The Biggest Update in 10 years

January 2017 we localized our leadership. 

What does that mean exactly?

Under our international NGO our home church in the USA was responsible for our leadership and upper level board decisions. But as we've grown and as we continue to grow we came to the realization that our Cambodian ministry has grown so large that we have created needs that could really only be meet here locally.
So to become more efficient in our service, to continue to raise up locals to do the work, to get real time answers and take on all the responsibilities for the ministry we worked to come up with a solution. In agreement and with encouragement from our pastor we've taken steps to secure our leadership, localize our boards and file for a local Cambodian non proffit or Non Government Organization (NGO).
Sunday April 2 the new NGO was announced to our congregation in California that their baby had grown up and now I can share this exciting news with you our international friends and support net work.


Calvary Chapel Fallbrook still donate to us and still receive funds on our behalf as they always have, standing in as a 501c3 providing tax incentives to our donors.

We have to give glory to Christ who called us to the mission field and we give our everlasting gratitude to Pastor Pat who got us going and Pastor Barry who has done more for us than anyone will ever know. We love the home we grew up in and the people we call brothers and sisters.

A Big Thank you our Calvary Chapel Fallbrook family.

I'd love to take this opportunity to introduce you to our new Non Government Organization.

A Greater Hope. N.G.O.

An official Non profit of Cambodian

A Greater Hope NGO  ministries still included

A Greater Hope Orphanage   &   A Heart for Wisdom school

Ream as a Cambodian national has been made Director of AGH NGO.

Ream has also been made Director of the AGH Orphanage as the government also has a new requirement that a Cambodian national must run Cambodian orphanages.

I, Kit Carson remain Director of A Heart for Wisdom school.

We are currently working on some fundamental changes to our ministries, our structure and how we might better interact with you and keeping you more informed.

We've been given such great a gift from Micheal, Director CCBC Kauai. He will have a new website up for us very soon that integrates the blog and all social media things that we are suppose to be using in one place.

Some things we are working towards;  

1. Family assistance, in home care, local adoptions and possibly even foster care with our church families here.

2. We're praying right now about opening a chapel on the new campus and starting a Sunday service.

3.  We are a year maybe two from starting a vocation/ngo/bible college and we'll share about this later.

4.  Most importantly we are working towards something called Ministry Partners.

5. Ministry Partners in short is going to open some doors for those who wanted to support the ministry but didn't work out for some reason. We're going to do what we can to make sure anyone wanting to get involved can, as much or as little as they want in any aspect of what we do. 

Our number one concern in this is ensuring our current children sponsorship program remains secure and those relationships continue to grow while at the same time covering children expenses that still exist outside the sponsorship programs we already have. Two examples of top of my head are finances for school and medical. One trip to the doctor can cost well over the yearly income from a sponsor.  

So we really want to open the door to everyone with this new program, cover all our cost and give us room to grow as the ministry requires. 

Thank you all for your time and commitment to our organization, we're so close to so many of you. Honestly when I think about all the people who have done so much for the ministry and kept up relationships with us after so many years it's humbling.
It's something only Christ could have done,  I hope everyone involved can see that, Amen?

Temporarily

Our New Website Address Is

https://agreaterhopeorphanage.com

We are going to change it to 

https://agreaterhope.org

I'll announce the chance when it takes place

A Quick Note

It was tax time yeah!!!!

I ended up owing the IRS again this year, but maybe you didn't.
If you're looking for a solid organization to share your refund with.  Or maybe your financial blessings have nothing to do with a tax refund and your hopelessly lost on what to do with that extra cash.  Well look no further than AGH.   We could use your support.

For an unlimited amount of time we are seeking additional ministry partners.

Yes, that's true.

So if you've ever inquired about partnering with our ministry we are wide open for your involvement.
Already partnering with our ministry but want to do more no worries, you are now free to give freely to the ministry you've come to know and love.


Sorry I've seen the TV show "Shark Tank" for the first time and such pitches are stuck in my mind.
All cuteness aside we could use your support and our guest list is wide open until mid August.
A Greater Hope Orphanage as a project is in a bit of a lull this past year and we'd really like your involvement.

Thank you

A new guest and a new friend

We've got a young lady staying with us for the next couple month sharing her skills as a nurse with our ministry.  Her name is Heather and we pray God gives her incite, wisdom and knowledge as she spends time her helping people with their ailments.

Like with most guests we're secretly praying she loses her passports and has to stay for everrrrrrr.

I encourage you to follow her blog while she is here to get some fresh perspective of what is being done here and how her trip moves a long.  

http://meetmeincambodia.blogspot.com/

There's already a story I hope she'll share about a random child that followed her home on day two.

Blessings to you all pray you had a wonderful Easter service.

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 ។