Spring Fun!!!
This is our 1st family photo at our new location, and our first time taking a family photo that’s not in front of our peach tree since 2011. We wanted our only tree in the background but that involved us all looking into the sun…which just so happen to be extra bright that day!
Michelle and I want to give honor where honor is owed. These wonderful women are our staff that help our home flow as smooth as it does. They help care for the children, wash clothes, cook food, clean, teach, entertain, encourage, love, etc. Some work 6 days out of the week, while others work every other day for 24 hours. They are very special women and we are so grateful for the love they give to all of our family.
May 1st is Labor Day in China. We had the staff sit down on benches and had the children give massages and thank them for all the hard work and love that they give each day.
Below are pictures of our children from oldest to youngest. Hollie is in the south of China working and could not make it back to celebrate with us. We are very proud of her for working so hard and being so mature!
The main theme of our fun and celebration was all about LIFE. We told the children that we are all given a clean slate and it’s up to each one of us what we do with that slate and how we fill/color it.
We host a Hot Topic english class each week getting the children to talk about current events and issues that they have to face. We have been talking about how they are chained to the CHOICES they make. We explained how some of those choices chain us to guilt, shame, selfishness, fear and make us feel dirty.
We told them that when we chain ourselves to those kinds of things, they weigh us down and will drown us.
…if we make good choices, then we chain ourselves to righteousness, justice, joy, love, peace and hope and can be free to choose the direction we want to go in life.
We expressed to them, that they each are special and bring all kinds of color to our lives and we wanted them to experience some of that joy that we get to have being their Daddy and Mommy!
Michelle and I have been so blessed to be “Mommy and Daddy” to such a wonderful group of children. They bring us so much joy, happiness, and excitement to our lives. We want to thank you for helping us spread such joy, love and hope. We don’t know what tomorrow will bring, so we try to live the fullest we can today. There is no greater joy than to SERVE!Many blessings to you!
Posted: May 5th, 2019 under Uncategorized.
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