GongYi Home of Hope

Many exciting things happened this year as we approached Christmas! A Church group in California provided the funds to give each child at the Home of Hope a new pair of “Long Jons” and a pair of warm, winter shoes. There was even enough left over to get new coats for some of the children […]

As everyone was excitedly getting ready for the Chinese New Years celebration, no one expected the surprise that came our way on the 20th of January… just four days before the official start of the New Year’s celebration (sometimes referred to as Spring Festival) in China. At about 8:30 AM our gate guard called and […]

It has turned cold in China and of course life at the Home of Hope holds no exceptions to the weather. The other day we decided all the Nursery babies and Kindergarten children needed to get outside for some fresh air. The sun was shining and over all it was a beautiful day… the only […]

On August 8th, little Aaron Xiong Wei joined the Home of Hope. You can read about his arrival in the update titled “Unexpected Visitor”. Aaron’s overall health is excellent! However he does have, what is called in layman’s terms, a ‘club foot’. You can see the condition of his foot by looking closely at his […]

On the left (above) is a picture of a group that came to wish the children of the Home of Hope a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year. On the right (above) the children are starting to decorate our annual Christmas tree. The children all pitch in to decorate at Christmas. The ones with […]