It All Started With A Dream!

Shortly after I became Executive Director in 1992 I began earnestly seeking God's will for Christian Action. The following summer, I had a very vivid dream where a newborn baby in a hospital in China was rejected by her mother. A man in a white gown told me that they didn’t have any resources to keep the baby and she would probably die if no one wanted her. I ran back to my church in distress and asked a good friend to adopt this baby girl. He and his wife had already adopted two boys from Hong Kong and were truly Christians in action. To my deepest disappointment and anguish, he refused, saying it was “too far and too difficult.” I woke up in floods of tears. My heart was so troubled and restless. I had been committing the direction of CA to God; could this be His answer?

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The Rainbow Connection

Crystal and Jeff Kershaw live on the other side of the world from the Xining Children's Home, an orphanage that Christian Action co-manages on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau. Like many of you, the Kershaws have a deep sense of connection to the children in Xining. I'm so thankful to Crystal, who I wrote about in ' A Double Rainbow Blessing' last week, for sharing the moving story of their experience of adopting Meizi in 2001. This is what she wrote to us last week:

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A Double Rainbow Blessing!

In November 1997, shortly after Christian Action started serving in Qinghai, a beautiful baby girl was found on a road in Xining City East. Her name was Zhao Wenzhen (文珍). She was taken to our Children’s Home and given a great deal of love and care. After she had also received surgery for a hip problem, she grew into a happy, intelligent, strong-willed toddler.

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What it's all about!

This week I have a rare treat for you - pictures and words that are guaranteed to make you smile. If you are feeling down, jaded or just in need of that extra something to start the week then you owe it to yourself to read this week’s post about Yang Yang and Kathy.

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Our Vision is Spreading to England!

Hi again!

I've been away, first at a Board meeting of Christian Action U.K., followed by a refreshing holiday with my husband Marlon and son Danial. It brought back many memories of my earlier years in England.  I spent five years being educated there and a further three years in Liverpool, where I met Marlon and first began working for Vietnamese Boat People and the Chinese community.  It was just great this time to share a testimony of my ministry to the poor, especially in Qinghai, at the Liverpool Chinese Gospel Church.

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