Archive for 'Visitors'
The Day After Christmas – 2008
Our hopes were high for a White Christmas here in Gongyi but it never developed. We had a very small amount of snow flurries on the 23rd which added to our anticipation of snow to enhance this beautiful day but…… So we thought we would attempt to take a night shot.. “time exposure” of part […]
Posted: December 26th, 2008 under Christmas, Special Activities, Visitors.
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Christmas – 2007
Growing up in the South Central part of Texas, our most familiar and fondest memories of a White Christmas are those expressed by Bing Crosby. So it was really exciting to wake up on the 24th of December and find everything hiding under a soft and gentle covering of powdery snow. We always celebrate Christmas […]
Posted: December 27th, 2007 under Christmas, Our Children, Special Activities, Visitors.
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Wang Xiao Ping – Visits
As is customary in China, about three months ago the government leadership in Gongyi changed. This generally happens about once every two to three years. We had slowly been developing a relationship with the Mayor of Gongyi but suddenly he was gone along with many of the other bureau leaders of high ranking. Knowing that […]
Posted: July 3rd, 2007 under Visitors.
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Visitors from Hawaii
Some time ago, a friend who lives in Hawaii contacted us about the possibility of a church group coming to visit from the islands. As time went by the planning just seemed to come together without a whole lot of problems and it finally came down to their asking, “what can we do for you […]
Posted: May 7th, 2007 under Visitors.
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March Visitors – 2006
The second week in March some friends from the USA, Ron and Christi Bishop, Wade and Linda Thompson and Justin Learned came to visit both Home of Hope locations. They went to the XuZhou Home of Hope first and then came to visit the Gongyi facility. As they were leaving we were able to get […]
Posted: March 26th, 2006 under Visitors.
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