Ilene's runaway ox cart / School Kits to orphanage

      Incident in an Ox Cart 

We had just finished harvesting rice and were going back to the van.  All the girls got in the ox cart so they wouldn't have to walk the mile and a half.  The cart driver is deaf.  They went over a big bump and as girls will do they got screaming so he stopped the cart to let those who wanted too to get out.  Well Sister Thalman was half way out and he took off.  Sister Sok tried to help her out, but they just took off.  At least she stayed in the cart and didn't fall out on the way acrossed the field.  Sister Neora is in the cart behind Sister Thalman screaming her head off.  Like a good husband I knew I could not outrun the cows so I just kept videoing.  Everyone came through it unscathed thank goodness.

Khomly sewing bags for the orphanage

Sophal also sewing bags.

 The supplies for the school kits

The District YW Pres.  She was so excited to do this service project and she is one heck of a good girl.

On the table ready to go into the bags

All of the bags in the bags.  We had nearly 130 kits with note books, ruler, pencils, colored pencils, sharpener erasers etc..

At the church waiting to go to the orphanage

Arriving at the orphanage

Kids getting ready to get their school kits

Getting ready to pass out the bags

Passing out the bags

More passing out bags

Passing out bags

One happy little kid with no family

Girls with no family

So excited to get something

Pretty sad, but makes you happy someone will take care of them

Cute boys who were really thankful for the gift.

So excited

More kids.  So many are cross eyed because they know nothing about ambliopia 

More girls headed into those important teenage years with not much future.  Sad

In front of orphanage after they received  bags

Thank you for the school supplies

More of the kids

The rest of the kids

Too many to fit in the picture

More Kids and sister Neura in front

Member kids in front and orphans behind

Another big thank you

Elder Thalman and 2 new buddies.  The Kid on my left has some mental issues and could not figure out how to hold up two fingers.  Such a cute lovable kid

Members who helped with the project

Members  They had sooo much fun doing this and there was a great spirit there

In the van on the way home after the project.  It took two trips to get us all to the orphanage and I told Lim our driver that his van was not even close to being loaded like the good taxi drivers do.  Well we put eveyone of us in the van.  We had 21 and they sang jingle bells all the way home.  Pretty interesting in a Khmer accent.  These are such great kids and they had soooo much fun.  We will try to do it again at another orphanage or school.