Tabitha newsletters
September, 2006
Dear friends and partners, Last Friday, when our managers were in from the provinces, they came to me with some pictures that were very sad. Heng was most disturbed as he showed me a picture of a 2 week old baby born with severe abnormalities. Why, he asked, why would the parents keep such a child? The others all talked at once – why does this happen, how very sad, why is life so hard? These are questions all of ask at one time or another during our life times.
August 22, 2006
Dear friends and partners, Two weeks ago, all our development staff spent a few days together looking and evaluating and learning from our newest programs. They came back with a story that made us stop and think and evaluate all that we do.
July 7,2006
Dear friends and partners, This morning I want share a special day that I experienced yesterday. I went to see our newest project area, Kompong Thom with Srei and Apo who is our staff there. Srei has come a long way over the years that we have been together. When she first started with us, back in 1996, Srei was a trembler - her whole body quivered and she was frightened of everything. Over the years, she has learned to become a very confident and competent woman - she is now the Supervisor of all our development projects.
July 7,2006
Dear friends and partners, This morning I want share a special day that I experienced yesterday. I went to see our newest project area, Kompong Thom with Srei and Apo who is our staff there. Srei has come a long way over the years that we have been together. When she first started with us, back in 1996, Srei was a trembler - her whole body quivered and she was frightened of everything. Over the years, she has learned to become a very confident and competent woman - she is now the Supervisor of all our development projects.
June 26, 2006
Dear friends and partners, It has been 2 months since I have written and what an amazing two months they have been. My trip to Australia was phenomenal - Miriam and I met so many people in so many different settings. We saw the beauty of the country, the beauty of its diversity - the beauty of the people. How privileged we are to be able to call so many of them friends.
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.
April 5, 2006
Dear friends and partners, Happy Khmer New Years - Happy Easter - next week is a big week for all of us in Cambodia - we celebrate Khmer New years - a time when all Cambodians return to their birth homes, to family and friends - its a time of renewal - a time of reflection - a time of remembering those who passed on with special ceremonies - a time of eating and playing - a time of new clothes and new dreams - its a time of rest with a week long holiday.
March 3, 2006
Dear friends and partners, It seems like only yesterday that I wrote you - so much has happened and I want to share some of these happenings with all of you.
Feb 7, 2006
Dear friends and partners, Happy 2006 to each and every one of you. Seems like the greetings are a bit late - this year I had my sister and her husband visiting for the month of January - a rare occasion - one that I and Miriam celebrated with thankfulness. One of the questions they asked is how do we decide on where to work - a question often asked by many of you. Let me share how the process worked to open up in our newest province of Svay Rieng this January.
December 2005
Dear Friends and Partners, It is December, a month when we celebrate Christmas, a time when many of us celebrate the greatest gift of all, the birth of Jesus. It is a time when His message of love and hope becomes a message for all of us of hope and love. Jesus spoke of many virtues - one of which is "whoever gives a cup of cold water to one of the least of these.....
