When a Home is not a Home

Almost five years ago, to the day, I gave you the good news that two year old Madison Liang Ying, one of the little girls from Xining Children's Home had been adopted. I saw her off in Guangzhou and got to meet the Silva family - her new forever family. Recently they decided to adopt a second child. They contacted a children's home close to Beijing.

So this post is about a child who was not in Xining Children’s Home. But it is also story which will encourage all of you who have so faithfully supported the work of Christian Action and our ministry to children in Qinghai.

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Out with the Grass!

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Medicinal herbs such as snow lotus, Chinese caterpillar fungus, deer antlers and fritillary bulbs are all special local products in Hainan on the Tibetan Plateau. But those specialities won't fill the stomachs of hungry children, the majority of whom suffered from neglect and malnutrition.

With budgetary constraints to consider, the newly appointed Director Zhou of Hainan Children's Home, was faced with that problem when the first 21 orphaned children were placed in the Home. The appointment of a visionary director like Zhou led to an unleashing of her passion to really care for the children - and to be creative with her limited resources!

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Canada Expresses Christmas Gratitude

On the night that Jesus was born, angels took the good news first of all to shepherds in the fields. Shepherds were among the lowest on the social scale in that part of the world.

Last Christmas, staff at the Canadian Consulate were the first to play Santa to some of the lowest on the social scale in Hong Kong: refugees and asylum seekers.

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'Growing a Girl'

When children come to us without a name, those who are involved in the child's care endeavour to give him or her a meaningful name - something inspiring, which will hopefully also be a prophetic name.

When Hua came to live at Xining Children's Home, she was given a Chinese name which means 'becoming a flower.' It was a prophetic name because her carers have seen Hua do much more than blossom into a beautiful young lady. Sadly, there may be a roadblock in her growth.

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Happy New Year!

I'd like to say 'prosperous' New Year as many people do at this time, but that's not the very best thing I can hope for you. Rather, I wish you joy, peace, and love. May you be filled with the joy of knowing you are helping to make the lives of others happier, and I hope your heart will be filled with the peace of knowing that you are supporting men, women and children who may otherwise go through life carrying a burden that they should not carry alone. I know that they will love you for it!