Sunday, July 20, 2008

Thursday, July 10, 2008

China Pictures!

Some of our Show Hope group at the Summer Palace in Beijing...... The Great Wall... Driving in China....much more organized than in Ethiopia but still a little hectic...:) The Forbidden City Touring was fun, but it wasn't half as fun as spending time with these amazing kids... Justin, a precious hidden treasure of God... Some of the children from Bethel, a home for blind orphans, who were singing for us. Rebekah was playing the guitar!! Some of these kids play the piano and the guitar and they do so many things that would be challenging to people who can see! They are amazing kids and even though they can't physically see I think they see things better than many of us do.

Children at an orphanage in Luoyang who have Cerebral Palsy. .precious, precious kids...

We celebrated Christmas in July with the older kids in Luoyang... We got to take about 40 of them to KFC for lunch and we got to take them to the park. It was a blast and we really got to know the kids better. It was probably one of my favorite things we did the whole time in China. We had three Christmas tress and made ornaments to decorate them with... This is Michael. God used this little boy to speak to my heart probably more so than any other child I met on the trip. My heart broke for this little boy and I will forever remember him and love him. Home sweet home...we stayed in a village about an hour outside of Beijing in "Yurts" or Mongolian style huts. They were outside of Hope Healing Home which was our 'base' of sorts while in China......

A sweet little boy with Cerebral Palsy....I loved him. Precious little ones showing us their artwork.
Me and Henry, one of my favorite little boys in the whole wide world. He is hilarious. These kids were singing Jesus Loves Me in Mandarin, they live at Agape House and they have brittle bones disease. They are so amazing...

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Back from China!

Hey everyone! I got in at about 1:00am monday morning so I'm still kind of on China time. It was the most amazing experience ever and I saw God in so many ways!! I feel so honored to have been able to go care for his precious hidden treasures. I learned so much. We spent the majority of our time with orphans with special needs, it was such an awesome experience. I will be posting pictures on here soon! Click Here to read a little about the trip...