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Aug1016

In 2004, when I first had the opportunity to work in a Chinese orphanage, there was one little girl who captured my heart. I was amazed by the fact that I could be caring for 200 babies and yet have one that stood out as so special and dear to my heart. Leaving her after eight days of serving in her orphanage was one of the most difficult things I’ve done. And so when the time for my next trip to serve in another orphanage came, I told myself I would not fall in love with one child in particular. Much as I tried, another little girl stole my heart. Now when I work in the orphanages, I know that it’s inevitable – there will always be one or two children that I will form a special bond with – one or two children whose faces are forever etched on my mind and heart and whom daily remain in my prayers. On my most recent trip to China in May 2010, Scott was one of two of the over 500 children I encountered that captured my heart.
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Aug1001

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Matthew: LWB’s Featured Child of the Week

Matthew is a 10-year-old boy at our Jinjiang Believe In Me School. He knows everything fashionable, such as the latest cartoon image and newest songs. His special need is listed as mental delay, but this boy is lively and clever.
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Jun1024

chinalwb

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Hannah’s Pennies

Hannah just celebrated her 8th birthday. Instead of getting presents, she asked her friends to bring pennies to her birthday party. Yes, pennies that she could donate to her orphanage in China through Love Without Boundaries. Some of her friends were very creative with this request. One friend, for example, made Hannah a nice birthday basket with ribbons filled with pennies.
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Jun1002

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A Day in the Life: Getting To Know LWB’s Education Volunteers

Joy. Glee. Fun! It seems like every time we see photos like this one from our Believe In Me school in Jinjiang, someone is laughing, playing and having a ball. What a pleasure it must be for the Education volunteers to be a part of this! We’d like you to meet two of these Education volunteers as part of our continuing series, “A Day in the Life”. While these two volunteers work with very different types of educational programs, they both have the opportunity to help individuals learn and reach for potential they never even knew they had.

Marilee Gilmore, Believe In Me –Jinjiang Coordinator: I found LWB on the Internet when searching for a foster child to sponsor in 2005. I had been so blessed by the adoption of my daughter from South Korea in 1984 and wanted to give back a little to another international child. I had researched different foundations and was amazed that this all-volunteer organization could do so much with the money contributed. A year later I joined the Education Team as a volunteer and have been with them ever since. I have been fortunate to be the Coordinator of Believe In Me-Jinjiang since we established the school in 2007.
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Apr1026

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Our Very First Field Trip!

Do you remember the excitement of your first field trip ever? Our children at Believe In Me — Jinjiang just experienced that thrill when they left their orphanage and school walls for the very first time. For the past two years, we have been trying to get these children out on a field trip, but for a variety of reasons it never happened. Then, thanks to the generosity of some loving sponsors and the parents-to-be of Esther, one of our BIM-Jinjiang students, the first-ever field trip was made possible!
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Mar1010

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Physical Therapy Camp

So many children in orphanages live with cerebral palsy (CP) and other issues that make mobility difficult. Thanks to Ellen Dietrick, our Physical Therapy (PT) Coordinator and her friend Lisa, an Occupational Therapist (OT), so many lives have been changed this past week as they conducted “Physical Therapy Camp” in Fujian province.
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Jan1027

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A Closer Look at Our Top Ten Photos of 2009….Number Two

When LWB first began our “Believe in Me” education program, which builds schools inside of orphanages for children who cannot attend public school, our goal was for each child we served to know the joy of learning. Our #2 photo of the year is from our “Believe In Me” Jinjiang school in the Fujian province. The children here are so excited to attend classes. They have had a whole new window to the world open to them as our teachers encourage them to use their imaginations and dream.