We Made Grandma Cry!

High on the Tibetan Plateau, in a small brick house in a sparsely populated village surrounded by hills and grassland, a grandmother breaks down and cries. She has few possessions; the house is not hers and there is no electricity supply, but she is so full of gratitude that she bursts into tears. She has seen with her own eyes that her grand daughter, Dou-Ge, who had been given four months to live, is now healthy and happy. Seeing her grandmother cry makes Dou-Ge cry - so it was a very happy homecoming despite the fact that all our help led to a grandma crying!

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How Are The Kids?

Isn't that a question we often ask friends because we're interested in the development of their children?    I'm glad I'm asked that question too, because so many of you care deeply for the kids in our care who have no parents devoted to their growth and development.  I can't give you details of all our 450 plus children, but here's an update on some of the kids I told you about last year.

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Ripples Of Happiness!

Happy New Year! Over the last few weeks my family celebrated God's love in the gift of his Son, Jesus, on Christmas Day. As is our custom, we also exchanged gifts. But one of the most moving gifts I received was not from my family but from the children and staff of the Huangnan Children's Home, where Dou Ge lives. Following are extracts from some letters and I share them with you to thank you for your prayers, donations and your promotion of her cause. Read and be happy!

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Angels We Have Heard On High

After feasting all Christmas I have a feast for you - a feast for the eyes! Gorgeous pictures from high altitude Qinghai province on the Tibetan plateau. Tibetan nomad families once impoverished - now with a fresh start thanks to the provision of a small but sturdy brick home provided by Christian Action supporters; students at rural schools we are building and orphans in the Children's Homes we co-manage.

 

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Celebrate The Perfect Child!

Christmas greetings to you and your family from 4,000 meters above sea level in Qinghai!My communication with you on this blog has often been about a baby or a child with some kind of problem, and again and again I've asked for your help, both in prayer and sometimes financially. Isn't it awesome that at this time of year we are all focussed on a Child, a perfect baby, named Jesus! Isn't it wonderful that God sent Jesus to us, not because He had a problem, but because every one of us is in need! And isn't it truly Good News that He came to us, ready to pay the penalty for our sins and so reconcile us to our holy and righteous God! I'm sure you're as thankful as I am that 'God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.' (John 3:17)

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