of our 4 children 3 passed, 2 - 9th grade students for Math and Physics and our 12th grader passed for Khmer. 
Neighboring schools sent about 60 students, 10 passed.
State testing happened last week Emey passed number 7 in the province/state.
Emey was the only student in our district of 16 schools that passed the State test. 

She will test again for country May 4th. The government is providing everything for the student. Transportation and hotels for the student and family as well as meals and a little touring vacation of all Battambangs wonderful sights.

Ream shared this on facebook today so I wanted to post it as well.

We are very proud of Pi Emey, she's such a good student and very sweet and humble. Teacher Chay Chanra is Khmer teacher for 11-12 grades at our school. He is a very good teacher he is very gentle, caring and loves his students. He works very hard teaching the students and has spent a lot of time with her one on one tutoring. Please continue to pray for her that she will do well for the next test. We really thank the Lord that she past the last test.

ពិ​ អ៊ីម៉ី ជាសិស្សថ្នាក់ទី ១២ នៃសាលារៀនបេះដូងសម្រាប់វិជ្ជា ដែលបានប្រឡងជាប់សិស្សពូកែផ្នែកភាសាខ្មែរ ទូទាំងខេត្តតាកែវ ហើយត្រៀមទៅប្រឡងសិស្សពូកែទូទាំងប្រទេស ។ សាលារៀនមានមោទនភាពចំពោះគាត់ ដោយគាត់ជាសិស្សដែលយកចិត្តទុកដាក់រៀនសូត្រ មានអត្តចរិតទន់ភ្លន់ សុភាពរាបសា គួរឱ្យស្រឡាញ់ ។ លោកគ្រូ ចយ ច័ន្ទរ៉ា ជាគ្រូបង្រៀនភាសាខ្មែរ​ថ្នាក់់ទី ១១ និងទី ១២ នៅក្នុងសាលារៀនបេះដូងសម្រាប់វីជ្ជា ។ គាត់ជាគ្រូបង្រៀនដ៏ល្អ បង្រៀនដោយយកចិត្តទុកដាក់ និងមានក្ដីស្រឡាញ់ចំពោះសិស្ស ។​ សូមជួយបន្តអធិស្ថានសម្រាប់់ ពិ អ៊ីម៉ី ក្នុងការប្រឡងសិស្សពូកែទូទាំងប្រទេស​ ។ អរគុណព្រះជាម្ចាស់សម្រាប់ការប្រឡងជាប់កន្លងមក ។

The First

The Social Affair has required all NGO orphanages to register with international division to also do so with the local national division.  Pretty much a lot of paperwork that we've already done.

We were notified yesterday that we are the first orphanage in our State/province and much of the country to complete the paperwork and should receive a letter of recognition once it's approved.
  
As Cambodia is looking at closing may of the non government orphanages in the country by 2018.
A Greater Hope Orphanage will be able to operate in Cambodia as long as the need presents itself.

Amen,  

Tickets to Cambodia

Super Cheap

I thought I'd share we had a guest book a ticket for April from New York to Cambodia for close to $700 usd.  The layovers were quite short on good airline Cathay Pacific.  

This is maybe $300 cheaper than an average from LA.

I'd say this would be a good chance to visit us if you've ever thought about it.

Also other than April and September our schedule is wide open if you wanted to do missions with us shoot us an email.

  

New Photo from Space

Just a little bit of fun.

New Photo put out on Google maps was recently posted so I thought I'd share it with you all.

Newer items not shown in the last photo.

A - 4 new classed Oct. 2015

      B - New pad poured Aug. 2016 

               C - Team house completed Sept. 2015