Lost mamma

Touch with our un-christened, stumpy-tailed little guys.  The half-length tail is normal here; Rim's kitten had a full tail; the other two have a full tail but divided between the two of them ...

The Healing Home is the proud owner of a litter of kittens.  Our child mamma had a liaison with a nasty piece of neighbourhood work, but the outcome is pretty cute.  There were four; one was washed off the roof where mum hid the litter for the first month; one has gone to Rim's home and the other two went home with Vanny.

Then, Vanny's guys came back.  Her neighbourhood dogs were going to chomp into them.  Two weeks ago mum disappeared - we fear some neighbourhood humans have chomped into her.  We have a new patient tho' who has offered to give these kittens a village life; he will take them home when he leaves here.  That will make the Healing Home pet-less for the first time in over three years.  I can live with that!

Nice bloke

Sue has felt it has been a bit of a drain of late with many of our patients - a number of poor and needy people who have been needy needy without much visible return on time and energy investment.

Therefore, it was extra-nice to have Heng come to us. He's just the sweetest and most grateful guy - and good things have quickly happened in his life.

Heng came to the Healing Home with a few problems: he had lost 10kg of weight in December (and he seriously does not have 2kg available to lose, let alone 10kg); he had no appetite, could not sleep and a swelling in his throat. 

First thing to kick in was his sleep.  Literally from night 1, he slept like the proverbial baby.  Then the appetite kicked in, as in KICKED in.  Sreymom told me 'he eats a lot now, like he eats a real lot'!  I watched him one morning from the balcony; he had gathered three of four mangoes that dropped from our well-laden tree.  He wolfed them down like there were no more mangoes to fall from the heavens!

 

 

Heng at the outside table where our patients eat most of the time.  One of our mango trees is directly overhead; behind him to the right you can see some good jackfruit coming on strong.

A few tests and he was diagnosed with hyper-thyroidism.  That is getting treated now and quickly his throat is getting better.  So, today we lost this nicest of guys - happily heading back to his home in the province.

Home alone

Susie and Sopheap have headed to Singapore this week - to soak in a great conference led by Randy Clark and Bill Johnson.  They left Tuesday evening and return on Tuesday, so it is half-way already for two girls determined to have fun! 

We are very excited about Sopheap having this opportunity to stretch and grow.  She is the one who steps up and takes responsibility for the Healing Home whenever we are away, so we told her a year ago that we would get her a passport as an extra 'thank you'.  The break comes for a good time for Sue too - she has been finding the constant drain of giving out to person after person a little wearying lately.  God knows!

Brand new passport in hot little hand - Sopheap has been trying not to appear too excited about her first-ever time outside of Cambodia! She is such a great girl - full of mercy and love and faithful to the uttermost. 

The days are flying past very fast and I have enough to do to stay out of trouble.  I'm guessing no news = no problems regards the girls.  There is a big extra God-bonus in this too: Christian and Becs head out on their big OE in two days.  First stop - Singapore!  Sue and Sopheap will get to connect with them Tuesday morning.  It must be 'the luck of the Lord' (thanks for that line, Chris!!)