Saturday, July 10 (Hope Visit)

China 2010•on July 10th, 2010•1 Comment

I had hoped to include pictures with this post but could not get them uploaded in time. I will have them up here soon. Wanted to allow a couple of other folks to be able to blog about their experience today at Hope Foster Home.

From Alex Martin:

Today was the second time that i have had the privilege of going to Hope Foster care. I got there and went and played with the children in two of the rooms that we were allowed to go in. There were not many kids in those rooms so I went to the third room that we were allowed in. When I walked in, Danielle Bratz was beside a little girl, and said, “Alex, this is Grace. Do you remember her from last year?” After I thought about it, i remembered her as the little girl with a cleft lip that was in a little bouncy carriage that some of the babies play in. Last year I had spent a lot of time with her while at Hope Foster care. Right after Danielle said that to me, Grace stood up and walked to me and put her hands up for me to hold her. just like she knew exactly who I was from a year ago. Grace and I played together for the next 40 minutes or so that we were there. it was really cool to see How God works, and made it seem like Grace knew exactly who I was.

From Jim Cato:

The next time you open a magazine and see a SmileTrain advertisement, Think Hope Healing Home, Shun Yi, northeast of Beijing.

A group of missionaries from Beaufort and Aiken, S.C., visited the home on Saturday morning. These kids with birth defects, ranging from cleft lips and palates to other infirmities, tug at your heart with their winsome smiles. Seeing them smile and laugh brings joy to your heart and tears to your eyes.

The first thing you notice is the kids; the second is the saints who care for them; and the third is the cleanliness of the home, which rivals or surpasses most childcare facilities in any U.S. community.

The compassion of the staff exemplifies the vision for Hope Healing Home, founded by Dr. Joyce Hill, a family medical practitioner, and her husband, Robin: “To comfort always, to relieve often, and to save sometimes.”

This foundation and its three homes care for abandoned babies, giving them the love and care that Jesus commanded in the Great Commission to “love one another” and in the Matthew 25:40: “Whatever you did for the least of one of these brothers of mine, you did for me.”

From Chloe Caldwell:

Hello everybody!

This is Chloe Caldwell typing :)
Today the China team left the hotel around 8:20 to go to the Hope Foster Home, which is a home for physically handicapped children just on the outskirts of Beijing. This was my first experience with the home and i absolutely loved it!! Being around those children was a great joy for me and I’m sure for everyone else as well. Walking into each room with their bright colors and cute paintings was a pleasant surprise to me. Although the children had illnesses that you could see from the outside or illnesses on the inside, you couldn’t help but smile back at their adorable smiling faces. I loved taking pictures with the “little buddies” i made and can’t wait to see them again.
After leaving the inside of the building, we went outside to a small yard with a wall. The wall had many names (86 i think is what Frances counted) that were written on the wall. These names where children that lived in the home that have passed away.
I hope you enjoyed reading about my first experience to the Hope Foster Home :)

One Response to “Saturday, July 10 (Hope Visit)”

  1. FiFi Mom says:
    07/10/2010 at 9:28 pm

    Oh, I know the children (and staff) were so blessed by your visit! I know this isn’t the normal foster home experience. Well-named HOPE Foster Home…Love to you all. You are constantly in our thoughts and prayers here on the other side of the world!

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