GongYi Home of Hope

Today is August 20th and it is the first day of the Home of Hope Kindergarten. Above and seated, left to right are Ruthie, Rose, Isaac, Gracie, Autumn and Mosie. Behind them are the teachers, Cui Xiao Jie, Michelle Godard and Zhao Cai Xia. Michelle will teach the children English and the two certified Chinese […]

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 […]

One day during early Spring we were all outside enjoying the end of Winter and the fine weather that precedes the hot and sticky days of summer. Many of the children were on some type of “riding” device (bicycles, scooters, cars, roller skates roller blades and skate boards) and they ended up racing around and […]

We accumulate a lot of snapshots over time and we thought we would share some of them with you. Getting good snapshots of the little ones is not so easy so in attempting to get a few good pictures we end up with many. Here are a few. As is common with all children, their […]

In early March we brought Baby Isaac to Beijing for surgery on his cleft lip. Isaac’s situation is a little different from that of “Moses.” Not only is there the cleft deformity, but the center portion of his upper front gum is separated from the rest of the gum and protrudes out of his mouth […]