After weeks of heart wrenching tension, the children and staff finally made it to Singapore. They were originally schedule to arrive on 1 Dec but the passport needed a stamp from a Minister and so the flight was changed to 3 Dec. We had to pay Jetstar for the change which almost equal to buying a fresh one way ticket.

To our surprise, several volunteers who have been to Hope Village turned up to wlecome the children! It is heartwarming to know that these volunteers have not forgotten about the children when they return to Singapore! We were equally excited when we saw the children at the baggage terminal. They brought lots of stuff which we wanted to sell at our booths and even my car, driven by my wife , was not enough to carry all the boxes. there were 16 of us and I was afraid the 19-seater bus would be too small to hold all the boxes.

Praise God that while we booked a 19-seater bus, the company send us a huge bus with big baggage compartments and we were able to accomodate all the boxes.

—Robert Kee