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Not long now until I reach home shores!  A little reminder for you of when I am talking and where: I am looking forward to sharing and updating our work in Cambodia.  Sokheng and I have been very busy crocheting items to help us raise money they will be available at the breakfast in Annalong Read Full Article

First on tthis month is to give you all the dates and times of my speaking engagements while in Northern Ireland in September: June in Cambodia was to be the start of rainy season; we have had some rain but again (same as last year) not as much as we should have at this point.  Read Full Article

I have made good headway this month in booking speaking engagements when I am home in September.  I only have a few dates left, so if you would like to book a speaking engagement, please contact me as soon as possible.  Info@eggshellcambodia.com.   I will send out a list of where I am speaking in a Read Full Article

I am going to start this month with a miracle that has happened and one that we are praising God for.  Sokheng (our Director) has had a chronic problem with allergies which means she has a runny nose and sneezes every day.   About four weeks ago, Sokheng told me she is not sneezing anymore, and Read Full Article

Happy Khmer New Year, we celebrate 12-14th April ! Many businesses are putting out displays of bales of straw, hats, and other Khmer straw decorations; a problem is that Water Buffalo love straw, so this morning I was watching a businesses owner trying to get 6 huge water buffalo out of her shop and to Read Full Article

I must start with our volunteer, Valerie. She has been throwing herself into everything and we are so grateful for her input and knowledge.  She has prayed for people within the village, giving away food parcels, playing with our babies, teaching our older children and anything else she can think of to bring God’s love Read Full Article

Happy Chinese New Year. Cambodia put on a spectacular New year celebration this year, lots of floats, music, dancing, and fireworks.  It was wonderful and the streets were packed with people from all over the world celebrating the start of 2025. Every two years ladies from Sydney Australia come and do two weekend retreats for Read Full Article

Hope you all had a fantastic Christmas, and we wish everyone a very happy and blessed New Year! We are busy preparing for a lady from Scotland (Valerie) to join us for a few weeks mid-January.  She was a nursery teacher so her knowledge will help the staff to learn more about children and she Read Full Article

The start of November saw our graduates start the local school.  There was lots of excitement as they put on new uniforms, school bags and joined the others for their first day at big school. We started four new children this month, all have been pretty good, not too much crying.  We seem to have Read Full Article

To start this month, we will tell you about the graduation ceremony.  It went well with the graduation of 9 children.  The Village Chief and families watched Khmer dancing performed by the children and then the awarding of the children certificates of completion of daycare.  The parents spoke to Sokheng and the staff about how Read Full Article