GongYi Home of Hope

When we obtained the land for the Home of Hope back in 2002, there was a parcel of land across the road from us that is included. We use it for planting Sweet Potatoes and Peanuts. Both of these commodities are favored in the local Chinese food. The Sweet Potatoes are used in many ways […]

Early this year Ben and Michelle Godard and their three awesome little boys (left) came to intern with the Home of Hope in Gongyi. Ben and Michelle feel a real ‘call’ to help the less fortunate children of China and they are really doing great. This Spring they indicated they wanted to hold a youth […]

It was about 7:00 PM Saturday night when some of the children came to our door and said they wanted Yie Yie (Nathan) to come to the dining room. We had a good idea of what was going on (it was Nathan’s birthday) but we went over pretending we had no idea what was happening. […]

Holly turned nineteen years old on the 15th of January. She and Hank are the two oldest at the Home of Hope. Holly is behind Hank one year in school and hopes to go to College when she finishes High School. She is a Junior this year. She was not too happy in this picture […]

Christmas is always a very special time around the Home of Hope. This year was no exception. There was one thing different though! This year the older children decorated the entire facility for Christmas and it turned out lovely! We hadn’t wanted to make them feel uneasy about what they were doing so we stayed […]