Two-year-old Tate always has a smile ready when our foster care manager comes to visit his foster care program in Shantou!
This easy-going boy has lived with his foster family for over a year now, and he has become very close to them. Each day when his foster father returns from work, Tate runs to the door and greets him. Our manager reports that he is cherished by his entire foster family. Read more.
One-year-old Shayla is new to LWB’s Foster Care Program but is known to many as a previous resident of LWB’s Heartbridge Healing Home. Shayla was born with cranial meningocele, and she spent time recovering from her surgery with the loving nannies at Heartbridge. Recently graduating, she is now in LWB’s Guiyang Foster Care Program… and we can’t wait to watch her grow and flourish! Read more.
May God give you…For every storm a rainbow, for every tear a smile, for every care a promise and a blessing in each trial. For every problem life sends, a faithful friend to share, for every sigh a sweet song and an answer for each prayer. ~ An Irish Blessing
Everything’s is changing now for Betsy! It was a year ago that Betsy joined our foster care program in Fuyang. Abandoned two years ago as a child and not a baby, Betsy has experienced her share of trauma already in life. . Read more.
While in Huainan last month, we split our time between visiting the children in the orphanage and then those who are in our foster care program out in the community. We had brought lots of little treats to the kids in our orphanage school program: hair bows and flowers for the girls and planes for the boys.
Well, we quickly threw that plan out the window as ALL the kids wanted to look glamorous with hair decorations. They would come back again and again to get another flower or bow until they felt they looked just right. Don’t they look beautiful? Read more.
It may be difficult to believe, but terrific 1 ½-year-old Terrell is described as “shy” by his foster parents.
Last month our foster care manager in Fuyang had this story to tell us after her visit to see Terrell and his foster family. Read more.
Next on our trip was a visit with the children in our Zhang Village foster care
program, which is located in Hefei. When we first began this program many years ago, it was for children with more intense medical conditions who needed to be monitored closely by our Anhui Healing Home staff. At first, it was located in a small village of Hefei called “Zhang Village,” and all of the children lived in one community. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how you feel about it, that village was demolished last year to make way for new high rise apartments, something which of course is happening more and more in China. Now the children are located throughout the city. So while it technically should be called “Hefei Foster Care,” we are sticking with the original name for nostalgia’s sake. Read more.
This past month a darling boy, about to turn three years old, entered LWB’s Changzhi Foster Care Program. His name is Isaac. We were tickled to learn that singing is said to be Isaac’s favorite activity. He sings whenever he doesn’t know what else to do, and it seems to suit his happy personality! Read more.
The last time we featured Sierra (in “Sierra, Sweet and Smart“) in October 2012, she was still in a hospital room, reading her beloved books and playing with her toys. She had been abandoned with spinal tuberculosis and was in the hospital waiting for medical treatment. Now she has graduated to foster care where she is evidently thriving! Read more.
Just in time for Easter, we bring you the tale of Isabella Bunny!
Once upon a time a little bunny named Isabella lived in a village in Henan with her foster grandma, foster grandpa, and foster brother. Isabella was six years old and was known throughout the village as an easygoing, mild-mannered girl full of happiness and joy. Read more.
John is a child whom many of us have watched grow up. Part of our foster care program in Anhui since 2008, we have seen monthly reports on him for many years, and LWB volunteers have met with him on numerous occasions when they visited his village. He has truly grown into a boy who is full of fun! John has been on the shared list for several years now, and he also is the recipient of an adoption assistance grant. Boys are typically chosen for adoption less frequently than girls (see Amy Eldridge’s blog post, “The Adoption of Boys“). Despite this, and despite the fact that with each passing year John’s chances of being adopted become slimmer, we hold onto hope that an incredible family is out there for this special boy.
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