GongYi Home of Hope

Everyone reading this is probably able to relate to the hectic activities before Christmas. The planning, the shopping, the baking, the decorating, the wrapping… all with the average household being between four and six people. Multiply that intensity by twelve to fifteen in compensating for the number of children and staff at the Home of […]

We really felt that our last “cook out” would be our final outside activity for the year due to the onset of winter. However, we were wrong. We have had some great “Indian Summer” days and we are still out working on the yard now into November. Quite amazing weather, to say the least. So […]

Mid Autumn Day Festival Some time in September (the date is never the same because Chinese Festivals and holidays follow the Chinese calendar rather than the Western calendar), there is a national festival called “Mid Autumn Day Festival”. This is when everyone eats Moon Cakes (many of them are similar to a Fruit Cake) and […]

Each year we have to have our Chinese Visa renewed. The process is rather lengthy and it includes one or more visits to the “Chinese Immigration Hospital for Communicable Disease” for physical checks, one or more visits to the Chinese Security Police and an interview with a leader of the Immigration Bureau. This year for […]