Bring Me Hope Ranch Video

I'm so happy to see this video! Please pray for them during the next few months. What they are doing is amazing! Bill is ready to get on a plane to help out. I wish it were that easy. If we get to travel for Ethan before they leave, we hope to see everyone and meet the kids.
Enjoy the video...

Camp Video from this year

This is a video from the 1st week of camp this summer in Xi'an. Billy is in this video. I love seeing his smile.
As you watch this video, please remember to pray for all of the orphans in the world.
Thanks!
Debbie

*Please give it a minute to download.*

An Unexpected Call from China

Right now I'm on a high. I just wanted to share with you. I was helping the girls with their homework and Bill came out to me and said "I guess I missed a call from David. Listen carefully". Well we know 3 Davids. I had no idea which one he was talking about. Then I hear "Hello. It's Billy. I love You!".

The call came from David Bolt with Bring Me Hope. They are still in China, but now they are running a "ranch" for older orphans. And Billy is there! This completely shocked us. (For those you don't know or remember, Billy was the boy we were trying to adopt. He is 13 years old).

One of the purposes of the Ranch is to love on the older kids and to teach them English. I had just assumed they would have kids from around the area where they are at. It never occurred to me that Billy could even go.

Of course we have emailed David & Nicole who are there. We have a lot of questions: How long is Billy there, can we send him anything, does he know that we were trying to adopt him and now we can't etc. I hope we do not miss the next call. I do not know how good the internet is there where they are. Maybe we can even Skype with them.

God is Good! He is looking after Billy! He went to camp when we did not know if he would be able to go, and now he is at the Ranch. He is not in the orphanage. He is with David, who he bonded with last summer. God is so Good!

Please continue to pray for Billy! I truly believe he has been protected because of us asking for prayer over him.

We heard this summer that SIAS University (where the Bring Me Hope camp has been held the last 2 years) has offered to pay the tuition for any orphan who wishes to go to school there. This again was an answer to prayer. Billy "ages out" in July. When a child turns 14 in China, they have to leave the orphanage. Now, if Billy does not find a forever family, he could possibly have the opportunity to go to the university for FREE! Again, God Is Good!

Thank you for letting me share with you. Bill & I are just very excited right now. This was something very unexpected.

Thank you for your prayers!

Bittersweet

I heard Billy's voice. What a precious sound! David with Bring Me Hope sent us an audio file of the phone call from the Night Walk. I was so thankful for this. We listened the other night. I hear Katie (in China) say "Oh wait, Billy is taking a picture". Then a few minutes later she yells out "Hey Billy, come say Hi to America!" Then she calls him again and said "Billy come say Hi to America, Maybe to Bill." Well that got me right there. Then I hear Katie tell him to say Hi and he says "Hi". Then she says "Tell them your name" and I hear "Tell them your name". Then laughing. Then she says "No, say My name is Billy" then I hear "My name is Billy". Then she tries to get him to say "Hasta La Vista Baby" and he laughs, and says in Chinese "I can't say that" and he runs away.

I also saw 2 photos on Katie's Facebook and Billy was in them. He had the biggest smile in both photos. It was good to see him happy.

The phone call was great! I loved hearing his voice. But it made me so sad. I still feel like he's part of our family. He will always be in one way or another. I just wish he could have come home to us. I'm still praying and searching for a family for him. Please help me. It's hard knowing he's there waiting.

And then I think of ALL the kids in China waiting. I wish we could bring more home. I wish we had the money & space needed to bring home a few of the older kids. My heart just aches for them right now. I want to do something. I want to help them. I just don't know exactly how right now.

So I pray. I hope. I dream. We'll see where God places me.

Until next time.....

Bring Me Hope

Hi! I hope this post finds you well.

I'm writing you to let you know that the Bring Me Hope camp is approaching fast. As you know, Bill went last year and that week changed our lives. Bill not only met Billy, which started our next adoption process, but he also grew closer to God.

The camp runs on donations. I know that finances are hard right now. If you can not donate financially, then I'm asking that you donate by praying. Pray for the kids who will be touched by camp. Pray for the volunteers who will be there. Pray that God will be there and that the kids will have a week full of fun and excitement.

You can go to the website for more information. http://www.bringmehope.org/

Each year Bring Me Hope does a Night Walk. We participated in it last year. We are going to walk this year. If you are interested in walking with us, or if you are interested in doing your own night walk, go to the website and click on the T-shirt. For every $25, you receive a t-shirt to wear that night. This is their annual fundraiser for the camp. If you would like to walk with us, please let us know. The walk is May 15th. They need the t-shirt orders by tomorrow (April 28).

If you can not do the night walk, you can also donate by going to the link that says "sponsor a child".

And again, if you can not donate financially, I'm asking that you just remember the camp in the summer. Please pray for all that are involved.

(If you would like to volunteer at the camp, email us and let us know).

Thank you! Feel free to pass this info on to anyone you might think would be interested in helping bring hope to orphans in China.

Love,
Debbie