GongYi Home of Hope

The Home of Hope Youth Camp, 2012 is over. At 5:30 this morning we said farewell to Bob and Cindy Sayer and the XuZhou children and at 7:00 AM we watched as the huge bus with the PingYu children (along with Ben And Michelle Godard and their family) made the tight turn to get on […]

At last the exciting day everyone has been waiting for has arrived…. A little before noon, Bob Sayre pulled into the GongYi Home of Hope yard with quite a few of the XuZhou children. The rest of them will be arriving by train later this evening or in the morning. They are being escorted by […]

‘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 […]

Ever since the Home of Hope Orphanage opened in February 2000, we have needed and have been looking for sponsors for our children. A short time after we opened, Joe and Darlene (above with Lily in the center) began to sponsor Lily Zhang Lin Qing and have been doing so ever since. Joe and Darlene […]

This is a very short update about the conclusion of our Chinese New Years. Let it Snow! All winter long the children have been asking and asking when it was going to snow. Unlike past winters when we received more than our share of snow, rain and heavy winds, this winter has simply been cold. […]