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With our regular newsletters, we aim to keep you posted on all the interesting and important news and updates of our programs and various activities. Enjoy reading! 

April 27, 2006

            	

Dear friends and partners, As I sit here writing this newsletter the temperature is at a steady 44 degrees - but I don't mind because on Monday, Miriam and I are off to Australia for an intensive speaking tour which will last 5 weeks and 4 days - we like it because in Australia the weather is turning cooler in anticipation of the winter months. We look forward to seeing new places, meeting new people but most of all, celebrating with old friends. We ask that all of you keep us in your thoughts and prayers as we talk with many folks.

And what will we talk of. We will talk of our expansion in areas where we have worked for a number of years. We will talk of our new project areas - our tenth province is now open. We just opened in Staung District of Kompong Thom province. With this comes our need for more wells - staff are now installing 68 wells per month - the need for water for all our families is acute - we will share the impact of savings on all our families - the many changes made daily here because of each of you. I have a request to ask of you. Those of you breaking up next month for school vacation, if you are planning on bringing a housebuilding team or teams next school year - could you send us a confirmed date - that's all we need at the moment but we do need to put teams down on the schedule so that we can say yes or no to new teams who would like to join the program. With the housebuilding - the cost of one house has increased from $800.00 US to $860.00 US per house. We also ask that you all remember the additional cost of $1500.00 per team in support of our main development program; without which; housebuilding would not be possible. Payment for the houses is 6 weeks ahead of time of building so that we are enabled to buy the materials and get the frames built in time for the team's arrival. The cost of hotels has not yet increased - cost of buses and vans is increasing with increased cost of gasoline. There is yet one more request with the housebuilding - we are in need of teams who are willing to go an extra mile - well, many miles, our new areas are often in places which require a team to sleep in a provincial town for a night or two - the new areas are desperately poor and we need to have teams who will bring hope and laughter for those of our families who have been in despair for so long. If your team would be willing to be one of those teams, please let us know. Nary, Srei, Heng, Sina and Chanthou will handle all your needs while I am away. I thank each of you for allowing us to do so very much - without you - none of this would be possible. I thank my God that He gave me the privilege of this life. I'll talk with all of you in June. Janne