We left Xi’an last night at 8:00 and arrived in Beijing this morning at 7:15. After making our way through a “sea of people” in the Beijing train station, we boarded our bus for Langfang, about an hour outside of Beijing. We’re staying at “Shepherd’s Field,” an orphanage supported by the Phillip Hayden Foundation, with accommodations for volunteers. John Bentley keeps an office here, as he and Lisa first worked with this orphanage when they came to China 6 years ago.
Today we divided into groups to work on a variety of projects. Our last few days in China will be spent supporting John and Lisa Bentley and their family, as they prepare for their six children to start back to school this fall, and in working with their orphanage, Harmony Family Home. Harmony Outreach is the ministry John and Lisa began a couple of years ago. The ministry provides foster care, surgeries and adoptions for special needs orphans who would otherwise be cast aside and unwanted. The ministry is also creating partnerships with other orphanages, many of which need the wisdom and guidance that John and Lisa are able to provide.
For the next few days we’ll be painting, organizing, caring for special needs babies, teaching, doing administrative work, updating websites, and otherwise supporting this ministry. I’ll keep you posted this week of our progress and post photos from the country orphanage, as well as pictures of our work here in Langfang.
As always, keep us in your prayers. Your support and encourage mean so much to us.
~~Wayne
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I'm praying for you all and for those who will experience God's love through your smiles, your hugs, your hard work, and your words. Keep the stories coming...your words help me "meet" those you are loving in Jesus' name. Keep pouring yourselves out. I'll keep praying for strength, compssion, joy, and boldness for each of you.
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