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May 2008
Dear friends and partners, This month we celebrated Mother’s Day – I still think of it as a bit of an anomaly because every day should be Mother’s Day – Miriam is coming to an age where she likes to take this day quite seriously so I ended up with a very big diamond ring and pendant - very valuable at a cost of $6.50 cents but precious in its intent. As I enjoyed her outpouring of love, I thought of our many mothers in our projects – of other mothers in the world.
My heart is in pain for the mothers in Myanmar who have lost their little ones in the storms and other moms who are trying so hard to care for their little ones and are struggling. I think of the moms in China, who like me have only one child – how horrifically sad that must be to lose your only child. I don’t think I could bear it. I think of one of our Cambodia House children who lost his life in a fire – I think of his mom, left bereft at the death of her only child after just recently losing her husband in death. I reflect on the moms in our programs – of the moms who are struggling to feed their children yet again – in this time of high inflation – I rejoice with the moms who have wells and are growing food and whose children go to bed full – because of you moms who support us. I reflect on our moms who are living with AIDS – some of whose children are also infected – and I reflect at their joy and pride as some of these moms have full time work sewing beautiful items from silk – I reflect on their pride as they have their children with them again, sporting new clothes and going to school – because of you moms who support us. I reflect on our moms who for their lifetime eternity lived in mean shelters – forever ill because they cannot get a good night sleep for fear of robbers – for fear of rain – I reflect on some of our moms who can now rest in new homes – because of you moms who support us. I reflect on our moms who work for 12 hours each day and receive a beating for not earning more – whose children cry themselves to sleep because they are ill and there is no money to buy medicine – and I reflect on our moms who have found so many ways to earn extra income through the raising of chickens and pigs, of growing vegetables and of developing 4 or more sources of income – because of you moms who support us. I reflect on our moms who cannot remember the last time they clothed themselves in a decent dress – whose children are sometimes naked – not out of custom but because there is no clothes – and I think of the moms in our program that has a new outfit – whose children are no longer naked – because of you moms who support us. Miriam’s diamond is huge and it’s difficult to wear – it brings stares of amazement – and gasps of wonder – but it’s a diamond I wish to share with all you moms who support us – for you are the moms who makes such a diamond a possibility for so many moms. I pray that my God may bless each and every mom that supports us. Janne
