Healing Home?

On Tuesday Sue and I followed No-worries, son of landlord, to a place he knows that is up for rent. I had been telling him about our focus and purpose when we return here at the end of March and he is keen to help. So, he drove Spider, with Susie and I perched on the back, to a little side road literally three minutes from our place - and a property that has hugely got our attention.

So much so, that we set up an appointment for the following day to take Jesse our pastor and Patrick and Carol Kelly (who have much experience in setting up educational centres) to come and walk the land with us.

Jesse and Patrick; Carol and Sue on the swings in the background

The property has a great 'feel' - very good amount of land for Phnom Penh, mango and fruit trees and a large concreted area for children to play. The house is very interesting - a strange design for a residential house, but very promising for a caring facility. Downstairs has a huge bedroom (would take six people); and two additional good-sized bedrooms. Open rooms on the left and the right of the entrance would allow admin centre on one side; dining and waiting room/lounge on the other.

There are no interior stairs to the second floor. This actually could work as a positive in our situation. Access is via a metal staircase hung off the right side of the house! Upstairs has big kitchen, big lounge (training room and prayer room) and big bedroom. Additional outbuildings include a big kitchen area, garage, loo and storage.

This is a critical step for us and we know that we have to get it right. There is the opportunity to get an excellent facility with a May start date before our 5-weeks break - giving us a full-on focus from the time that we return. Our preference would be to keep our existing place too for teams - and find a couple to take over our top floor and anchor the rental.

It is all ears on here at this time!