PingYu Home of Hope

When Michelle and I moved to Pingyu to open the Home of Hope back in 2010, we no way in the world could have planned on how blessed our lives would be. People would over and over again ask why we would leave America and all it’s riches, to live in a small unknown town helping orphaned children. Our reply was that God called us here to love these children as our own and there is no greater place to be than where God wants you to be. We truly have lived richer lives here, but the value we have gained is not monetary, it’s of love and compassion from so many children loving us as their own personal Mommy and Daddy.

Another question we get asked all the time is, about how much time we will be here serving these wonderful children. We answer with, “For as long as the Chinese government allows us to be here. We would like to stay forever. How can you promise to be a parent with a limitation of time?” Well, we now must tell you, with mixed feelings and heavy hearts, that day has come. China has been making huge improvements to better protect and care for their people. These improvements, though they are good for the Chinese people, have made it very difficult for foreign NGO’s (Non Governmental Organizations) to continue working in China. Just a few hundred of the thousands of NGO’s have actually been approved by the Chinese government to continue on working here. Thankfully, we are one of those approved NGO’s.



Michelle and I, along with Jessica (our translator/ office manager) went to Zhengzhou for the official ceremony of getting our non-profit organization (Next Towns Foundation Inc.) established in the Henan province of China!!!

As the door closes, and our hearts break for us to cease administrating the Pingyu Home of Hope orphanage, we rejoice that the door is open for us to be able to still serve in Pingyu and continue serving not only the same children, but many more. Though we cannot live with the children anymore, we have been approved to serve the underprivileged children of Henan, China by offering them equal opportunities to get a good education and learn different life skills. To learn more how we do that, and/or to continue following the progress of our family, children and staff, please click the “Hope Outreach” picture as this will be the last post we make on this site.