The Hou Ma Orphanage

The orphanage in Hou Ma is a private orphanage that COMMIT Ministries has helped support and taken short term teams to for the last 5 years. They have just recently finished construction of new housing for the children, but the work that need to be done is far from over. This is also the site where we will be teaching English as Second Language next summer!

This is the last letter we received from the Director in Hou Ma:

Greg,

I received the money you sent, totally US$1200.Thank you for the
angel-like love for the children. Now the following is the circumstance of the orphanage:
1. Tian Mao has controlled her excretion nicely. She went to school ten days ago and she is good at her lessons like other normal children. Her teacher is pleased with her study. She has made quite a few friends in school. This pretty girl has overcome her biggest obstacle and become a normal child. I believe this is the will of God and our prayer for her moved God. An English businessman in Shanghai afforded all the medical treatment expenses. The Sino-US children hospital invited the best doctors for her. The doctor never thought that she recovered so quickly and the result was amazing. Her useless nerves has come back to life and developed the function that it should have. Thank God! She can go to school together with Tian Bin, Tian Heng and Tian Ming.
2. Tian Long is a three-year-old child whose feet turn inside. He has had three surgical operations and he is much better than before, but we're not sure if he could walk and control his excretion. At times with our help he can stand and control his excretion.
3. Tian Ling was a dying baby who was only three months old and weighed 1.5 kilograms when she was sent to the orphanage. She had a split lip. Now she weighs about seven kilograms and her spilt lip has been repaired.
4. Recently the orphanage has received four lip-spilt babies aging from 1 to 12 months old. They are all fed with milk powder, so the orphanage was in great need of money. Thanks to your remittance, we're able to feed the babies again.
5. Now the orphanage has 19 children, the largest number ever in the
orphanage. The price of grain and oil is increasing quickly in China. The heating cost in winter grows 50% more than last year.

Best Wishes from Wang Dinghui