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Dec 12, 2011

            	

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Dear friends and partners,

Today the weather is beautiful. Crisp, cool air and 23 degrees – we are all wearing sweaters and looking forward to perhaps a day of wearing socks. It puts me in the mood for the holiday season. Several people these past few days have wished me Peace of Earth. It’s a lovely sentiment – but it’s a sentiment that starts me thinking.

Peace on earth. For so many people in Cambodia there is no peace – not because there is war or insecurity – not because there are riots or general discontent – there is no peace because life is too hard.

Peace comes when you have enough to eat – food that fills your belly and nourishes your body – food that makes your hair silky and your skin glow. Peace comes when you have enough water to grow your crops year round and can bathe daily. Peace is when children can spend their youth in the search of knowledge by going to school rather than spending their days scouring the countryside for edible foods such as frogs, snails and crickets.

Peace is when you can sleep safely at night in a home that is secure – a home that no longer keeps people awake when it rains – a home that allows each and every person to have some space and yet keeps everyone together in safety – a home where friends can come and chat – a home where children lie down knowing that mum and dad are near and they don’t have to fear.

Peace is when a father stays home year round because he can grow enough food to feed his family and pay the bills. Peace comes when a mother no longer aches with the pain of untreated illnesses. Peace comes when a healthy child is born and there is enough mothers’ milk to nourish the little one. Peace is about children reciting what they have learned to their parents and all wonder about the miracles of God’s world.

Peace is celebrating all the traditional holidays – being able to buy new clothes, being able to share their food, being able to travel and meet other family members. Peace means that if a problem occurs that the problem will not result in renewed poverty. Peace is about being able to celebrate getting married – peace is about laying your loved ones to rest when they pass on without fear on renewed hardships.

All of you have brought peace to over a million Cambodians through your gifts of partnerships, water sources, house building, schools and buying silk products. Yet there are literally millions more who are in process of achieving peace or waiting for peace to come.

I thank my God for allowing me to bring some peace to this troubled country. I thank my God that He has enabled all of you to bring peace to so many. I pray to my God that you will never get tired of bringing peace to so many more people and families who are still waiting.

From all our families, our staff, my family and myself – we wish each and every one of you the peace you have given to so many.

Janne