Sorida, A Film of Hope

One of the Extra Curricular Clubs that I have been running since September is a film club. We have scripted, resourced and filmed a short film called "Sorida, A Film of Hope". The club are up to the editing stage of the film. We hope to submit the film into the 2009 Syndey Anglican Media Ignite Film Festival.

Sorida is one of the Khmer office ladies. The film shares her testimony of how she became a Christian. The actors in the film are all Khmer, and all of the dialog is in Khmer, but will have English Subtitles and and English Narration in various parts.

This has been a very enjoyable and learning experience for all involved. The Khmer students and staff who participated as actors very much enjoyed the opportunity to be envolved. Everyone is very excited to see the finished product... but that is some way off yet, so keep tuned.

Fiona

Long Time No Blog

Hi all,

Yes it has been a long time between blogs. The term just gone was hot, hard and at times painful.I had ongoing headaches with some real corkers of migraines and some tears. Work had its own share of stresses for both Graham and I, electricity was unrealiable, Naomi hit teenage independence and Nathan had his fair share of illness. Life is very much "In your face"here, and there is no where to run to when the going gets hard. However the challenges were growth times and there were many many rewarding times. I will share a number of the rewarding experiences with you this week... should the electricity and Internet hold out?

Thank you everyone for your prayers and ongoing support. Despite my sporadic email/sms/blog nature, please be assured that I pray for you on a regular basis. Bringing friends and places before the Lord is a blessing that I hope to only experience all the more as our time here continues.

We look forward the term ahead. It is "last"term for us here, being on the English school system, so we feel like we are on the "home run" for this school year. Then we start the new school year here in August and Naomi starts year 8! We also look forward to the catching up with the visiting Nowra Anglican College team, and my two sisters subsequent to that. I am sure that everyone visiting will experience their own challenges here, no matter how short a time they visit for and will head back to Australia with much to reflect upon, pray about, and share with others.

God Bless,

Fiona