I would like to tell you about story as bellow:

My name is Tun Meta, please call me Meta. I am years 13 years old and study in grade 6 at a secondary school. I have one younger sister, grade 3, and one younger brother, grade 1. We all have been at FLO since September, 2003. Before coming FLO we were living with our grandma who is very old and very poor. Because she is very old and she think she could not support us for long term living and education, she requested an orphanage called “New Family Orphanage” for us to live there, but we could live there only six months, so after the six months already our grandma had looked for an orphanage, finally he found Future Light Orphanage (FLO) where it accept children to live until they finish high school, after that we have been very happy and feel bright of our future.

Talking about my blood parents; my father had died since 2002, and I missed my mother since 1996. Since that I had lived with my old grandma. After my grandma had realized that she could not support me for long term living and education, that was why she looked for an orphanage for us.

At school and at the orphanage I have many friends. I have one close friend at the orphanage. At free time I like reading and do all my personal works such as decorate my sleeping place and was my closes. At school I like maths because I can use it to calculate everything in every day usage.

At the end I would like to thank you very much accept me to be your foster child and support me for long term education. I wish you good luck for your business.

With loves and thanks,
Meta

I am happy to hear from you. And I am glad to be your foster child. I am orphan. I am living with my grand parents. My parents died because of the
disease.
 

I feel relived to get to know you. Because I don't have any support like other children, now I am lucky.
 

I would like to thank you so much for your generosity and for your concern. Cambodia is a hot country. Today it rains a lot. We feel a little bit cold.
 

I would to say hello to Michael too. I am glad to be your foster brother.
 

I hope to hearing from you soon.
 

Love from Ean Pisey

It is the end of February, and it has been snowing outside all day. It is really quite beautiful. This month as been very cold. The temperature has been about 10 - 20 degrees above zero which is cold. 32 degrees is freeing. In the summer when it is hot it gets about
98-100 degrees. The perfect temperature is about 70 of 80 degrees. I'm not complaining though because we need the moisture so we will not have a drought in the summer.

I hope you are well and learning much. Be sure to write me and tell me about some of the things you are learning. Do you do anything with music? What kind of music do you have there?

As I have told you before, I am directing a play that is a musical play. We have an orchestra with instruments like the violin, flute, trumpet, french horn, etc. We have about 200 children who sing in the choir. They are ages 12 years to 18 years old. And then we have many who act out the scenes. It should be very nice.

Tonight I am taking my grandaughter, Caryssa to a play called "Oliver.” It is a very cute musical play that was first written in a book by Charles Dickens. It is about a boy who was in an orphanage. That should interest you. The play was actually written a long time ago to
help people become more aware of the needs of children. But it is well done and the children love to see it. There are many children in our community who play parts in this performance.

We are very busy here, as always but life is good and we are happy. I want you to learn much and also have a happy life. Write back soon.

Love you,
Mommy Donna

Dear Mommy Donna,

Thank you very much for your e-mail. I have read and checked dictionary to understand all of you words. The weather is really different, here not cold but it’s the hottest month of the year. At school I am studying Khmer grammar, Khmer essay, Khmer story analyze, Khmer poems, Mathematic, Chemistry, Physic, Biology, history, and English. At the orphanage I am trained dancing Khmer traditional music, and now I can dance for visitors. The dance that I can is called coconut dance. The Oliver sound very interesting.

I would like to say goodbye for now, and wish enjoy your life all the time.

Love,

Davin

Hello Mummy Lennie,

Just one to say Hi and ask you how are you right now? For me I am doing OK in the orphanage. I am having school vacation now. The vacation is two month. I like vacation very much because I have much time to relax from study and enjoy playing with my friends. But I still study English and Computer at the orphanage and I spend more time to study English by myself.

Love,

Monirath

Reply from Foster Mom

Hello my little one. I was so happy to hear from you. I am so happy that you are still learning the computer and English during summer but you still have a lot of time to play with your friends.

In my geography class, which is a study of the world, I am just studying Southeast Asia, including Cambodia. I was very interested in Cambodia because that is where my daughter Monirath lives :) Are you still having rainy season? We are very hot and humid right now with rain today. I have finished two classes already so I am getting a lot of studying this year. 

The 16th of August my husband and I will fly to California and rent a car. We have rented a beautiful home on the northern coast right above the ocean. It is much cooler there and some times foggy. We like to play golf. Do you know that game? So we will walk on the beach, relax and play golf for our vacation. It is a very special vacation and we have worked very hard all year so that we can do it.

Does your Grandmother live nearby? Do you like to visit at her house? Do your friends have some family where they visit too?

I miss you a lot. I am going to go shopping soon again and send you another special package. I am wondering what you like. Are you able to read English yet? 

Thank you so much for writing to me. I love you.

Your Mommy,

Lennie

Dear Amy,

I am so excited to have you as my new sister. You are older than me 4 years old. What do you like to play? I like yellow. What color do you like? I like cat. Do you like cat.

I am studying English at the orphanage. Now I can read and write all alphabets, and ask speak some simple English such as “How are you? How old are you? …”

Lots Love,

Mony Neat

Reply from Foster Sister

Dear Mony Neat,
 

I like to play lots of sports like soccer, volleyball, dodgeball, baseball/softball,and i like to swim with my friends at pools and at the beach. I like the color blue and I like cats a lot too, but i like dogs just as much or more. I have a dog named Mochi. she is bigger than I am and she is black. She's really friendly and sweet, despite her size.
 

Lots of love,

Amy

Dearest most beautiful foster kid Bou Linna:

We sent you this exact email and some pictures of us and our cat. You should get it in a week or so.

Wonderful knowing that you are progressing in you learning of English. You learn English well and it will open up doors in your life. You can repeat words and phrases in you mind during the day for accelerated progress.

Our cat named "Hotula", is very smart and can drink water from the faucet. She asks us for affection and sometimes sleeps in our bed during the day. She climbs on us and licks us on the face.

Much love from your very nice foster parents, Lee and Alton

I feel scared, I am sorry, I don't know so much in speaking english. It is my teacher who translate and write for me.
 

I start to get to know Smey since I met Ms. Phaly. She introduced me to all of kids. I am a new group. He is a nice boy. I like him.
 

I am okay. I feel like I have a lot of parents now. I feel comfortable.
 

Please hello to my other foster parents. I wish you all the best. Thank you.
 

Love from Meas

My foster papa John & Mum,

Thank you for your email that encourages me to keep on studying. I go to school from Mon to Tue, and at the orphanage all the kids and I work together to water the plants. We are happy working together. How is the weather there? Here it’s so hot. The plants become fading.

Love,

Say Visal

Reply from Foster Papa

Aloha Say Visal:

Thank you for your email.  We are pleased that all is well with you.  It is good to hear how you and the other student enjoy working in the garden. The weather here in Honolulu has been very nice.  We had a little rain last week but just enough to water the plants. The temperature during the day has been around 28 c and down around 20 c in the night. Keep up the good work at school. Remember we think of you always and keep you in our prayers.

Love & Aloha,

Your Foster Papa John and Mum