An Angelic Child

Home is a place where our families are able to live safely, secure in their parents' love. In that process children learn about relationships and then education, all of which are important for a child's development. Sadly, not all children enjoy such a life. Our kids in Qinghai do not have their own families or homes.

In 2000, the Xin Ning Court Small Group Home Programme was set up at Xining Children's Home. It has been providing a loving family environment for children. They enjoy life with surrogate parents who look after them, love, and encourage them.

Children in five families in Xin Ning Court have their own stories to tell. I am really blessed to see the children blossom into happy, confident children. Yong Yong is one such child. She grew up in Xining Children's Home, and had many physical problems. She is unable to walk normally due to a medical condition. She is unable to bend her legs. When she was about ten years old, she went to live in Xin Ning Court.

At the home, Yong Yong's parents organised the children's daily routine and the family activities. Having experienced the warmth of family love, Yong Yong found acceptance and she developed a purposeful life. These days her smiles are even wider, and she has become more active in connecting with others. She lives every day enthusiastically.

By nature, Yong Yong is a passionate and caring child. She is not only able to take care of herself, she also helps her “parents” with small chores like tidying rooms, setting the table for meals, hanging out clothes and folding them etc. As the eldest “sister”, Yong Yong loves to shoulder the responsibility of caring for her brothers and sisters, and prefers to spend time with them, instead of playing in the playground. She mothers the children and even wipes her brother's runny nose with a handkerchief. She really cares about everyone around her!

Yong Yong's transformation affirms the significant role that Xin Ning Court plays in the lives of children who have suffered hardship. Please pray with me that other children will follow Yong Yong's example, and will also become loving, responsible people.