PingYu Home of Hope

We had a wonderful surprise this fall, The High School and College kids chipped in and took us and Nathan out to a big picnic at the Yellow River. They do not eat things like sandwiches and potato salad on picnics here. What we had was fresh BBQ fish, freshly made potato chips, hot dogs […]

Happy Fall from the Godard’s When we moved here we knew that to stay in China for long term either Michelle or I would have to get a job to obtain our visa. The most common job is to teach English at a local public school. Michelle and I decided that I would teach and […]

This year we held the 2nd Annual Home of Hope Summer Camp. This is the one time a year when  both Home of Hope’s children can come together. The whole week is  full of many activities ranging from crafts, snacks,games and too many other activities to mention here.  The whole week was paid for by […]

The goal of the Home of Hope is to help the helpless, to give hope where no hope has been given. What we are learning is how to obtain that goal. So we observe Nathan and Shannon Bell to see how they administrate the first Home of Hope in Gongyi and we try to go […]

Nathan and Shannon have worked really hard on keeping a nice yard for the kids to enjoy. Now that it is summer time all the kids at the Home of Hope want to play outside where they ride their bikes, play basketball or just relax in the shade. Left – Jaxin and Moses, best friends […]