PingYu Home of Hope

We wanted to thank you for you prayers for Anna (WangYan), Joey (Bao Gui) and Jake (Guo Bao) (Below Left to Right).
As we spoke on our earlier post, we went for a child search in June and met these three children. After seeing their troubled home, we realized that they must immediately come live at the Home of Hope.

We want to show you a few pictures of how Anna, Jake and Joey are doing, but we really want you to see how much HOPE can change a child in just a few short days. Before you look at these pictures, please see the pictures of the children the day we met them, click the link. 2nd CHILD SEARCH SURPRISE
When we meet children for the first time, we ask many questions and take many pictures, and we try to get the children to smile….we even offer candy as a reward if they do smile….but usually the children have never seen a westerner before and are quite scared, so getting them to smile is a little difficult.
You can see in the pictures below that Anna, Jake and Joey are starting to trust us more and are starting to really enjoy smiling.

MEDICAL EXAMS
As soon as Anna, Jake and Joey arrived we brought them to the hospital for a physical exam.
Jake (left) and Joey (right) getting their hearts checked out. Jake was not understanding what the doctors were doing so he cried almost the entire time we were there, and Anna sat by his side and held his hand (picture above left).

PROTECTION
We can see very easily that when the children were home Anna was the one who took care of Jake and Joey. When they first arrived, Jake and Joey would not go anywhere without holding Anna’s hand….she even had to stand in the bathroom with them or other wise the boys would just go in their pants.
Everyday we have tried to slowly take the responsibility of care giver away from Anna and slowly tried separating the boys from her. Each day we have tried getting Anna to play with the older children without keeping a watchful eye on her brothers. We are very glad to say that after 2 weeks, Jake and Joey are doing so well that we moved them out of the girls room and into the newly made kindergarten age and younger room. (picture below)
Jake and Joey are sharing a room with Gene (Wang Zi Ang) and Noah (Zhang Chen Liang). You can’t see them very well because they are being good little boys and sleeping!

MOVIE NIGHT
Every Saturday night we invite all the children into our home to watch a movie and play games. This past Saturday our friend video recorded the children playing outside and the children were able to watch themselves on TV, Jake and Joey absolutely loved it(picture below).

JUST FOR FUN
Joey is very smart and is a logic thinker. When he first arrived he had several accidents in his pants. One day we tried reasoning with him by telling him that every time he has an accident he has to take a shower….his reply was, I LIKE TAKING SHOWERS!!!:)

BELIEF
We wanted to share one more story about how much HOPE can change a child. When we first met Sarah (above) her grandparents told us that she was a naughty girl, did bad in school and really had nothing nice to say about Sarah at all. We really could see Sarah was not getting any love at all. From the day Sarah arrived Michelle and I have done nothing but pour out love for her and we have told her (as well as all the children) that we believe in them. When Sarah started school she failed her first few Chinese and Math tests, but we kept encouraging her and telling her that we believed in her. After one of their big tests, when Sarah and the other children arrived home from school, she came running to us showing us her test scores…they doubled! Each test score that she has brought home since has been higher each time….but more important than a test score is the confidence she has in her eyes…..she now believes in herself.

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We truly want to thank you for your prayers and support that you have given to these children. Before coming to the Home of Hope these little boys and girls really had no HOPE of a future, and now thanks to your help….they have people who believe in them, which helps them to believe in themselves and greater and better things.
Thank you