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