Staff orientation starts

This morning was very special. Chantol and Dooit had their first day at 'Wonderful'. Little Chantol (actually all these girls are little - Chantol and Sopheak are like five foot nothing with shoes on and Dooit, whose name means 'little' hits five foot without shoes ..) was so excited that she said she hardly slept last night.

Chantol (I told you that she is short ...) - another archive pic from Stepping Stones days. The promise of up-to-date pics is getting closer tho' - Marty and Robyn arrive in a little over two weeks, carrying a Kodak (thank you, Scotty!)

This week has an orientation focus: imparting vision and values, lots of communicating and giving them some space to make the home 'theirs' as well.

Dooit was just stoked with the Peter-Parker modified kitchen. Many kitchens in Cambodia are the proverbial dark holes - so to have a 6m x 5m space was pretty exciting for her. I got Chantol and Dooit to make up a 'stuff needed for the kitchen' list later in the morning - and then sent them off shopping. The receipts made me giggle - these girls paid just on half of what I coughed up for dinner plates.