The House of Love has two older couples who regularly visit us. The children call them their “grandparents”.
In China, there are two sets of names for grandparents – one for the mother’s side of the family, Po Po & Gong Gong, and one for the father’s side, Nai Nai & Ye Ye. So, this makes it easy for us to distinguish between the two couples.
This week Nai Nai & Ye Ye received a wonderfully warm welcome from the children.
They will spend some time with the kids, and helping us with some odd jobs around the Units, especially as Ye Ye is a wonderful handyman!
We opened the doors of the Clubfoot Unit 1 year ago.
During that time, we have had the privilege of seeing
the lives of 17 precious children
- whose future was very bleak -
totally turned around.
We have since said goodbye to some of the children
as they completed their treatment and returned to their hometowns.
Some are still with us, and will be leaving soon.
We look forward to this next year when more children arrive,
to be nurtured, loved, cared for,
their clubfoot treated,
and their lives totally changed for the better.
The photos shown are before and afters of Cris
who was the first child to arrive at the Unit.
Thank you for helping us to change lives.
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Jack turned 9 on Friday.
As you can see by the look on his face – he thoroughly enjoyed his day.
He got a Transformer toy, Transformer patterned blanket, & a book.
The cake was devoured as usual.
But when Jack was offered a second piece,
he surprised us with "No!"
Why?
“Because I’m TOO HAPPY!”
They tasted it,
loved it,
devoured it,
made a mess,
And it was soooo sad when it was all gone!
Doesn’t anybody care?
Today we received the first of our two new playpens.
Ethan & Olivia were the proud, busy, little helpers,
in on the organizing, and first to try it out!
We are going to use these around the floor mats in the Babies Unit
to ensure our little tiny bubs are nice and safe
from their older more boisterous “brothers & sisters”.
Gregory might have two full leg casts on – but that won’t stop him.
He’s adjusted quickly to the new “feel”, and is as active as ever.
Last week we had to put extra plaster on his knee, as he wore it through!
On Wednesday afternoon, we received 5 precious little babies into our care.
Two of these babies, a boy & a girl, have heart conditions.
Another boy & girl have cleft lip & palates,
and one little girl has a stomach condition
for which surgery is being arranged.
They are all settling in very well.
Connie introduced a game she played with these flowers when she was girl.
The kids in the CP/Res Unit think it’s great, and just love picking a supply of flowers, to play “dueling kings tournaments”.
First they get a supply of flowers – they are similar to, but bigger than clover.
They strip the stems in half, leaving the flower intact at the end.
Next two kids “duel” with their “kings”.
They flick the stems so they become entwined, and then pull.
The winning “king” is the one who pulls the other flower off their opponents stem!
After arriving in the Special Care Unit late last year,
Issac has moved into a caring foster family this week.
It’s been great to see his progress while he’s been with us.
