PingYu Home of Hope

On March 1st we were able to bring all of the children into the PingYu Home of hope. After our delay of finding housemothers who WANTED to work here, we were very excited to call the Civil Affairs to tell them that we were ready for the children to arrive!

The children started arriving early on the March 1st. While I (Ben) met with the legal guardians to sign contracts with them, Michelle had the fun job of welcoming in our children and entertaining them.


(left)Sarah and Michelle coloring a picture (right)Mark coloring a picture

Unfortunately, Marie broke her leg just a few days before our opening so she won’t be joining us until probably this summer. This is very heart breaking for us but her grandfather wanted to keep her at home to make sure her leg healed.

Below are several pictures of our first day, again like the old saying goes, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”

All the children excited about getting their new stuffed animals or dolls to sleep with


(left) Graham with his dog (right) Zoey with her doll

The children trying out their new desks

Gabe (left) Emma (right) with their new desks

Mark (left) and Noah (right) trying out their new beds

Sarah (left) and Emma (right) checking out their new bathroom.

Gene getting a hair cut before starting school

(left) Noah watching Michelle cut Tyler’s hair (right) Michelle cutting Eli’s hair

Our first meal as a family!

JUST FOR FUN!!!!!
When the children arrived and started looking in their bedrooms, none of them had ever seen….or used a western style toilet. When we showed them how to use it and “Flush it” they were quite amazed how the water went down the toilet. You can see the big smile on Sarah’s face in the picture below as she watches the water:)

We want to thank you very much for helping our dream come true, but more importantly helping all of the children here to have a chance of a normal Chinese life. If you would like to get more involved and get to know the children more, please visit our “Sponsor a Child” page where you will see photos of the remaining children who need sponsors.