GongYi Home of Hope

All future posts about the work in how we serve the children in the Henan province can be found by clicking the picture below. The Next Towns Foundation inc, our non for profit organization, is an established NGO (non governmental organization) in the Henan province of China. We have been approved to work under the […]

Ben and I, along with our three sons (Jaxin, Eli and Tyler), live in the town of Pingyu. The word “Ping” in Chinese, can mean level or flat. So when we get to go back to Gongyi, we are so mesmerized by the beautiful mountains we drive around and even have to drive through! They […]

The Chinese New Year was on February 5th this year. All the Gongyi children got 4 weeks off school. It was nice to see the pictures from some of the older children showing the good time the staff there gave them. From the pictures, it looks like the place was well decorated. The older kids […]

As many of you may know, November 9th is the one year anniversary of Nathan going home to be with the Lord. It’s been a very hard and challenging year for not only the Gongyi children, but for all of us. The children are doing well and the orphanage is slowly improving the building making […]

This past month when we went to go see the kids, some of our older children were off school and wanted to come along to play with old friends from Gongyi. From left to right: Jaxin, Eli and Tyler (our three sons), Graham, Sarah, and Emma (our children from Pingyu). We decided each time we […]