A Interesting Treat!

"I'll do it if you do it" thats what my dad said to mike about eating the scorpion...and they ate it and thought it was really good. It looked so nasty!

Annalee with Stephen Curtis Chapman at Hope Foster Home just out side of Beijing. Annalee is holding one of the orphan's which just had the casting tape put on for his club feet. It was an amazing sight to see how this simple process corrects this abnormality which is common for these babies. Through the generosity of so many of you we were able to bring over a two year supply of the tape which will treat hundreds of this orphans.

A picture of our team in front of Hope Foster Home after spending the days playing with the Orphans. In the picture with us are Steven and his wife Mary Beth who have been big supporters of this orphanage for many years. It was incredible that they happen to be there when we were. We spent the day with them sharing and loving on the kids. They were so appreciative of the casting tape and said to tell Orlando "Thank you and God Bless!!" It was a great way to spend our last day in China God is doing great work here.
Annalee mastered the art of eating Chinese noodles with chop sticks, this is not easy but she is now a pro. By the way this is a typical lunch in Xi'an where we stayed this meal was about 75 cents including the orange drink.
Annalee dancing with one of the campers at our party to celebrate the last evening together.
This was so hard to say goodbye to the kids Friday morning as we bonding with them like they were our own family.
Jeff Knipe having a traditional Chinese dinner at camp YUMMY! By the way it is considered bad manners to not eat the head!
The girls loved Annalee's long hair and combing and fixing it up. It was precious to watch!
Annalee, our translator and Kao Kao leaving the museum which was a fun field trip

Kao Kao, God's young servant!

A field trip to the museum. Annalee met a panda eating some bamboo.

This was Wednesday's night program where Annalee awarded Kao Kao with the Servant Leadership award for her servant's heart. We found out that Kao Kao is a Christian. She takes care of a little 6 year old, Wei Wei who is totally blind and lives at the same orphanage. Kao Kao takes on the role of caring, feeding and holding him. She is blind in one eye and will eventually lose sight in the other. It has a true blessing to love on her this week!

Kao Kao and a friend listening to Christian music on dad's ipod. They loved it.

This is Kao Kao. Doesn't she have a pretty smile? She is holding Wei Wei who is 6 yrs.old but looks like he is 3. She is an amazing young girl!

God has been so present here with us. It has been an incredible week. We will have our last day of camp on Friday.

We had an amazing day with our orphan campers that started out at the clay pottery shop. The theme of the morning with the kids was that God is the potter and we are the clay and if we allow Him he will shape us into the person he wants us to be. We are each unique and have a special purposed for our lives regardless of what physical limitations we think we have or the world says we have. The kids had a blast as did we getting all messy but the message was strong and they loved the experience. We also found out that our orphan Kao Kao is a Christian and that the one eye that she has a little sight in is getting worse and will result in total blindness ultimately and the worse part is it could probably be partially if not completely corrected if she had the right high level medical attention that she would get in America. The top group picture is of the two care takers at the orphanage and three of the orphan girls that live together. There are a total of 15 kids ranging in age from 6 to 15 that live in one 12X12 room with very little air conditioning for the summer heat which can reach well over 100 degrees. They watch over each other in such a special way it is very emotional to watch them. Because the Chinese government put so little value on human life none of these kids are "registered with the government which basically means they do not exist and have no rights or records. They are totally dependent on the care basic care they receive at the orphanage and I can tell you it is not much.

Happy Campers at Bring Me Hope!

This is Annalee's assigned camper, Kao Kao(KK). She is a sweet 9 year old who is blind in one eye and has partial sight in the other. She and Annalee have gotten to know each other and become good friends.

We had a swim day today. It is very hot here so the campers loved the pool.

It is Tuesday night, and we have officially finished the first two days here at the camp. Our child's name is Kao Kao she is a great big ball of energy but we are both in love with her. She has a unique trait that separates her from the rest. We have noticed that she likes to take care of the younger kids like feeding them and making sure they are okay. The camp we are always doing stuff like pottery, eating, swimming...ect.