#20 - A busy month of August

The month of August has been quite busy! We will be moving to the new center on 1 September!   Praise God that our preparation work is underway.  Here's a long list of things in our "to-do" list in the past 3 weeks:

• School logo design and banner design
• Promotional brochures
• Looking for the right furnitures, air conditioners and other electronics
• Deciding on the right curriculum and teaching materials
• Recruiting local Cambodian teachers, receptionists, cleaner
• Recruiting volunteer from overseas to serve as short-term or long-term mission
• Writing student registration procedures, internal control policy and procedures
• and a lot more little gritty things like go buy sweep and broom and toilet papers.

Please pray for us:

a) Praise God that we have 17 candidates that apply for the local teaching position over this week.  However, it is quite a challenge in the recruitment of local Christian teachers.  There are many English teachers applying for the position, but not many are Christians.   We will be interviewing more candidates this week, please pray that God will provide the suitable ones to work in the center. 

b) We are still looking for volunteer teachers from overseas.  Please continue to pray for us for someone who would like to serve in Cambodia for short-term (2 months) or more.

c) Praise God that we received some substantial giving for the set up of the new center.  

d) We have already identified the shops to purchase the different items needed at the best possible price  e.g. desk, chairs, air conditioner, lightings, fan, banner, whiteboard, cabinets, etc.  Please continue to pray for us on a smooth transition.

e) Please pray for our student registration and pray that God will open their hearts and they will have the opportunities to hear the Gospel.  And give us the wisdom on the pricing of the classes, and choosing the right curriculum for the class.

f) Please pray for Cambodia, as the political climate is very tense.  Everyone is anticipating a big demonstration related to the election if the current government still does not allow an independent panel to investigate the election fraud before the end of next week.  Pray that God's grace on this nation.

Thomas is measuring the center to decide the size of the furnitures and the quantities. 

Thomas is discussing where to put the banners and school sign

We installed a new glass-doors to our new center

View from outside

The new center building, the second floor balcony
will soon be cover by a huge banner

The primary school is only 50 feet from the center (very close!).
Currently they are on Summer holiday until late Sept.

 Street view from the center main entrance over looking
the primary school on left and the local community.

View of students finishing school and going home
passing our center

A screenshot from the printing company of make the banner for the center.

Thomas is thinking how to put lightings, school sign,
and other things in the main entrance.

Thomas and Yi Narith (Director of Hope House Center)

A 'tin roof' is being built to provide more shade
and to protect the front of the center from heavy rain.

The worker is putting the rods for the 'tin roof'.

The worker is putting the steel poles to the other side of the 'tin roof''.

The worker is measuring the length of the frame.  

This worker climb from one side to the other side on the frame.
(He has no safety gears!  and wearing flip-flop)

Workers measuring the length of the steel structure

The frame of the tin roof finally completed.
The next step is to put the 'tin' on top of the frame.