Philip Hayden Foundation and Harmony OutReach

After church on Sunday, the van came from PHF to grab us for the hour long ride to go to the site where we would live out the rest of our days in China...
It was a decent ride and it really didn't feel like an hour. When we rounded the corner and came through the gates of Philip Hayden Foundation in Langfang China - there sat children, almost as if they were waiting on us. I felt like we had our own welcoming committee and it was by far the best kind (our own families excluded ofcourse :O} )
We barely had our luggage out of the van until we tried desperately to walk, not run, to the children. They were beautiful. they were sweet. they were curiuos. they are miracles. they are God's special children. they are ours ALL week !!!!!!!!!!!
So finally the Ayi's (nannies/caretakers) had to take the children in to feed them. sniff sniff. okay.. i guess we wil take our luggage off the grass and bring it up to our room.. and i guess we will take a tour and learn what was to be for the week! hehehe
So here is what we knew.. there was a "store" and it pretty much had juice and soft drinks and ice cream and other munchies for a small price.. and also gifts for sale. There was a laundry room that I ended up using once... can anyone read chinese for "soap here and start?". There was a kitchen that had a microwave and coffee pot.. okay so we are SET! and if we so desired for 3 dollars a meal per person 9b-fast and dinner) we could eat in there what would be prepared.
We had the honor to meet Mr John Bentley, Levi's dad. If you haven't read "Saving Levi"..written by his wife Lisa.. then I would HIGHLY suggest it. They now have Harmony Outreach in China. I was able to go over there and work during this trip.. what a mission field and a christian family.
There is so much I want to write and tell, but my hands can't possibly write that fast. One scene i will never forget.. we were sweating and cleaning out a room.. and the caretakers asked Sarah if she wanted food. Sarah said "chur" meaning food or to eat. and said yes. But Sarah meant that she wanted my peanut butter crackers out of my backpack.. with her water... they MADE a place for her and served her part of their lunch. there she was.. the only little girl at the table and about 8 ladies and one gentleman. they were so loving and kind to her. they cut her food up and blew it for her 9oh by the way.. it smelled unbelievable and sarah said it tasted incredible!). After her second serving.. I thanked them told them no more. You see, they were giving her their lunch. They were so kind. I didn't want to make them feel bad by not letting her eat nothing but i didn't want to take their food either.. such a giving country and kind people. I tell you they would have given her their last morsel. They loved on her and you could tell they were saying kind words about her b/c of there tones and facial expressions ( i caughta couple words but not all of them). Well, my heart just melted at that dining table that afternoon.
Deut 26:1 -15 talks of giving. God gives to us and we should give back to others. It is more detailed of course and a great read.
Acts 4: 32-37
v.32"All the believers were one in heart adn mind. No one claimed that any of his posessions wasa his own, but they shared everything they had...."
God is so good, God is so good, God is so good He's so good to me.. he loves me so , he loves me so He loves me so He's so good to me... come on now everyone sing....