It is official--I am no longer an employee of Open Door Ministries. A huge responsibility off my shoulders, but I will miss aspects of it all the same. I was well sent-off, with a goodbye party with the kids, another with staff, flowers, cake--the whole shebang! The pic here is some friends (I'm taking the photo) at the staff goodbye party after-party (or something like that :) ).
So now--on to support raising as intensely as I can! As any of you who have ever raised financial support can attest, it is quite a bit of work, most of it involving communication with potential and actual supporters. I am learning as I go how to best approach people, how and when to follow up, and most of all--how to simply ask!
Hopefully in the coming months I'll also have a chance to begin studying Khmer, the language spoken in Cambodia. This will be easier said than done, seeing as I know no Khmer speakers at this point, and so am trying to orient myself a little bit using books and cd's...we'll see. Check out the Khmer script here:
