Archive for February, 2000
Grand Opening!
Nate: We arrived in GongYi this morning (one week late; schedules and deadlines are more relaxed here than they are back home) to meet all the dignitaries and government officials who have become involved in our project. We are very grateful for their interest; they have all declared support and help as we enter into [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2000 under The Beginning.
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In Search of Orphans
After a few short weeks of trying to find out what was required to satisfy our vision of working with orphans, we found the way completely open to us to begin an orphanage with the blessing of the Chinese Government. On January 19th, 2000 we started on our search for orphans. The following is a [...]
Posted: February 15th, 2000 under The Beginning.
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How it All Began
Around the end of January 1999, a friend from home came to visit us. She was in South China teaching grade school on an exchange teacher program with her college. It was Spring break so we decided to all travel to Xian together and see the Terracotta soldiers that have become so world famous.
I made [...]
Posted: February 13th, 2000 under The Beginning.
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