Love Can Make a Miracle

"Love Can Make a Miracle."

These were the words written by our China Foster Care Director in a recent report to LWB. She was talking about the wonderful foster families in Yunnan. Orphanage Assistance was able to help these families this winter by providing quilts and warm clothing for the children. They were so thankful for the assistance because they do not have much—and yet they give to others. These families scraped together what they could to help those affected by the earthquake.

As the Foster Care Manager said, "The picture shows that as long as we get together, we can overcome any difficulties."

Concerned Momma

We just loved this and had to share!

The first foster care reports came in from our new Yunnan program. This little girl is named Jayne, and her foster mom reports that Jayne gets milk 4 times a day and she wakes her up at night and feeds her twice more. The foster mother's main concern that she reports is that the child is not getting enough calcium. But from the number of chins we can count, we think everything is AOK. :-)

If you have considered sponsoring a child through foster care, you might want to check out some of the Yunnan kids. There are 11 out of 28 children left to be sponsored and we know you will love the photos and reports.

Kaifeng PT camp

Last weekend a physical therapy training camp was held in Kaifeng, Henan province for children in the orphanage and in foster homes. We are so grateful to Anhui Children's Hospital for allowing two of their top therapists to travel to Kaifeng for us to evaluate children and give recommendations on their care. Each foster family was given a piece of PT equipment, such as a peanut ball or boppy, to take home, as well as being given specific exercises to work on with their children. All the kids thought the peanut balls were very cool!

This is the first of three PT training camps being held this year for LWB. We have another camp coming up in June for the children in the Changde orphanage in Hunan, and then our largest camp to date (for over 100 children) will be held in July in Yunnan province. Six PTs and OTs are making their travel reservations to China now, and we know they will have an incredible journey. We are still in need of an additional pediatric PT for the June trip. If you would like more information on our PT camps, please email Bruce Sherman at bruce.sherman@lovewithoutboundaries.com

And in wonderful fundraising news....Nick and Lester have reached Scotland! You can follow their journey at http://nickandlesterbigbikeride.blogspot.com/