These are the photos I printed for my thank-you cards to all my supporters. If you are a supporter of mine and did not get one, please send me an email with you address in it–you deserve one!
Each photo says “Thank You” in the local language of the children pictured. This is a huge Thank You to all my blog readers who supported me all year with prayer and encouragement. I appreciated every comment and email you sent my way!
Dear Friend,
Hello from Cambodia. I want to say “Arkhun” – Thank You – for helping Katie come to Cambodia last October. I have HIV and my parents don’t have enough money to feed me, so I live in an orphanage with a bunch of other kids who have HIV. We get enough to eat there but let me tell you there are never enough people to give us love and attention! Whenever foreigners like Katie come, we love to hold their hands and let them carry us around when we play games and have fun. It is nice to have them smile and laugh with us. They don’t understand our language but we can always get their attention by shouting “Niel! Niel!” When Katie and her friends came they taught us about Jesus and gave us yummy snacks like apples every day. APPLES! I loved them. Arkhun for helping Katie come. Please pray to Jesus for me and my friends here in our orphanage home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia!
Hello from Cambodia. I want to say “Arkhun” – Thank You – for helping Katie come to Cambodia last October. I have HIV and my parents don’t have enough money to feed me, so I live in an orphanage with a bunch of other kids who have HIV. We get enough to eat there but let me tell you there are never enough people to give us love and attention! Whenever foreigners like Katie come, we love to hold their hands and let them carry us around when we play games and have fun. It is nice to have them smile and laugh with us. They don’t understand our language but we can always get their attention by shouting “Niel! Niel!” When Katie and her friends came they taught us about Jesus and gave us yummy snacks like apples every day. APPLES! I loved them. Arkhun for helping Katie come. Please pray to Jesus for me and my friends here in our orphanage home in Phnom Penh, Cambodia!
Dear Friend,
Minglaba – Hello from Myanmar! I want to say “ce-zu-tin-ba-deh” – Thank You – for helping Katie come to my country last November. Ever since my parents died during Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, a nice Christian lady has been taking care of me and some other kids. She is teaching us about Jesus and how to pray to him and how even though my parents aren’t here to love me anymore, he always will. When Katie and her friends came, they played some new games with us and gave us presents! I got my very own towel, toothbrush, comb, bar of soap, CANDY, and some toys. My very own! Since the lady taking care of me is caring for 24 other kids she can’t really afford to give us much of our own things so we were so grateful. We told Katie and her friends “ce-zu-tin-ba-deh” just like I now say to you, for helping Katie come and buy me presents! Please pray for me and my new brothers and sisters, and for the nice lady caring for us here in Myanmar!
Minglaba – Hello from Myanmar! I want to say “ce-zu-tin-ba-deh” – Thank You – for helping Katie come to my country last November. Ever since my parents died during Cyclone Nargis in May 2008, a nice Christian lady has been taking care of me and some other kids. She is teaching us about Jesus and how to pray to him and how even though my parents aren’t here to love me anymore, he always will. When Katie and her friends came, they played some new games with us and gave us presents! I got my very own towel, toothbrush, comb, bar of soap, CANDY, and some toys. My very own! Since the lady taking care of me is caring for 24 other kids she can’t really afford to give us much of our own things so we were so grateful. We told Katie and her friends “ce-zu-tin-ba-deh” just like I now say to you, for helping Katie come and buy me presents! Please pray for me and my new brothers and sisters, and for the nice lady caring for us here in Myanmar!
Dear Friend,
Hello from Matchovane, Mozambique! I want to say “khanimambo” – Thank You – for helping Katie to come here in January 2009. We live on our farms really far from any big cities, and Katie and her friends came all the way here to visit our churches. They came to my church every day for a few weeks, and they taught us many, many things about Jesus and what it means to be a Christian. They showed us this movie about Jesus and they even brought the electricity with them when they came! And one night we all went to where they were staying and we had a big party with dancing and lots of singing about Jesus. I’ve never seen foreigners so much! I was kind of shy with Katie at first but even though she’s a white person I think she’s nice. She sang some silly songs with us after teaching at our church. There’s one called “A-roo-cha-cha”, we looked so funny doing it that we all laughed a lot! We called her Khanimambo since it was so funny that she learned how to say Thank You in our own language, called Changana. She also learned a song about God in our language, and she can sing it for you if you ask! Please pray for me and my church here on our farms. We want so learn more about Jesus but there are not many people here to teach us, since most of the adults don’t know how to read. But Katie and her friends helped buy some Bibles for those who can read and don’t have one, so we are trying to learn more. Khanimambo for helping Katie come to my village in Mozambique!
Hello from Matchovane, Mozambique! I want to say “khanimambo” – Thank You – for helping Katie to come here in January 2009. We live on our farms really far from any big cities, and Katie and her friends came all the way here to visit our churches. They came to my church every day for a few weeks, and they taught us many, many things about Jesus and what it means to be a Christian. They showed us this movie about Jesus and they even brought the electricity with them when they came! And one night we all went to where they were staying and we had a big party with dancing and lots of singing about Jesus. I’ve never seen foreigners so much! I was kind of shy with Katie at first but even though she’s a white person I think she’s nice. She sang some silly songs with us after teaching at our church. There’s one called “A-roo-cha-cha”, we looked so funny doing it that we all laughed a lot! We called her Khanimambo since it was so funny that she learned how to say Thank You in our own language, called Changana. She also learned a song about God in our language, and she can sing it for you if you ask! Please pray for me and my church here on our farms. We want so learn more about Jesus but there are not many people here to teach us, since most of the adults don’t know how to read. But Katie and her friends helped buy some Bibles for those who can read and don’t have one, so we are trying to learn more. Khanimambo for helping Katie come to my village in Mozambique!
Dear Friend,
Unjani – Hello from Swaziland! We want to say “Siyabonga” – Thank You – for helping Katie come here in February 2009. We live in Nsoko, the poorest area of our country. Many of the parents in our community have died from HIV, and many more have it, but no one likes to talk about it. But it means that kids like us don’t have parents anymore to take care of them, so we go to care points and eat there two times a day. We had SO much fun playing with Katie and her friends at all the care points! They did all sorts of things! One day they gave out a bunch of shoes. We didn’t get any because there weren’t enough for all the little kids like us. Please pray for us and our country, because it is hard to live every day. We don’t have money to pay school fees when we get old enough, and without education there is no way to get a job. Siyabonga for helping Katie come to Swaziland!
