When we have the heart, God will find a way!

2 friends who blessed others with their resources today!
* Thien Tat Awnings & Co, HUB distributors Services

Job Done! 15ft by 9ft shade - Fits perfectly into the truck!

We wish to Thank Mr Leow, Steven and Christian Tew for rising unhesitantly to the occasion in helping our less priviledged brothers and sisters. Their skills and their kindness is indeed inspiring.

Today, I witnessed the core values and vision of Project Kyrie coming into life yet again. We do not need to leave our jobs in order to do charity and good works for our neighbours. We need to be exactly where we are and say 'Yes' when our skills, our connections or our resources for the poor are needed.

Today an almost impossible task was made possible so that Emmanual Christian Home can have a gigantic shade to conduct their activites. It would have been easiest to just throw away the shade then to recycle and bless others with this useful shelter.

Praise God indeed for creating this community of friends in Project Kyrie. Friends who stand together in solidarity for the poor.

We, who take this road as many have before us, will experience a joy unsurpassed.

If no poor could be found in the world, men ought to go in search of them, and dig them up from underground, the slums or the ghetto, to do them good, and to be merciful to them. - Saint Camillus de Lellis (1550-1641)


God Bless,
Mill

Blessings In A Pot! A testimony of God's mercy & faithfulness!

Dear Frens,

good news, Good News, GOOD NEWS!

Kyrie Soup Kitchen is born!

Some of you may know that my father has recently passed away and my mum was devastated. Just 3 weeks ago she was saying that her life is over and she wants God to take her home.

She kept in prayer, she held on to our Lord, and many friends have been praying for her and with her.

Few days ago, she just came to me and said she will devote her excellent cooking skills to feed the poor!

This is indeed a testimony of God's Power, Mercy and Faithfulness. God has delivered her from darkness in an instant!


Thank you very much to all my friends at Praise@Work for their healing prayers, also to the Canossian and Don Bosco sisters and all other friends who have kept my family in prayers during our trial.

Kyrie Soup Kitchen will target to serve their 1st meal on 6th August 2009. If you have the desire to feed the poor please join us in this effort to feed the poor and to bring glory to God \o/\o/\o/

We need volunteers for cooking, cutting vegetables, packing of food, drivers with car boots or vans, food distributors, monthly rice, vegetables, sauces, meats and a large fridge and anything that can be used to set up this outdoor kitchen at my house.

We will for a start cook about 60 to 80 kg of rice for about a total of 400 people. We are located opposite the church of Ignatius along King's Rd. All are welcomed to help :)

To contact me, my hp is 96956267 .

Prayer is indeed exhaling the spirit of man and inhaling the spirit of God!
- Edwin Keith

God Bless,
Mill

Helping others get a second chance!

Dear Frens,

I recently came to know a friend Kryst whilst distributing the many denim jeans we had to the poor.

He has been helping brothers who have fallen into crime. He assimilates these men back into society by helping them get a job and housing them till they get back on their feet again.

He is at present housing about 15 men and is moving from his HDB flat to a new rented house in Punggol so that he is able to help more people with a larger place.

Frens, I feel giving someone a second chance is indeed a worthy cause. Many a times we ourselves wish we can be given a second chance at doing things right...right?

They have seeked help from us to help them set up their new home.
Let's bond together and do our best to help them. What better way for us to show that we have God in our hearts than to help our neighbours?

As Martin Luther says:

What is it to serve God and to do His will? Nothing else than to
show mercy to our neighbour. For it is our neighbour who needs our
service; God in heaven needs it not.

-- Martin Luther


So pls call me or text me at 96956267 if you or anyone you know have any of the furniture items below:

Items needed
1) 10 single wardrobe(cupboards (2door)
2) 6 double decker beds
3) 2 single beds
4) 1 double bed (queen)
5) 12 single mattress
6) 1 long dinning table with chairs
7) Freezer
8) 20 Pillows & blankets
9) Dryer
10) Microwave Oven
11) small oven


We are also looking for sponsors who would like to sponsor 6 months of food rations to them. Pls feel free to sponsor any food item you like for either 1 month or 6 months per person.

I can personally accompany them to buy the food items to ensure that the money is used accordingly.


Monthly Consumption for 20 people for lunch and dinner:

1) Chicken - 24 units @ $5.50 each - $132 per mth - $792 for 6 mths

2) Pork, beef - 16Kg @ $10 a kg - $160 per mth - $960 for 6 mths

3) fish - 160 fillets @ $10 for 20pcs - $80 per mth - $480 for 6 mths

2) Rice - 75kg @ - $$110 per mth - $660 for 6 mths

3) Condense milk - 90 cans $0.60 - $55.00 per mth - $330

4) Coffee & Tea

5) Milo - 1 can 3 days @ $10 each - $100 per mth - $600

6) Breakfast spread eg butter/margarine,jam,peanut butter

7) Eggs - 1 tray a day @$4.00each - $120 per mth - $720 for 6 mths

8) Can food eg luncheon meat, corn beef, stew pork, sardine


Thanks and God Bless,
Mill

Dear frens,

Working to assist the poor makes me realise more acutely that I have never been hungry a day in my life..

I feel so blessed that every meal I have had in my life, have been a time for celebration with friends, a time for celebration with love ones & family.

People who know me will know that eating is always a joyous time for me. What they don't know is, the more I enjoy my food, the more I feel a pain in my heart when I see people go hungry.

Some people have so little that even feeding themselves & their kids have become a problem. This is especially true these days, when people hold huge debts to banks and have lost their jobs.

Mother Theresa have always been an inspiration to me. She fed millions of people who had nothing. She also did it with nothing but faith and a desire in her heart to feed all who came to her.

When Willing Hearts approached Project Kyrie for a refrigerated container to feeze food,I felt compelled take this project to our network of friends.

I could see Willing Hearts enlarging their mission to cook & feed for more than 1200 people a day. I saw a way for us to make the difference to those who are now hungry and struggling in our midst. With a refrigerator, a huge 20 foot one, more food could be collected & stored, less food would be wasted.

It is indeed God's grace & mercy that we have a good friend, who with an angelic force of swiftness found, organised & donated this refriegerated 20 ft container in just one day..

I wish to give special thanks for the generous & quick response of Kek Beng, Wllie Goh & friends for making this new outreach possible. It is without doubt that many will be less hungry today because of our brother's great spirit of generosity & solidarity with our less fortunate brothers & sisters.

I am so awed that when God moves, you see the Power of God's love rippling through the hearts of men.

God Bless,
Mill

Project Kyrie could not have done it without you!

Dear Frens,

Since I started exploring more deeply into mission work in 2004, I believe it's a journey which many will find difficult to turn back from.

When the heart is willing, God will show so much, of not only what is needed for his Kingdom but also provide a world of opportunities to keep us contributing. I can attest that, it is truely in giving that we gain.

I am deeply grateful to all friends of Project Kyrie. Without your constant support for the poor, we will not be able to help people who need our assistance near or far.

Our network of friends have been growing year to year, the quickness and generosity of donors who respond to the various calls of needs presented to us, friends of Project Kyrie, fills me with a grateful heart. My walk in doing mission will continue as long as friends of Project Kyrie find it a good way to make a difference in the lives of others, as and when they can, when a request for help comes in to us.

As Scott Adams say : there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a riple with no logical end. It is along this line of thinking that we hope to bring not only opportunities, comfort and love to the poor but also make the world a slightly kinder place for those who are having a hard time.

You will see from the updates of our activities we have since the end of 2008, been reaching out to the poor amongst us in Singapore. Activities include distributing of food and goods surpluses in Singapore to NGOs and individuals who need them for the work they do here and abroad. We have become a distribution portal for some retailers and businesses. We wish to thank these businesses for their constant support of clothes, food, toys and household items.

Quite by accident, Project Kyrie has also started Kyrie Home Projects. We came across a few local families with nothing or very little in their flats. Requests to provide used furniture went out to our network of friends and the result has been amazing! God is good. We have now managed not only to create empty flats of poor families into comfortable homes but have also partnered NGOs to furnish their centres to help the under priviledged with our excesses.






So thank you, one and all for your trust, participation and generosity. We truely could not have done so much or continue to do more without you!

God Bless,
mill

Partnering Beyond Services in making a child's dream come true!

Dear Frens,


Thank you for spending a whole Saturday making a child happy.


I believe the happy smile of this child when he comes home to a clean house and seeing his favourite cartoon on the wall is worth more than a thousand prayers and praises to God.


May God bless you all abundantly for all your love and effort!


Special thanks to artists Shannon, Cheney, Debbie and Mark Foo for the paints. Also many thanks to Paul Raj and friends for cleaning the whole home so thoroughly.

Partnering Local Retailers to bring blessing to the poor

Local Retailers with Big Hearts!


We wish thank two big fashion retailers for blessing the poor with 3 container load of jeans and tops! That amounts to approximately 40,000 pieces of clothing.


Our friends in retail, could have simply sold the goods but they CHOSE to bless people who have close to nothing.


It warms my heart knowing that these gifts generate more that just warmth of clothing for the poor. I have witnessed the bonding of friends with a common mission, the joy that comes from giving, new friendships made and the endless growth of opportunities and resources that is coming through to help more of our under priviledged brothers and sisters.


The goods have been sent either hand-carried by individuals or sent by sponsored containers to so many countries and so many places.


I am indeed awed at the numbers of God's selfless angels who have spent time and great effort to bring these gift of love to strangers across lands.


These 40,000 pieces of clothing will touch the hearts of those who will receive it, shirt by shirt, jean by jean in Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philipines, Malaysia and even some to the really poor in Singapore.


Special thanks to JRS, the Canossians, FCAP (pilots) , 5Cs (cabin crew), St Vincent de Paul( St Anthony's Church), Pastor Robert Liu, World Federation of Catholic Medical Association, Kek Beng & his men at SH Cogent Logistics, Low Siew Kiang (Firefly Mission), Tara Melwani, Julia Wong (GAP Int'l )..and all friends who participated.

God Bless and Thank You everyone for your hardwork and contribution for this humantarian effort.

Yours in Christ,
mill

Cold Disaster Relief Operation in Thailand

Thank you everyone, for making this possible!

Thank you for sharing your blessings with the poor ....We have collected 530 blankets in total. Know that the joyful light of 530 hearts is possible all because of you.

Remember Jesus said "In truth I tell you, in so far as you did this to one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it to me." - matt 25:40

What a wonderful way to start our 2009 dear friends..with God in our hearts and a helping hand to those who have little! \o/\o/\o/

God Bless,

Mill

Cargo of 400 blankets arriving at a remote village-Poo Kat, on Sunday 18th Jan 09.The village is deep in the mountains without electrical power supply.








Elderly lady broke into tears, grateful that somebody came. The elderly's granddaughter standing by, watching.


















One of the Hmong homes. This is a picture of the bed that sleeps 3 people.









Distribution of blankets to the poor...

Remember there's no such thing as a small act of kindness. Every act creates a riple with no logical end.-- Scott Adams

Dear Frens,

Thank you to all for responding to my sms on 'Lets hit the ground running... to help the remote hill villages in Thailand hit by the sudden extreme cold weather.

Temperatures dropped to 2 deg c in northern parts of the country.
The small villagers located on the mountains have report temperature reaching as low as minus 3 degrees in one mountain.

In 2 days, we managed to pull together funds to buy about 400 blankets @ $5 each ($2000). I will still be consolidating funds for anyone who would still like to contribute for the next 2 days. Do keep the blankets coming in for the hill tribes around Phetchabun; Thailand.

Let's pray everyone, before we jump into our warm beds tonight that somehow, some way these 400 blankets will bring warmth, life and hope to those who use it. Let's also thank God for all the blessings we have right here, right now, that we have so often taken for granted.

May God's peace and blessings be upon you for all the kindness you have shown so unhesitatingly for the poor.

Many thanks Shayli, Chris Emma Lee, Susie, Kathleen Lee, Brandon Ong, Katherine Chua, Pamela Kwan, Rebecca Soh, YM Wong, Jennifer Chan, Arthur Kang, Tan Guek Hong, Christopher Wong, Jocelyn Wong, Sarah Raman, Paul Raj, Peter Twang, Alice Fu , Nicholas Lim, Robert Tay, Kazim Reza, Sharoniel,Paula Marcondez,Shan Ng, Julie Ng,Aloysius Wong, and some anonymous angels

Partner link http://www.radion-international.org/

Project Kyrie Partners Radion International

Dear frens,

Thank you for everyone's generous contribution towards securing the freight of this 40ft container of hope and love to people who have been almost been forgotten.

This 40ft container will be filled with food staples and clothing for the street kids, hmong refugees and mountain tribes in Phetchabun; Thailand.





Most of us are too busy with our daily work and families to be on the ground to take care and give opportunities to the poor. Thus when friends who are willing to offer their lives to people who will otherwise be forgotten, our support from where we are, is indispensable.


It is only when we stand together as a community of friends with the same vision to assist our unprivileged brothers and sisters that we will make a difference so large that it cannot be ignored.


Goodness will only beget Goodness, Kindness will always beget Kindness. The ripples of blessings we consistently send out, I believe will cumulate into waves of blessings to all, through which the greatness of God's love and mercy will be seen in full Glory.


Special thanks Aloysius Wong, Dinesh, Mark Thong, Judy Flemming,Ng Chay Hua, Christopher Wong for responding so quickly and generously to funding this container to the poor in Thailand.


The total cost of shipment is estimated at $3,000. We have now secured the cost for the leg of shipment from Singapore to BKK. Pls email or contact me if you feel called to support this shipment as I am still consoldating the funds.


Many friends are also ready to contribute clothes and food to be put into the container on the word GO!


Below are the details of this shipment:

A) Items needed:

1 ) Dry/Canned food items (Staples or meat items with at least 3 months towards expiry date)

2 ) Used clothes, blankets, jackets (Washed and in good condition)

3 ) Hygiene Items (Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap)

4 ) Medical/Pharmaceutical items (first aid kits/gloves/masks/bandages)

5 ) New Stationary/Educational Materials (Drawing blocks, coloring books, coloring pencils/crayons)

6 ) Electronics/Technology Items (Solar Panels, Water filtration systems, torch lights, batteries)

7 ) Foam sleeping mattresses

8 ) Baby clothes/Nursery Items (Feeding bottles, etc etc)

B) Guidelines

• Pls pack into generic boxes or bags to minimise sorting and label it!


• Pls ensure items donated are in good condition as the container is very costly.


• Where possible indicate you are from Project Kyrie


• If you are intending to buy alot of dry food it would be more prudent to give cash so that the goods can be bought cheaper from Thailand. Receipts and acknowledgements will be given by Radion Intenational if handed through Project Kyrie


• Most importantly, we need connections with distributors or manufacturers who can give food staples, children's items and clothings for free.


• Please note that we will NOT BE COLLECTING TOYS, as thisis a humanitarian relief shipment for only necessities.


• Note some of the items which are not relevant for shipment may be sold off to raise funds for food and other necessary items to be purchased in Thailand for the poor.
  

C) Time lines and drop off location

• Shipment is targeted to leave in 3rd week of Feb 09


• 6-7 Feb(Sat & Sun), 0900-1800 Collection Drive @ 1 Centralised Location ( Location TBC)

Thank you and God Bless Everyone!

Mill

Sharing our blessings this Christmas!

Dear Frens,

There is undoubtedly no Christmas if we do not bring the joy of Christ to at least one person we know during the season where we celebrate his coming.

Thank you so much for all who responded so generously to the call for a scrumptious Christmas dinner and food rations for the poor family.

Thank you also to all who have been taking loads of effort these past months to donate, deliver or find friends who have furniture, TVs, microwaves and washing machines to fill 3 homes of our less fortunate brothers and sisters and also a centre for kids with special needs and disabilities.

Thank you too for all who also responded so quickly yesterday to the call to provide a Wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas day lunch for the girls at the Tent. Instead of self-cooked meals by 12 to 18yr olds, they now have turkey, honey baked ham, ice cream, fruits and a huge cake! Plus KFC! :)

I thank you all on their behalf.. I am humbled at everyone's generosity.

My deep gratitude and thanks also goes to all who offered their furniture, their food, their time and their money but I was not able to take up on their generosity when homes were filled and tables full.

I am sure Jesus would be at their tables tonight, as he would be at yours, smiling at our solidarity and love for the poor.

May our Father be well pleased at our small efforts to continually make a small difference in lives of others.

All efforts we make are only for His Glory \o/\o/\o/

May He bless you, your family and your love ones abundantly this Christmas and throughout the year 2009.



God Bless,

mill

"It is by the path of love, which is charity, that God draws near to man, and man to God. But where charity is not found, God cannot dwell. If, then, we possess charity, we possess God, for "God is Charity" (1 John 4:8).
- St. Albert the Great (1206-1280)

Hemocue gadget for Lay Canossian Missionary Dr Lucy Goh in Nurobo, West Timor

Dear Martinus, Vicky and our Anonymous Angel,


Thank you so much for generously responding to Mill's request for funding to help buy a Hemoglobin machine to detect anemia in children and adults in our mission clinic in rural Nurobo, West Timor, Indonesia.

Dr. Priscilla Lim will buy it for me and when it does arrive in Nurobo, I will inform you and Mill.

God Bless you!
Dr. Lucy Goh
iluvluci@gmail.com

BIG THANKS TO ALL OF YOU, for your generosity and involment in the mission for the poor children!!

May God bless you all In the name of Sr. Sarah, our Superior of Cambodia- Myanmar, all the Sisters, youth and children of Cambodia!!

Sr. Maria Salesian
Sisters of Don Bosco -Cambodia

Another Container on it's way to Don Bosco in Cambodia

I thank everyone on behalf of the beneficiaries of the Don Bosco Mission for making this shipment possible! \o/\o/\o/

Many Thanks to John Lee, Vicky Quek, Mark Foo, Shanny Ho, Clarence Lee, Jacinta & friends, Christopher Solihan & Friends, Jerry Yong, John Ng & Family, Thomas Tay, Angeline Khoo & Family,Jennifer Tan, Christopher Lim, Augustine Goh, Tara Melwani, Poh Peng Hoe & Family for allowing us to store the goods in his warehouse whilst we consolidated the shipment.

Last but not least to the World federation of Catholic Medical Associations for funding the shipment.


The items loaded are:

11 plts Assorted Toys(Educational),1 Plt Assorted Toys(General), 1 Pallet Exercise Equipment(Trampoline), 13 Sets of Computers, 7 Ctns Clothes/Tee Shirts, 4 Ctns Shoes, 1 Ctn Toys, 1 Ctn Bags, 1 Ctn Bags and Shoes, 1 Ctn Blankets, 1 Ctn Bags and Clothes, 1 Ctn Training Books for teachers, 1 Ctn Stationery, 2 Pcs Ground Sheets(Tentage), 6 Boxes Blankets , 2 Boxes Clothings and Toys, 1 TV Set, 15 Wheel Chairs and walking aids, 6 Pcs Polystyrofoam Sheets, 1 Junior Bicycle

Thank You to All from the Das Family

In life, often due to unforseen circumstances we come to face hardships that can test the most faithful of believers.


We are all on a journey, like pilgrims to the same promised land. When one of us falls or face problems, we stand together and give the helping hand that we can.

A month ago, we asked for furniture to help furnish an empty flat.

I give my thanks to many who have come forward so generously to share what you have. We would have liked to take all the furniture offered but we couldn't because we didn't have the storage facilities to collect all the furniture to benefit others.

Many thanks to Mandy Chua, Fran Seah, Shirley Chong, Alice Fu for helping them turn their empty house into a home and filling it with the most essential element...love for another and shining the light of Christ into their family. Of course, not forgetting Paul Raj, who is the pivot of all the arrangments. Without him, this project would not have been possible.
Deepest thanks from the Das family, who would like to thank all who have shared so generously.

Aid for the needy in Batam - A Kyrie & Focolare Project 2008 - 2009

Aid for the needy in Batam S$45,000 needed for 100 children

Beneficiary receives

- S$450 per child S$80 for uniforms and school books

- S$370 for 12 months of food suppliers

Brief:

Children of poor families in Batam are generally undersized due to lack of proper nourishment. An 11 yr old can look like a Singaporean 7 yr old child.

Families look generally happy though not in best of health. Most have basic shacks..with little or no furniture. Families live in kampong environment..with trash strewn unhealthily everywhere.

Children in these poor families can go much further in life as some are very bright and show potential of having a bright future. Without assistance they would likely drop out of school at an early age and continue in their cycle of poverty.

How will your money help?

Aid given to each child from selected families will help alleviate stress on parents to choose between food and education.

Sponsors can provide consistent education and opportunities for the child to grow healthily and have a better life than their parents have.

Focolare will issue food vouchers to be redeemed in a Focolare-run mini supermarket. This will perhaps put a little more food on the table for the family.

Poverty need not be the price paid by a child

my world is full of possibilities with your help
*anyone who would like to communicate or visit the sponsored child they are only an hour away by ferry from S'pore

Sponsorship of prayer books for the sisters and young in formation need in Myanmar

Thanks to Dominic Yeo, for his sponsorship of 15 copies of Everyday Prayer from the Divine Office, published in co-operation with collins E.J. Dwyer Talbot,by Theological Foundations in India.

Charity is surely not found in the great things we hope to do one day but in the daily responses to small things that God places before us everyday! Praise God \o/

Simple Contributions Make a World of Difference!

a simple ping pong table can light up the lives of the women & children at the Hagar Women's Shelter \o/

ALL GLORY TO GOD!

THANK - YOU!

Ukraine is so far away and many of us have no inkling what Ukraine is about or even look like. I praise and thank the Lord that kindness and mercy knows no bounds.

We wish to thank the following kind-hearted individuals for their generous contributions and support for the Ukranian Medical Centre Project.

An amount of S$9,500 was raised and have been sent to Ukraine via the Canossian Sisters in Poland by Dom Yeo our friendly banker.

May God bless you all a hundred fold for your kindness and love for the poor:

Martinus Kossahi, Francesca Seah, Sandra Vatsaloo, Julie Ng, Mok Sauk Soo, Lynette Yap, Raphael Teo, Lee Pey Woan , Theresa Sim and an anonymous angel.

Individual acknowledgement letters have been sent by the Ukranian Cannosian sisters to all.

The medical centre is a continuing project that has to survive on providence.

The Canossian Ukraine Mission will still need funds if anyone is called to help them get started. Even if technicians are paid for this year salaries will still need to be paid next year.

Further contributions for this worthy cause can be made directly to the convent or I would be happy to assist in organising the money to be sent there for you.

All monies or equipment sent will be officially acknowleged by the Canossian Order in Ukraine.

God Bless,
mill


A thank-you note from the sisters in Ukraine

from canossavin <canossavin@yahoo.co.uk>
reply-tocanossavin@yahoo.co.uk mailto:tomillicent.tan@gmail.com
dateThu, Apr 10, 2008 at 3:33 AM

subject: From Vinnitsa, Ukraine signed-by yahoo.co.uk

Our Dearest Millicent,

here we come with great joy to Wish you once again all the joys

of the Easter Season!

Hope and pray that you are keeping well.

Sr. Alicia had gone to Poland for the first profession of the 2 novices and we have got

what you had sent for our Mission.

May the Good Lord reward you and your companions for your charity and generosity.

We have got the License of the Clinic renewed from Kiev.

Very soon there will be further steps taken as we had planned.

Meanwhile once again we thank you for your help.Be sure of humble prayers for your noble work you are doing.

Lovingly, Sisters from Vinnitsa
Best regards, canossavin

mailto:canossavin@yahoo.co.uk

CANOSSIAN MEDICAL CLINICS FOR THE POOR IN UKRAINE (Vinnytsia)

Dear Frens,

Happy New Year to you and blessings to you and your family in this new faith-filled year!

As some may know, I just came back from a 3 months trip to Poland and Ukraine.

Amidst my vacation, God led me to become closely acquainted with the Canossian Nuns in Eastern Europe. They took it upon themselves to show me their work, their mission and the needs & difficulties of the poor that exists especially in Ukraine.

The poverty in Ukraine is different from the poverty we are used to seeing in Cambodia. Ukraine, being a country whose temperature falls below -30 degrees, the poor there face a whole different set of problems.

It’s like living in a freezer for many months a year. The nuns told me that just recently a lady missed her train, she then sat herself down to wait for the next train. She had forgotten to move around and her legs froze thus they had to be amputated.

Ukraine also suffered from the 2 man-made famines that killed at least 9 million people, Hitler's insanity and Stalin's cruelty during the communist occupation.

Against this backdrop of violence, the Canossian sisters want to help these poor families transit from the effects and shadows of communism by providing medical assistance to the needy.

The sisters currently provide catechism, host retreats and some counselling. They visit the poor, the sick and are working hard to reduce the high rate of abortion through their existing Pro-Life centre.

The nuns having been praying fervently for assistance in launching their Medical Clinics for the Poor in Vinnytsia.

For 4 years now, a 22 room medical facility located in the Canossian convent has been completed but left unused despite it being fully licensed to operate.

There are now 3 doctors seeing patients but they cannot do much and are unable to fully launch this medical facility.

The Canossian Nuns have managed to raise 70% of the required funds and have managed to set up some of the infrastructure.

What they need now is funding to:

1) employ laboratory assistants to test and analyse blood and urine. ( Cost about USD$200-$250 a month each )

2) employ technicians to operate the ultra sound machine. ( Cost about USD$200-$250 a month each )

The medical facility can start to function immediately if we can fund 1) & 2)


In their prayers the sisters also hope to get:

1) a fully equipped dentist's chair - for the urgently needed dental clinic
2) an echocardiogram - for the cardiology clinic to diagnose heart problems

Usually in poor countries, we have to build and fund the medical facility but in this instance they already have the infrastructure - the land, the clinics ( cardiology,gynaecology, pediatric, family and dental clinics) all set up but lack manpower & some equipment ie. perhaps 30% more, to make it fully operational.

Frens, if you feel called to assist the Canossian sisters to enable these servants of the Lord to bring some hope and love this way, pls email me or call me at 96956267.

Car for the Canossian Sisters in Poland

Dear Frens,

Thank you so much for responding so quickly to the appeal letter below.

It is indeed God's Grace \o/ \o/\o/ that we managed to raise the S$31,100 (54,000 zl) within 2 weeks!

On 20th November 07, we placed a downpayment for 1400cc, Peugeot 308. It cost 51,500zl. We collected 54,000zl = S$31,100.

The money is almost spot on after paying for insurance and tax to put the car on the road.

I can't tell you how grateful the sisters are to you for your act of kindness. They have just taken delivery of the car and your unconditional support has inspired them to do even more.

The gift of this car is so much more than just transport for the sisters, you have given them affirmation for their life's work and it truely symbolises God's providence and love for his servants through answered prayers.

Special Thanks to Irene Tang, Susanna Kang and our anonymous angel for their generousity and kindness..and to Lynette Yap for co-ordinating the logistics of this project \o/

Appeal letter dated 30th Oct 07

Dear Frens,

I am now in Poland with Canossians nuns in krakow, Poland. There are 3 nun in the house with one novice. Recently they have wrecked their car and are in need of a new one. An inexpensive car would cost abt 25K.

Winter is here and temperatures go down to as low as minus 10 or 20 degrees with sometimes heavy snow. I have followed them to comfort the aged, they feed some poor families even tho they are not rich with funds, teach catechism, conduct youth retreats and when its cold its also difficult to go buy food.

Most of us are unable to do the Lord's work as they do on a daily basis, if anyone feels called to help out with the sponsorship of this vehicle and be part of the Lord's work through them, pls email or sms me 96956267


Thanks.

Yours in Christ,
Mill

Helping the poor

Dear Friends,

It been almost a year since I have posted anything here. Mainly its because the plans we have are now slightly larger and slightly harder to implement.

I am reminded that 'With God Nothing is Impossible!' thus we will embark on fulfilling the following needs that God has put placed in our way.


1) Cambodia - Microcredit loans to women
To assist them with funds to set up their own small businesses. This will enable families to rise out of extreme hardship and poverty. If these women have a skill or the will to make a better life for themselves and their families, they deserve an opportunity to try.


2) Ukraine - A land of blood and saints

A) To set up a medical centre for the poor at Vinnitsa

Here we have a situation where more than half the solution has been solved already.

The Canossian mission in Ukraine for purpose of helping the poor has built, set up and obtained a licence to operate a 22 room medical facility in Vinnitsa.

They have currently 3 doctors but they are unable to launch this medical mission because they lack funds for laboratory assistants to analyse blood tests, medical technicians to operate the ultra sound machine, some equipments and a dentist.

Re: Equipments still needed:

• Dentist chair
• Echo machine
• X-ray machine

Those who feel called to help in contributing funds or have friends who can donate 1st or 2nd hand equipment pls contact me.

It would also be great if a network of doctors can assist in set up or provide associate help to this medical centre in any way to enable the centre to function to its highest ability and reach out and assist as many people as it can.

B) Setting up a Social Centre in a poor village in Ukraine - A dream of a priest for his people

Its hard to imagine but Ukraine's temperature goes down to minus 25-30 degrees. I was there last week and it was only minus 5-10 degrees and I was freezing. It's like living in a freezer!

Ukraine has suffered 2 world wars, 2 man-made famines ( extreme persecution and genocide) and 70 years of harsh communist rule all within the last century. We will never understand the pain and suffering of the people. What I know is that they need a break!

They have been independent for 15 years, the poverty there is also extreme and harsh especially in the depth of winter. People need money for coal to warm their homes, to eat, to educate. It is a place where your legs can freeze and have to be amputated if you don't move in extremely cold.

Again here, we believe education is the 'hope'. The priest in this poor village has a dream to provide the poor with sewing and baking skills to help lift his parisioners out of poverty for those who try.

We want to help him raise funds here to build or rent this small social centre, where people can come not only to learn new skills but also for the young and old to gather and a place where the nuns can minister to the poor.

So I ask you friends to join me to help make the lives of those who have little or nothing a little better. If you feel called to help please do.

God can only put love in our hearts but we have to act on this love so that it can grow and glorify him.Pls do share this needs with people you know . Perhaps we can together make this a wonderful and meaningful Christmas for many.

With God all things are possible through him and through all those who love him :)

God Bless,

Mill

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