Olivia's birthday

Thursday Sept 26th
We are humbled by the openness with which we have been received by the trainees at OMP and the hospitality we have been shown over the past three days. Yesterday was Olivia’s seventh birthday. That’s ‘jet’ in Thai, she knows how to say “Hello I’m Olivia, I am seven years old and I am from New Zealand” in Thai. One of the Thai staff who works at Open Mind has a daughter named Neom who comes to OMP each day after school and she and Olivia have become instant friends. They are the same age, exactly. Sharing their birthday has bonded them for life. So yesterday evening they threw a big party for Neom and Olivia and showered both of them with gifts, and ice cream cake. I was so blown away by the generosity and attention that I couldn’t even take photos but Matt took some and I’ll put some on here for Olivia’s memories.Read more