GongYi Home of Hope

The last of our seven university aged children have now gone off to school. Our pictures of their leaving are somewhat limited because when most of them actually left for college we were in Beijing getting Aaron Xiong Wei set up for his club foot treatment. But we still wanted to share our feelings with […]

Since our last web site update we have had several birthdays. Clockwise starting top left we have Henry He Long Qiang with roomates Hank (on the left) and Jerry; Julie Zhang Yan Yan (now nineteen and entering college this year); Seth Yang Xiao Ke; Michael Yang Wen Bo; Lydia Kang Lin Lin in the center […]

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 […]

Shannie’s words | Nate’s words Shannie writes: We left on Friday afternoon this time. Nathan and I were both so very anxious to get up there and see our new Orphan, Henry. His real Chinese name is He Long Qiang, (huh long chang). You know, from our very first search our thoughts have been with […]

Nate: We arrived in GongYi this morning (one week late; schedules and deadlines are more relaxed here than they are back home) to meet all the dignitaries and government officials who have become involved in our project. We are very grateful for their interest; they have all declared support and help as we enter into […]