Some people say be careful for what you ask for....... I say
"Ask the questions of your heart but be prepared for the True Answer.
Grab that answer with all your faith and follow its guiding light !"
After I came back from my short visit to Wat Opot Cambodia I was inspired by the energy I experienced there. Wayne Matthysse was very welcoming and provided me with some wonderful stories to the questions I asked of Wat Opot. I knew my visit of one day being with and Teaching the children some Macrame' was not enough, as when I was getting into the car to go back to Phnom Penh I had an overwhelming urge to say "blow" to the rest of my travel plans and stay at Wat Opot for awhile. But interlect got in the way of my heart and I left Wat Opot with a teary feeling that I was going against fete.
Only two weeks after being back in my wee haven of Diamond Harbour New Zealand, I just couldn't get Wat Opot off my mind.....recalling every detail of my short visit there with with extreme awe of .........." Was I really there ?"
Then I asked the first question.........
"Divine God and Universe, can you show me, guided me to what it is I can do for Wat Opot.
Two days later I then was given thoughts of re designing my craft of Paua flower brooches into Paua flower stems and inspired to make the stems as a way of fund raising monies to help Wat Opot ....a way for me to give to them and give them my time which will create some sort of regular donation of money.
Great! I thought, thats just what I will do................
................................................ but the strong feeling of Wat Opot was still embracing me... like it still was not the end of my answer to my question. There was still more.................
So I went for a long purposeful walk around the cliff tracks of home and embraced the moment asked the next question.
" Is this energetic connection I am feeling with Wat Opot a guiding sign to say I need to go back to Wat Opot, and if this is so...then Show Me Today A Clear Sign that will leave no doubt in my mind this is what I am supposed to be doing."
About 15 minutes later I was walking back to through the domain Car Park when my eyes made their way to a piece of rubbish laying on the ground. Being concerned person for doing my bit in helping keep our beautiful New Zealand clean....I went to pick up the discarded plastic Fizzy drink bottle............... and low and behold as I bent down to pick up the bottle I saw it had the name Chhang written in big marker pen on it.
My sign had arrived and yes it was very clear to me.
You see when I was being taken around Wat Opot by Wayne Matthysse, one of the stories he had told me about was of a special little boy Mr Chhang and the story of his passing and his legacy at Wat Opot since.
It was a story that touched me for various reasons and this was a name that I associated very much with Wat Opot.
So here I am 23 months later after asking The Question and months of fund raising and making/ selling over 250 Paua Flowers, I am getting ready to be back at Wat Opot on the 17th July 2009.
Following the guidance I had asked for.
Like I was saying at the begining of this post.
"Ask The Question and go with the answer (even if it does not make sense in your every day life) with full faith and full heart and see where that journey takes you..................
Love Peace And Many Prosperous Mung Beans
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
THE INSPIRATION 2# Chhang's message on a bottle
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How this Journey Began
Fund Raising Journey 2008 / 2009
Hi My Name is Fiona,
I am ‘FEEBS’ Paua flowers & Flowers For Cambodia NZ ’
In August 2007 after reading an article in the Readers Digest NZ I created and followed a great opportunity to visit Project Wat Opot in the Takeo Provence Cambodia.
Whilst there I was so inspired by what they were trying achieving there I knew I had to return to help with what skills I had, and to share them with them.
To my knowledge Project Wat Opot up until January 2007 was an orphanage for children, some of whom were dying from the HIV virus. For 8 years prior to 2007 Wat Opot saw many of the children and some of their parents succumb to the virus.
January 2007 brought a new trail medication which then gave an opportunity for for the children to have prolonged life. Project Wat Opot was faced with a new challenge with the children that were HIV positive, it was impossible for them to return to a normal community. Discrimination and Stigma.
They have now changed their status as an orphanage to a ‘Community’ with a vision to be completely self sufficient.
They are doing this by welcoming the learning of any trades that can offer them the potential to bring money and to learn a trade that can help support their community.
The Trade that I can teach them is jewellery making for the commercial market of which I have a vast range of experience in this field.
What I am aiming to achieve in my time there in July 2009 is not only to teach them techniques of the jewellery trade but to look at their own resources and help develop some products that can make and will be sellable to the rapidly growing tourist trade.
I now have another passionate person joining me in going to Project Wat Opot . Marijke Lups is an Arts and Crafts teacher in Chirstchurch New Zealand and is completely and utterly inspired about what is happening at Wat Opot as I was when I first read about Wat Opot.
We fly out for Cambodia from New Zealand on the 13th July 2009 and will be at the project for about 5 weeks. While there we will be teaching our skills of Art and crafts and how to be creativily resourceful with what resources they have to make some stunning jewelly and Craft products.
Follow my journey with Wat Opot ...read the posts I have added below to keep you updated.
Check out their Wat Opot's new website and be inspired yourself
http://www.watopot.org/
Hi My Name is Fiona,
I am ‘FEEBS’ Paua flowers & Flowers For Cambodia NZ ’
In August 2007 after reading an article in the Readers Digest NZ I created and followed a great opportunity to visit Project Wat Opot in the Takeo Provence Cambodia.
Whilst there I was so inspired by what they were trying achieving there I knew I had to return to help with what skills I had, and to share them with them.
To my knowledge Project Wat Opot up until January 2007 was an orphanage for children, some of whom were dying from the HIV virus. For 8 years prior to 2007 Wat Opot saw many of the children and some of their parents succumb to the virus.
January 2007 brought a new trail medication which then gave an opportunity for for the children to have prolonged life. Project Wat Opot was faced with a new challenge with the children that were HIV positive, it was impossible for them to return to a normal community. Discrimination and Stigma.
They have now changed their status as an orphanage to a ‘Community’ with a vision to be completely self sufficient.
They are doing this by welcoming the learning of any trades that can offer them the potential to bring money and to learn a trade that can help support their community.
The Trade that I can teach them is jewellery making for the commercial market of which I have a vast range of experience in this field.
What I am aiming to achieve in my time there in July 2009 is not only to teach them techniques of the jewellery trade but to look at their own resources and help develop some products that can make and will be sellable to the rapidly growing tourist trade.
I now have another passionate person joining me in going to Project Wat Opot . Marijke Lups is an Arts and Crafts teacher in Chirstchurch New Zealand and is completely and utterly inspired about what is happening at Wat Opot as I was when I first read about Wat Opot.
We fly out for Cambodia from New Zealand on the 13th July 2009 and will be at the project for about 5 weeks. While there we will be teaching our skills of Art and crafts and how to be creativily resourceful with what resources they have to make some stunning jewelly and Craft products.
Follow my journey with Wat Opot ...read the posts I have added below to keep you updated.
Check out their Wat Opot's new website and be inspired yourself
http://www.watopot.org/
Hi Fiona,
ReplyDeleteI use this story often while giving tours and people are always inspired by it. We are very much looking forward to your visit.
Wayne