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Merry Christmas
We are so blessed to get to celebrate and spread Christmas joy and hope into so many children’s lives. As I write this, I think back to each Christmas, remembering the joy and happiness in all of our children celebrating their first Christmas. More importantly, seeing their joy and understanding for why we celebrate Christmas. […]
Posted: December 5th, 2014 under Uncategorized.
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!!!30 Chinese Children!!!
Patch is doing so well adjusting to our home, to our children, and is so obedient, that when one of our housemothers told us of 2 other children she knew who needed help, we felt very good about going to go see them. Above you see Catina (Feng Xiu Yun) and Davey (Feng Jin Fu) […]
Posted: November 19th, 2014 under Uncategorized.
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Like Begets Like
Let me begin with taking a minute to explain Patch’s name; he is named after our brother-in-law, Joel Patrick Hogg. Patrick is apparently too hard to say for our children and when we asked them to say Patrick, it came out Patch…so it stuck:) We have been in awe these past few days in how […]
Posted: October 13th, 2014 under Uncategorized.
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New Blessings
Below is a picture of FengYinHang(left) and FengLiuHang(right). The government contacted us asking if we could help their grandmother out. They told us that their situation was a bit different than our other children because both their parents are alive and living with them. Both parents show signs of being mentally challenged. Their grandmother (pictured […]
Posted: July 30th, 2014 under Uncategorized.
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Count your Blessings and name them one by one!
This month started off very rocky with Michelle calling home to wish her mom a happy’s Mother’s Day, to hear that her mom, who has been fighting cancer hardly woke up that day. Then when Michelle’s dad brought her to the hospital, the doctors told him that Michelle’s mom would not live much more than […]
Posted: May 26th, 2014 under Uncategorized.
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