$2600 to go!

We are so humbled. We are in awe of God's provision and the willingness and generosity of people we know!

We received a further $2100 this last week - $300 in a one-off donation and the rest, $1800, in commitments for monthly donations for the 6 months we are away!

We have also had someone offer to pay for our flights! We are booking them this week! Our departure date is tentatively set at the 10th of June at this stage - less than 4 weeks from now. Nick's last work trip gets back on the 8th of June so it needs to be at least this date.

Things are getting very real for us now! We are starting to pack up our house and get it ready for the girls who are going to be looking after it for us. Ali has been getting her passport up to date and we are having our vaccinations later this week. Thankfully we are all up to date so we only need Typhoid for Nick and I and Typhoid and Hep A for James.

We realised on Sunday that we only have got 3 more Sundays here at our church! That is so sad for us! We hope to be able to see everyone to say goodbye in the next 3 weeks before June (we will be mainly spending time with family in the last week we are here as my sister and her family arrive from NZ on the 1st of June). If you want to catch up please facebook or give us a text and we will make sure we catch up :)

So. We have $2650 left to raise. $2400 of this is able to be monthly support with the other $250 needed by the weekend we go (to get visa's when we arrive and for last minute things to take with us for Sunshine Cambodia). There are several ways this can work:

4 people supporting us $100/month - total $600 each.
8 people supporting us $50/month - total $300 each.
16 people supporting us $25/month - total $150 each.

If you are able to support us in any of these categories - please email us at dightfamily@gmail.com or contact us via facebook. We would love to have you on board!

If you would like to make a one-off donation that would also be great!

Thank you all so much for your prayers and support. We are really feeling you behind us and are getting so expectant for what God is going to use us for in Cambodia!

Masque, surgery, accommodation

Wow. Again - how great is our God!

First thing first - our Masque for a Cause night was a hit! We had around 35 people attend and had a great time transforming our house into a party venue! The ladies were all dressed up to the nines and the guys didn't look too bad either! We sold all items in the silent auction and everyone enjoyed the amazing food and music. We managed to raise about $750 for our trip and the same for our friends Toby and Esme Clarke who co-hosted the event with us.

Ali (blue dress) with her sister Lou

Ali had surgery on Monday to remove her gallbladder which was full of gallstones. It went really well and she is recovering at home now although is in a bit of pain. James has been making us laugh by following Mummy as she slowly walks around the house holding her stomach and pretending he has a sore tummy too. Such a cutie.

Ali after surgery in hospital

We received amazing news today! We have been allowed to stay at the Riverview Guest House for the entire 6 months we are in Cambodia! This is a total answer of our prayers and is saving us around $4200 as we were budgeting $800/month for accommodation/utilities and we are only being asked to contribute $100/month for utilities at the guest house! Our whole accommodation for 6 months for only $600! Thank you God!

We are just so incredibly blessed by this and with our fundraising efforts we are now at around $3000 out of $8000 raised. We have around 7 individuals/couples who have indicated they would like to support us so we are getting in touch with them this week and hopefully will be much closer to our goal of $8000 by the end of the week! Praise God, Praise God, PRAISE GOD!!!!!!!!!!