Samantha Moved!

Our little Samantha does not reside at the Jiaozuo Children's Welfare Institute afterall. She is and has been living at the Hope Healing Home in ShunYi Beijing. I suspect she was released to this large Foster Home setting because her Cleft Lip and Palate was a lot of work in multiple and very long feedings for the orphanage staff. She has been at Hope since June of 2006, so since she was six months old. They did at least one if not both of her surgeries. This is a much more appealing and healthy setting for Samantha. There is a much higher nanny to child ratio and they facilitate a family atmosphere and there is on campus medical intervention. She is attending a preschool english class each day which is also wonderful for her transition. You can view pictures of the Hope Home and Samantha by cutting and pasting this link: www.hopefosterhome.com once there, click on the babies link on the left and she is listed as Julia. You can view some of the other kiddos there as well. They vary in age and disability. You can sponsor a child for $40.00 a month. This Foster Home is run completely on donations-they accept no money from the Chinese government so they could use all our help. You can also read their History and tour their facilities on the website as well. Dr. Joyce Hill and her husband Rob began the Foster Home to follow Christ's calling, I think in the late '90s, you'll have to read it to be sure. But what an incredible couple. Their work for China's orphans is priceless. They have saved countless lives through their surgeries and home like settings including our little girls. I hope that even though Samantha will have to return to the CWI for us to pick her up, they delay it as long as possible before we get there. Would you consider sponsoring a little one?