Saturday, January 22, 2011
Today we visited Maria's Big House of Hope (Steven Curtis Chapman ministry)....they have a very large facility, about 100 children...we were able to love on the children and visit with Ike the man that runs the home...pretty young guy....single...let his job as a financial manager to come and run Maria's big house...we then went and visited Swallows Nest...a couple has leased 5 small apartments to take care of special needs orphans...the apartments we visited was tiny...5 babies, all with SN's and 2 nannies...we asked the Nannies where they slept...they just sleep on the couch...we then went to visit Harmony Home....a home for HIV kids...this place again was an apartment filled with children...all HIV positive...this was the most interesting facility...there was a young Asian couple ...23 years old that take care of these kids...only 20 years and already 20 kids! quite a start to adult life! the kids were all very healthy looking and were happy...they did a little "show" for us...we were their during "medicine" time...it was amazing how these little kids on their own went and got their pill boxes, took their pills on their own and put away their drinking cups...we had a lady fly in from Xian that went with us...she also care for HIV kids and she hand her husband are adopting one of them...Lifeline is excited about working with these agencies and Chinese gov. to place HIV kids...the new medicine has helped these kids live seemingly healthy lives and eventually test negative so we have many people interested in these children because of the medicine...in China the hardest part is the stigma of HIVE....they have to keep it very secret and it is extremely hard to hire any help to help care for the kids...they risk being out casted themselves if others know they are around these children...many more stories to tell but we have to be ready to go at 6 a.m. so i will sign off...thanks for your prayers...please pray especially for the people that minister to these children...i was struck by their sacrifice and heart to help...it seems like it could be very lonely being away from your country, family and friends....Amy
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so excited to see the trip posts...our prayers are with you! I am so so excited to see CCAA willing to place HIV kids. Three were matched this week with another agency. YES the kids can live long healthy lives. I did want to mention that a person who is HIV+ will always bee HIV+ even when thier blood in undetectable for HIV. It is not the same and being negative. Just like once a person is AIDS even if they get all better and seem healthy they alway have diagnoses of AIDS. That's why you never want to get to the AIDS stage. :-)It really si just the easiest of special needs!
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