When I first met John & Lisa Bishop in Fiji in 2004, having beer in a little fishing boat, I did not know then we would be working together on a magnificent project to extend a little more of God's love to Cambodia.
God is Magnificent in his ways, it only takes a little sharing to get the spark going. John and Lisa was then on a world tour, they visited us in S'pore then eventually went to Cambodia. They visited Don Bosco School, met the nuns, sponsored a child and now back in UK, they have like us embarked sharing with others the need of the poor in Cambodia to their friends, family and community.
I will be sharing with you on my blog some of the wonderful work they have been doing. I hope this work will not only stop in the UK but continue to reach all who care to make a little difference in the life of those who need a little of our love.. as we share a little of God's mercy that we have received with others who still hope for a new tomorrow.
Here is John & Lisa:
Hi there
As many of you know we spent time in Cambodia in April this year and had the priviledge to meeting a small group of nuns looking after 4 schools with 1,207 students. We have been working on fundraising activities here in the UK and we wanted to share with you what we have been up to.
The attached documents we sent was the speech we made in church and the 57 cent story which we handed out on the day. This was given to me by one of my highschool teachers in Kansas City.
We raised a total of $980 on that Sunday plus we had a handful of people who we are meeting next week in the evenings who want to sponsor a child!
When we were there in April we sponsored a young lady called Chenda who has been through hell and back at the mere age of 20. Her father died when she was young so they had to move home. That home burned down with all they had, so her mother, sister and she moved into a room in someones home. The son of the owner physically abused her for a long time. The sisters took her in and gave her room, board, schooling, etc. She has now finished her final year at Don Bosco and we are currenlty sponsoring her through University - she wants to be a psychologist to help people who are going through what she has been through. She emails us weekly and calls us Mom and Dad.
The great thing about this group is they are not part of a great big charity organisation. We send the funds we receive straight into the Sisters bank account and then they let us know what they use it for, or obviously if a specific child is sponsored they provide photo and background of that child!
We will be emailing you 2 photo albums which you can look through with the photos from our trip to Cambodia and also the picture boards we used for our speech at Church.
Also you can have a look at the website that our friends in Singapore keep up to date with all the activity we are all doing in Cambodia - www.gimp.blogspot.com have a look at the Last Posts on the right hand side and you will see entries such as:Sponsors from the UK - info on our Father Damien and his sponsorship, John and Lisa visit Cambodia - info on our trip there last April
They are doing so much from Singapore - amazing efforts!
The greatest quote we have seen in along time came from this website:THE WORLD SAYS, THE MORE YOU TAKE, THE MORE YOU HAVE, CHRIST SAYS, THE MORE YOU GIVE, THE MORE YOU ARE. (Frederick Buechner)
Lots and Lots of love
Lisa and John
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