Moldova, At a Glance

A glance, it seems, is pretty much all I got in the nine days I was there. Even so, there is much more to say than I can fit into a single blog post – but I will try! Eric Weiner, in  his book “The Geography of Bliss”, claims that Moldova has the world’s most [...]

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ZX and JB updates!

So many of you have been asking about these little guys and I’m so happy to have been able to see both of them soon after I got back. They are both doing well! For those of you new to these guys, you can check out JB’s backstory here and here. You can learn more [...]

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JB is on deck!

Do you remember JB, a little orphan we helped get out of the orphanage nearly 2 years ago? See the “Meet JB” post to refresh your memory. Jason and Christa have been JB’s foster parents all this time and they have been actively searching for a foster family for him. Now, it seems to be [...]

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On The Road Again

Lately I’ve been traveling (A LOT!) to different parts of China. Just over a week after getting back from Thailand, I spent a few days in a city in central China to visit a project that reaches out to vulnerable women in the entertainment business. I am not at liberty to say where or the [...]

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ZX’s saga continues

The next morning, Zhi Xian slept soundly for nine hours, I managed to get him cleaned up, fed, and dressed on time to get to the hospital by 8:30am. We decided to go to the biggest hospital; the one with the best reputation, the place that we were sure could and would help us. Not [...]

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Me, the Foster Mom!

Well, at least I was for about 24 hours. I allowed my life to be disrupted in a sudden, profound, and beautiful way. I did something uncharacteristically Katherine when I brought an orphan boy home to stay with me. I first met Zhi Xian nearly a year ago during our monthly trips to a countryside [...]

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Rescue Operation

This past week, three more orphans made it into new foster families! They came from an orphanage about three-plus hours away in a rural town. The orphans in this orphanage are particularly, how to put it… in need of love. No toys, no books, no games, no positive stimulation whatsoever. Not that the orphanage doesn’t [...]

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Foster care project

Nearly a year ago, LIGHT started a medical outreach to give pediatric support to a group of about 180 orphans and their families in a countryside village nearly 2 hours away. These kids are all “special needs”, which means they have underlying problems such as cerebral palsy, Down’s Syndrome, spina bifida, severe mental retardation and [...]

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A Safe Harbor

Harbor, one of our more vulnerable orphans in foster care needs our prayers, he is sick, and he is not safe. He is in a foster family who loves him and is committed to doing everything for him. However, he lives in a world that is hostile to “throw-away” kids who are not very strong. [...]

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John Deere update

Do you remember Jian Bei, a little kid we got out of the orphanage in Aug 09? Here he is pictured with John Deere. JB was about the same size as John is now (although JB was about 4 or 5 months old at the time). John is doing so much better! Today marks his [...]

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