#18 - We Found the Place!!! Praise Him for His Amazing Plan!

New Hope House Center

Praise God for opening doors and guiding us to this new location.  We are amazed by God’s plan and what can happen if we let Him lead.  The new center’s location is directly opposite to the entrance of a local primary school, which is less than 50 meters away.  The number of students estimated to be 700 to 800 who will be coming in and out of the school everyday from Monday to Saturday (morning session and afternoon session).  Moreover, there is a secondary school about 600 meters down the road.  

Primary school just right across the street
with less than 50 meters away

We have secured and signed a 2-year lease for the new Hope House Center.  Our lease will start on September 1st, 2013 and we are planning to start classes around October 1st, when the government school resumes their new school term.

The building of the new center is a Khmer (Cambodian) ‘Shophouse’ style, which is like a townhouse/rowhouse in the U.S., and it is about 4 meters wide, 20 meters deep, and 3 floors high with a mezzanine floor in between the ground floor and 2nd floor.  We will utilize the ground floor as the reception area and waiting area, and we can have up to 5 classes at the same time utilizing the rooms in the mezzanine floors and the 2nd floors.  The 3rd floor is currently an open space without dry walls and ceiling (it has a tin roof currently), which can be converted to more classrooms if needed.

View from new center (Primary school less than 50 meters
and secondary school less than 600 meters)

Open space on 3rd floor (no drywall and ceiling)
can be constructed to more classrooms if needed

VOLUNTEER NEEDS:

The new center will be offering mostly English classes to children who are in primary and secondary school.  With the opening of the new center, we need volunteers to teach English from overseas to come and serve with us.  Please see more detail from the flyer below and feel free to contact us if you are interested!

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PRAYER NEEDS:

There are so much preparation work and we really need your prayers for wisdom, good health and strength, clear guidance from God, and good teamwork with the local team, and volunteers from overseas, and last but not least is our family’s financial situation.  

FINANCIAL NEEDS:

We are very thankful that many of you have been supporting us by praying and also giving to us financially.  However, our family has only secured about USD 600 of monthly pledges (only 1/7 of our monthly needs).  We have also received one-time support from individuals in the U.S., Hong Kong and Australia that covers about 3-4 months of our needs.  Our financial needs is definitely one of our daily burden but we trust that our Lord will provide for His workers and trust that the Holy Spirit will touch your hearts and those of whom He wants to participate in meeting the needs. 

This is God’s work and we can’t do it alone, and more importantly we need your partnerships.  In the past few months, we have already amazed how God touched many of you whom we may not have known for a very long time or whom we have not seen for many years.  Please continue to pray for us for our financial needs and His work in Cambodia.

We need your prayer and your partnerships!