Coastal Walk for Cambodia

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We’re launching this years support raising with a leisurely coastal walk from Bondi to Coogee on Saturday 27th February. We’ll meet at Bondi Beach at 2:30pm for a 3pm start. You can enjoy a swim at some of Sydney’s beautiful city beaches along the way. We will finish the walk at 6pm with a BBQ dinner at Coogee Beach. The cost is $20 which includes a BBQ dinner.

This is a great opportunity to invite your friends and hear about our plans to minister in Cambodia over dinner. All proceeds go to supporting our mission work in Cambodia. Please RSVP by Thursday 25th February to let us know you are coming and we’ll send you details about the walk. For more information about the walk route click here.

 

Cambodia Support Dinner

Cambodia Support Dinner.001Come and enjoy an authentic Cambodian dining experience in the heart of Cabramatta and hear about our plans for mission in Cambodia.

6:00pm – 8:30pm, Saturday 28th November, Phnom Penh Mi Ni Restaurant, 15/73-79 John Street, Cabramatta.

Please let us know you’re coming by Thursday 26th as spaces are limited. (For the location of the restaurant and to find directions please click here. Please note: The restaurant was formerly known as Battambang 2.)

Chariots of Fire Movie Night

Chariots-Of-Fire-002Chariots of Fire is an Academy Award winning film starring Ian Charleson as Eric Liddell, a Christian missionary to China. The movie tells the true story of Liddell and fellow athlete Harold Abrahams as they prepare to participate in the 1924 Paris Olympic Games. This movie has been back in the news lately because an unofficial sequel entiitled ‘The Last Race‘ is currently being filmed. The movie stars Joseph Fiennes as Eric Liddell and depicts Liddells missionary work in China following his appearance at the Olympics.

We’re putting on a special ‘big’ screening of Chariots of Fire to help raise support for our missionary work in Cambodia. There’ll be a short presentation during the night on the about our hopes for bringing the light of the gospel to the people of Cambodia. There’s no cost for coming to the event (yes…it’s free) but donations will be much appreciated. Supper will also be provided.

To reserve your seat please let us know by making a comment or by sending an email to our Gmail account – the9blairs. Please also invite your Christian friends and family. The movie is rated ‘G’. All the details and a movie trailer are below. Hope to see you there!

7pm Saturday 17th October 2015
All Saints Church Hall 
325 Stanmore Road, Petersham

Trivia Cambodia – Saturday 15th August

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Our next support raising event is a trivia night on Saturday 15th August at All Saints Church Hall, 325 Stanmore Road, Petersham. Gather your team of 10 and enjoy a fun evening of games and trivia. There’ll be prizes for the winning team. During the evening there’ll be a presentation about our missionary plans for Cambodia.

Cost $15/adult, $10/student. Children 12 and under are free. (Includes desert and coffee. There’ll also be a creche provided). To register your team of 10 please send an email to the9blairs@gmail.com by Wednesday 12th August. Payment to be made at the door. All profits go to supporting our mission work in Cambodia. Hope to see you there.

The Killing Fields Movie Night – Take 2

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We are going to screen ‘The Killing Fields’ movie again as we continue to raise support for our mission work in Cambodia. It’s a confronting but important look into Cambodia’s tragic history. The details are as follows;

7:00pm Saturday 20th June 2015 at All Saints Anglican Church Petersham – 325 Stanmore Road, Petersham. The cost is $25 which includes supper. Tickets available at the door. Please RSVP to let us know you are coming by sending an email to our gmail account – the9blairs.

Below is a trailer for the movie…

Want a taste of Cambodia?

Cultural Night.003We might not be able to take you with us to Cambodia but we can sure try to bring Cambodia to you!

Cambodia – It’s the heat and the humidity, the crazy traffic with it’s constant beeping of horns. It’s the whiff of roasting meat mixed with the smell of garbage as you whiz along in a tuk tuk. It’s trying to navigate through a maze of market stalls swarming with flies around slabs of meat trying not to step on escaping crabs and tarantulas as you search for that welcome array of woodwork, jewellery, clothes and eateries.

We’d would love to introduce you to a night experiencing life in Cambodia. Ok…forget the heat, the crazy traffic, swarming flies, and the tarantulas, but the entry price does include a 3 course Cambodian meal and activities such as sport, woodworking and building a Cambodian hut. There’ll also be authentic Cambodian market stall items for you to buy. During the night we’ll also be sharing our plans for mission in Cambodia. We hope you can join us.

 

Killing Fields Movie Night

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The Killing Fields is an Academy Award winning film starring Sam Waterston, Haing Ngor and John Malkovich (with a cameo role by Australia’s Graham Kennedy). It tells the true story of two journalists reporting on the civil war in Cambodia in the 1970’s who are caught up in the harrowing events surrounding the reign of the Khmer Rouge.

We’re holding a special screening of this movie to help raise support for our missionary work in Cambodia. We’ll give a short presentation during the night about our hopes for bringing the light of the gospel to the people of Cambodia. The details are as follows;

7pm Saturday 28th March
St Thomas’ Anglican Church Hall 
McLaren Street, North Sydney

Cost $25 per person
(includes supper)

Please note that the movie is rated ‘M’ and has coarse language, violence and some gory scenes so it is not suitable for children under 15. For the movie preview please click here. Please invite your Christian friends along. To purchase your tickets please click here. All profits go towards the Blairs mission work in Cambodia.

When we visited Cambodia on 2013, we went to one of the infamous killing fields just outside of Phnom Penh. You can read about our visit here.

Cruise for Cambodia

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To continue raising awareness and support for our mission work in Cambodia we’re organising an evening dinner cruise on Sydney Harbour on Saturday 21st February 2015. The cruise departs from the Man ‘O’ War steps at Sydney Opera House at 6:30pm and returns there at 10:30pm. The cost is $35pp and includes a banquet dinner (60% of the cost goes directly to supporting us going to Cambodia). There’ll be a short presentation about our mission plans during the cruise. To reserve your place send us an email to the9blairs@gmail.com.

Transition Training

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We have just returned from a 10 day training course in Melbourne with Missions Interlink. The aim of the course was to prepare us to transition well into the Cambodian culture that we hope to enter in the near future. The first rule of transition training is not to tell anyone what happens at transition training. So we can’t tell you what happened there except to say that we learnt a lot about ourselves and the challenges ahead of us doing missionary work in Cambodia. We meet some great people and had lots of fun there too!

Hike for Cambodia

Hike for Cambodia Add (no details).002-001We hope you’re having a great Christmas. We’ve got a number of events planned for the new year to help raise support for our missionary work in Cambodia. Our first event is a hike in the Royal National Park. Gather a group of friends and family to sponsor your hike on the coast track from Bundeena to Otford and help us get to Cambodia. Australia Day Monday 26th January 2015.  Lunch will be provided at Wattamolla Beach at a cost of $5. To find out more information, to register or to sponsor a hiker please contact Daniel Holland on 0428 596 443 or email to dhh1983@gmail.com.