Proposal for Kim Tra Village Nov 20, 2025

𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐰𝐞'𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟎 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐈 𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐦 𝐓𝐫𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐊𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐞. 𝐒𝐨, 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐊 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟓𝟎 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐥: 
 
 
 


 
 

𝐈 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐭. 𝐀𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐝𝐞, 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝟐𝟏-𝐝𝐚𝐲-𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐬, 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝟖 𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬. 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧!!
 
 Neil

 

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  1. AnonymousNovember 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM

    That's wonderful and the help came so quickly. They (including you) do a great job.

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