Giving Everyone A Fair Chance

Compared to the original Xining Children's Home which also housed geriatric cases, this well-equipped facility today provides state-of-the art care for disabled children.Welcome!  Last week I promised to share with you a letter written by Ronald Wee, who wrote to generous friends about Xiao Shan just after he visited our work in Qinghai. Here's part of Ronald's letter (shared with permission):

"I visited the Orphanage home set up by Christian Action more than 12 years ago. It was very touching and unbelievable that the Orphanage is the only children's home in Xining to take in abandoned babies.  About 90% of the children there are not only abandoned but also handicapped, so I can see why their parents abandoned them as most cannot afford or don't know how to take care of them.

Christian Action not only takes in all these babies, regardless of their handicap problems, and takes care of them with proper medical equipment, and makes sure that EVERY ONE of them has a fair chance to grow up as a normal person.

Christian Action will arrange for some of the babies with slight handicaps to be adopted by parents locally OR overseas. Over 100 children have been adopted by parents in western countries (sad to say NO asia country) since the starting of the Orphanage.

I asked what if some of the children I saw could not grow up to be a normal child, what can the home do for them when they grow up? The answer from Joyce (a Christian Action staff member, who is also the vice head of the home) WITHOUT any hesitation was: "Oh, then we will take care of them till their last day of life...."

I have to say even though I am not a Christian, I really really respect them with their determination and love they have for the children......"

I'm sure you are encouraged that your financial and prayerful support has resulted in others appreciating what we are doing for these vulnerable children.

Talk to you next week!  God bless you!