Changing Lives....

To anyone who thinks short term mission trips doesn't change lives, think again! Meet Wu Jia Wei...

We first met her in 2008, but it was in 2010 that our team began providing a private tutor for her, as she had no schooling past fifth grade (she's much older than she appears), and would not be prepared for life outside the orphanage doors. Juan, a sweet college age girl we met through the church there, has been her tutor ever since. Last summer we were told that the orphanage would send her to a vocational school, but we weren't holding our breath. Yesterday I got an exciting update from one of our team members in China. So rewarding to know we helped instigate this opportunity...

She is now back to the school in Shenyang, studying Arts and Crafts. There are about 16,7 students in her class, about the same age range, three of them are the same age as hers, some of them are 17,8 years old, some of them are early 20s. She is now assigned as a Class Committee member in charge of study, by her teacher. She is very proud of that. The teacher praised her Chinese writing. And what she had learned from Juan, now is part of her study. Juan was very happy to hear that, and me too!