After a  wonderful Christmas with our children, school is back in full swing and we  have been busy finding placements for our new arrivals. We are proud to announce  Nutri, Narti, Rince,Nike,

Kasandra, Rian, Nyong,Yunus, Otnil,Andri, Frans, Roni and Risaldo have all started school at the  local primary in Canggu. The schools situated closer to the orphanage were all  full and even

though  there is quite a distance to travel this was our only option. The children are  extremely happy and have settled well into their new  school.

Fun for all at Waterbom  Park:

The  children of year 6 and their teacher Kayti from  Sunrise school once again hosted a  day out at the Waterbom  Park  for the children. A fun filled day of laughter for all involved,

we cannot  thank Kayti her pupils and their parents enough for so kindly enabling the  children to have the opportunity to enjoy this fabulous day out!

Waterbom Dec 2007	Hotel Melka Excelsior Lovina

Dolphin  experience:

All of  our children were given the amazing opportunity to experience Dolphin therapy  at the Melka Excelsior Hotel in Lovina,   Mr Karl generously gave our children free accommodation

and food  as well as the Dolphin experience. Martha and Kala organized this for us…  thank you all so much

Hotdogs at Canggu  Club:

Martha  couldn’t help herself ! she just had to invite the children over to the Canggu  Club for fun in the pool and hotdogs all round. Thank you Martha, the kids had a great  time.

Christmas BBQ at Jodie  O’Shea:

What a  lovely evening enjoyed by all! Christmas carols, games and presents, many  visitors who shared the spirit of Christmas with all of us. We must also say a  special thank you

to all  the people who made such a special effort in choosing gifts for all of our  children.  Joan, Ron and  Brett - Sybil, Taylor, Jaiden and  Mila;  Rob, Patou and children  -Peter and Robyn;

Shari,  Eva, Aaron, Mark, Jill and Diane - Patricia and Claire – and a special thank  you to the children and parents of Taman Anak Anak Montessori for their support.

Christmas Eve:

On  Christmas eve Santa came to town with   Nasi Kuning, a magician, an enormous cake and presents for all! What a  joyous event dancing and laughing, all thanks to Pepe, Yuni and  Dewi.

Pepe, Yuni and Dewi bring Santa to Jodie O’Shea

These  last months have been very busy indeed. We have had lots of visitors and  without listing all the your names individually  we want to thank you one and all for  generous donations  and support.  It is with sincere  thanks to you all that we are  able to “ continue to bring light into the lives of our children.”

A very special thank you...

A few months ago whilst  visiting some of the families of our children in Sumba Alison discovered that one of the fathers of of two of our children Pak Petrus had broken his wrist after having fallen from a roof top more than 2 months ago and   had  not received any medical attention at all.Not only was he in terrible pain but he had also lost  the use of his left hand. Needless to say Alison could not leave him in this condition and we started the process of finding a solution to help in any way we could. There  are some wonderful people on the island of Bali... With the help of our dear friend Rena and Yayasan Putri Bali, Doctor Nyoman Riasa donated his time  to perform a 5 hour operation on Pak Petrus’s hand, the operation was a  huge success and although there will be many months of rehabilitation the results so far are positive. We cannot thank Dr. Riasa enough for his kindness.

Just last week Alison overheard Risaldo one of our  newest arrivals joyously singing his heart out in the  bathroom…......

With this happy note we will  leave you, until next time…
 

Lots  of love,


Alison, Yanto and Julie