PingYu Home of Hope

Each week Michelle and the two others teachers at the Home of Hope meet for a teachers meeting to discuss and share how both the kindergarten and the first grade class is doing. In one meeting one of the teachers brought up that it would be nice to be able to take the children out […]

The Chinese New Year started on the 26th of January, and the children had a 2-4 week holiday from school depending on which grade they are in.  During this time off, most of  the children go back to their villages to stay with related relatives that they have left.  There are several children who stay […]

The 28th of January is Michelle’s 28th birthday. One of the customs here at the Home of Hope is when its your birthday to have a party. Many of the children started asking me what I was planning for Michelle. Unfortunately, most of the children were going to be gone visiting their villages on the […]

When our family moved here, Michelle and I wanted to be able to connect with all of the kids, we decided that once a week either Michelle would take the girls that were 14 years and older out to eat or I would take the boys 14 years and older out. This was fun but […]

After a very long and drawn out process (starting way back in March of this year), I now have my drivers license, Praise Father! We thought that the trouble was over after the government finally approved my USA license, but oh were we wrong. “All” we had to do was sign up on line for […]