GongYi Home of Hope

Abby Joy – Xiong Miao Yin – We jokingly call her “Our Little Monk” because she was brought to us by Buddhist nuns when she was just a new born. As it turned out, Abby Joy was abandoned at a Buddhist convent far up in the GongYi mountains. Since the take over of the communist […]

‘Jacob‘ and ‘Beau‘ Jacob (on the left) was left at our gate, January 4, 2007 which makes him about three and a half years old (best guess – he was a new born when found) and Beau (on the right) was left at our gate February 28 2006 (also a new-born) which makes him about […]

NEW BEDS FOR THE CHILDREN

Some time ago we realized the children’s beds were in dire need of replacement. Some more than others, as you can probably imagine. After ten years of use, all the beds at the Gongyi Home of Hope have started to deteriorate in various degrees of wear. Fortunately, a church in California along with a kind lady in Mississippi provided the funds for new beds.

We have woken up to this scene several times in the last few weeks which gives us hope that maybe, just maybe, we will wake up to a White Christmas this year. It hasn’t happened too often since we have been in China but being people from South Texas where snow is scarce, it is […]

After unseasonably warm and beautiful weather, we were hit with a major blizzard continuing from the 10th through the 12th of November. We had to go to Hong Kong to do some work with the Chinese Consulate regarding our long term visas and when we got back, our car which we left at the airport, […]