"I can walk, I can walk!"

Muyang, a 7-year-old boy, began his life in Xining Children’s Home in 2003. He was diagnosed with spina bifida, hydrocephalus, congenital talipus equinovarus (a clubfoot) and urinary tract damage due to the spina bifida. That was the medical assessment. My opinion is that he is the most curious, confident, and bright boy you may ever meet. And he is the only person in China who has dared and cared enough to correct my bad Mandarin!

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A Wonderful Healing!

Exactly three months ago, I told you we'd been asked by a Buddhist organisation to help Zhuo Ma, an eighteen-year-old Tibetan girl who was not in one of the orphanages co-managed by Christian Action. I asked you to pray for this very sick girl from Yushu county, who had been given, at the age of eight, to be the sole carer of an old and poverty-stricken herdsman and his daughter, both with mental disabilities.

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The Adoption Revolution

I'd like to introduce you to Renee Loux, whom I met last week in Kansas City. She is a mom to eleven kids, nine of whom are adopted. Renee and her husband Derek began the Orphan Justice Center (OJC) in 2008, enabling the adoption and restoration of abused, neglected, and unwanted children. In 2009, Derek was tragically killed in a car accident. Renee, now the President of OJC and supported by a strong team, continues the vision of rescuing, adopting and restoring orphans.

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Unexpected Blessing!

I am still in the United States because, as I said last week, Christian Action Asia has begun working here to make Christians aware of the service we're doing in the Tibetan Plateau area of China.  We have now been asked to co-manage a total of TWELVE orphanages in this remote region, and I have to tell you that it sometimes seems to me like a humanly impossible task to raise funds for what we need to do for these helpless children.  In my doubtful times, I desperately need God's reassurance that we must continue with this work. I did not expect to receive His powerful reassurance while I was here!

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A Christian Action Milestone!

I'm actually in the United States right now, but I want to share with you this exciting time in Christian Action's history! You will remember that we were asked some time ago to co-manage seven more orphanages in Qinghai Province. At that time, I began to think of extending our avenues of fundraising to the US to help us provide all that will be needed for our service to the children. About two years ago I came to the US to visit some of our adopted children and I also had lunch with a former Christian Action (CA) staff member, Adam Voysey. I hadn’t seen him for about ten years.

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