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We are back to work two weeks now and it seems a long time from we were in the UK.  We enjoyed our time with our son Craig, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren in Scotland, then catching up in Belfast with our other son Adam (who happened to be there for a few days before he headed Read Full Article

So, the excitement of Mark and I going to NI has rubbed off on the staff.  Only one staff member has ever been on an aeroplane so of course I get the questions, can you open the windows, how does the aeroplane stay up in the air?  Some questions I can answer, some I cannot. Read Full Article

As the UK and the West is starting to warm up, we are starting to get rain and with it a short period of cooler, fresher weather.  I mean short as we get about half an hour after the rain until it dries up!  Its also a time for us when humidity is unbearable at Read Full Article

I know Cambodia surprises me every day, but I did laugh out loud at this one.  A lady on the local bus (same size as single-deckers back home) was sitting at the window with a crash helmet on! What did she know that everyone else didn’t? Two of our children live in a house near Read Full Article

The Khmer people especially those who live in poverty are so good at reusing materials.  I recently saw an older lady who cannot walk possibly caused by a stroke.  Her family made a metal frame and put wheels on the bottom, got a red plastic patio chair and suspended it in the middle of the Read Full Article

I am starting this month’s newsletter talking about dogs.  There are dogs in Cambodia that are wild dogs and there are those who wish they were.  This morning driving into work I saw a dog sitting outside the house with a coat on (it was 28 degrees at 7.30am) and a nappy!!!!  Poor dog, firstly Read Full Article

JANUARY 2023 when did that happen?  It was a busy month no easing in quietly for us. The children enjoyed their Christmas break but were keen to get back so was like a rugby scrum watching them all trying to squeeze through the doors. They are all eating 2-3 bowls of lunch each day, which Read Full Article

By the time you get this Christmas will be a distant memory, it is still very strange for us to see people going to work and all the shops being open, just an ordinary day and yet for us, one of the most important days of the year.  We spent Christmas eve having Christmas dinner Read Full Article

We have have been extremely busy taking on new children and getting them settled into day care. Last month we graduated 7 children and we have been replacing them with new children over this month, the majority of which are boys this time.  We are now back at capacity again, it doesn’t take long for Read Full Article

Started off a quiet one. The temperatures have been pleasantly lower but the rains still causing problems with flooding. We had a week of no power as the water found its way through the building and into the electrical box.  An electrician was able to find the source of the water and fixed it, but Read Full Article