#13 - Special Fun Day at HHEC

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6th Week in Phnom Penh

We have been busy with looking for property for the past few weeks and this week we switched gear and work on various administrative issues for Hope House.  For example, we are in the process of reviewing various insurance policies.  Although it sounds very simple, it takes a lot of time and effort to find the right balance to being cost effective and meeting our staff’s needs.

****** Public Holiday + No School = Special Fun Day at HHEC *******

Amy’s co-worker, Evita, and her husband, Joseph, visited us from Hong Kong.  We visited HHEC on Tuesday and had a wonderful day of serving the children.  Tuesday was a public holiday but our Principal told the children that they can come back to school to have special program.  And indeed about 180 students came and they were in for a big treat! 

We had three main stations and we divided the students into 3 groups.  Joseph, who is an outdoor activity instructor, played group games with the children.  Evita had brought along her Polaroid (instant photo camera) to take picture of each student and put onto a beautifully designed card with the wording “Jesus Loves Me” and John 3:16 in Khmer.  The third group of students are working on a special art project.  We have prepared some bible story coloring sheet and we are planning to use these coloring sheet and make them into a wall collage.

Station #1 - Group games

Station #1 - Group game led by Joseph from Hong Kong

It is so great to see all the laughters among our students

Students enjoyed playing the games very much

Principle Sarorn helped the translation of the games

Students love to play the games!

Stations #2 - Instant Photos and Cards with Bible verses

Station #2 - Evita from Hong Kong brought her Polaroid
(instant photo camera) to take picture of each student

Evita was showing the students how to attach the instant photo to the card

Beautiful card printed with John 3:16 and "Jesus loves you" in English
and Khmer (Cambodian)

Students put their name and their photo on the card

Amy and Gryphon are hanging out the finished product
(the student photo glued on the card with their names on it)

Students are looking at each others' photos
(they don't get the printed photos often)

Evita from Hong Kong is taking instant picture with the student

Joelle is giving the students some snacks

We are surrounded by students waiting to glue their photos to the beautiful card

Gryphon is carefully sticking the student's photo on the card

Joelle is telling the students to write their names on the card

Joelle is giving out snacks

Gryphon is having fun helping out in this great event

Station #3 - Bible story coloring

Station #3 - Bible story coloring

Students are paying attention to the instruction

It is great to see students enjoy art project such as coloring