Hannah just celebrated her 8th birthday. Instead of getting presents, she asked her friends to bring pennies to her birthday party. Yes, pennies that she could donate to her orphanage in China through Love Without Boundaries. Some of her friends were very creative with this request. One friend, for example, made Hannah a nice birthday basket with ribbons filled with pennies.
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Joy. Glee. Fun! It seems like every time we see photos like this one from our Believe In Me school in Jinjiang, someone is laughing, playing and having a ball. What a pleasure it must be for the Education volunteers to be a part of this! We’d like you to meet two of these Education volunteers as part of our continuing series, “A Day in the Life”. While these two volunteers work with very different types of educational programs, they both have the opportunity to help individuals learn and reach for potential they never even knew they had.
Marilee Gilmore, Believe In Me –Jinjiang Coordinator: I found LWB on the Internet when searching for a foster child to sponsor in 2005. I had been so blessed by the adoption of my daughter from South Korea in 1984 and wanted to give back a little to another international child. I had researched different foundations and was amazed that this all-volunteer organization could do so much with the money contributed. A year later I joined the Education Team as a volunteer and have been with them ever since. I have been fortunate to be the Coordinator of Believe In Me-Jinjiang since we established the school in 2007.
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Do you remember the excitement of your first field trip ever? Our children at Believe In Me — Jinjiang just experienced that thrill when they left their orphanage and school walls for the very first time. For the past two years, we have been trying to get these children out on a field trip, but for a variety of reasons it never happened. Then, thanks to the generosity of some loving sponsors and the parents-to-be of Esther, one of our BIM-Jinjiang students, the first-ever field trip was made possible!
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So many children in orphanages live with cerebral palsy (CP) and other issues that make mobility difficult. Thanks to Ellen Dietrick, our Physical Therapy (PT) Coordinator and her friend Lisa, an Occupational Therapist (OT), so many lives have been changed this past week as they conducted “Physical Therapy Camp” in Fujian province.
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When LWB first began our “Believe in Me” education program, which builds schools inside of orphanages for children who cannot attend public school, our goal was for each child we served to know the joy of learning. Our #2 photo of the year is from our “Believe In Me” Jinjiang school in the Fujian province. The children here are so excited to attend classes. They have had a whole new window to the world open to them as our teachers encourage them to use their imaginations and dream.
Perhaps the best Yuletide decoration is being wreathed in smiles. – Unknown
Rhys and Sylvia from the pre-school “Believe In Me” Jinjiang class swinging — and smiling — together on the school playground. What a happy pair!
Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love! — Hamilton Wright Mabie
Don’t you wonder what music Sylvia is hearing in her head as she leads the Pre-K class at “Believe In Me” Jinjiang in a conga line?
Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time. — Laura Ingalls Wilder
Grace from “Believe In Me” Jinjiang is practicing drawing Christmas trees in her 5-11 year old class. In just two weeks, she will be meeting her forever family for the first time. What a wonderful way to bring in 2010!
Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. –Norman Vincent Peale
2009 is drawing to a close, and we at LWB can think of no better way to end the year than to feature some of the beautiful children in our programs accompanied by an inspirational holiday quote. We invite all of our friends to subscribe to www.lwbstories.com to have our special 12 Days of Christmas series delivered directly to your inbox each day so you won’t miss a thing! We hope that you will enjoy LWB’s 12 Days of Christmas as much as we have enjoyed putting it together.
Don’t you agree that Samuel from “Believe In Me” Jinjiang personifies the joy of the Christmas season?
The Believe In Me School in Jinjiang held a Harvest Party this fall to celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival. The children surely did not need much encouragement to don their party hats and eat cake!
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