Establishing a Culture of Hope
Today we packed our bags and said good bye to Kaifeng. Mr. Wang provided a car and driver to take us 80 km north of Zhengzhou to Xuchang. The orphanage in Xuchang is a new complex with addition buildings to be completed in the next two years. We were greeted by their friendly staff and [...]
We returned to the orphanage to deliver the supplies we had purchase the last two days. The staff quickly changed the children into the new shirts. We were also able to further talk with the staff about the children’s progress over the last year as well as the orphanages needs over the next year. It [...]
Today we met up with Kenny Lu, a close friend of Robert’s, who works with orphans in China. Kenny has been teaching children to silk screen and created some nice shirts with Echo’s logo on it for the orphanage. That evening we honored t the Kaifeng orphanage’s director, Mr. Wang and his staff to [...]
We traveled from Beijing to Zhengzhou by train. We arrived early in the morning and met Eva, our local consultant. Eva then took us to Kiafeng by taxi and checked into our hotel. Next we took our first trip to the school. When we first arrived we were greeted by the orphanage director, Mr. Wang. [...]
After a 11 hour flight we arrived in Beijing. We arrived just before midnight and arrived at our Hotel about 1am. We will spend the day exploring Beijing before taking a night train to Kiafeng tomorrow. We are really excited to see all the children tomorrow!
From vision to inception to reality. Our school in Kaifeng, China is doing what we had desired. Kids with special needs are learning and progressing. They are feeling like they are cared for and ultimately we are giving them hope. On June 21st our board member Kellie Riper and her step-dad, Kent will be visiting [...]
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