weavers4jesus @weavers4jesus@dingdash.com

Day 5 of not being allowed to leave our home. I think about 70% of Beijing is probably on lockdown. But I hear grocery stores are being emptied wherever people are actually allowed out of their homes.

Beijing has 1800 new cases today and that’s huge for here. The days ahead will be interesting.

They come to our home each day to do covid test while on this lockdown. It feels surreal.

@faith20 Thank you for such a heart felt prayer! God Bless you!

UPDATE: So their family is locked into their home for 7 days. Their door was sealed with paper border that can only be broken when the white hazmat suits show up to take a daily covid test.... So far our own family has not heard anything, so we are ok for the time being!

Urgent time sensitive prayer need.

Our city in China is locking down many areas. Lock downs in China are harsh and direct. Our friends door has had alarms installed on it so that if they open their door to go out, it will ring and notify their community and police. This is quite common. So far our city has handled lock downs fairly well compared to other ones where massive food shortages occurred.
Please pray for:
- our family and our sons family who lives nearby
- the elderly - it brings back memories of the Great Starvation days where they suffered greatly
- Christians to use these hard days to share Gods love with each other and those who are not saved yet!

We are preparing and getting ready! With vision and purpose while living in China! God be Glorifed

@speakthetruth 😂😂😂 I was just thinking tonight about how our house we live in here in China is crumbling apart! So true

@Cherishingsparrows2020 hey can you post the link. I’d like to see it. Although I have experienced it in really life and it knocked me so hard during these past few years that I am leaning on God to renew my strength.

@Cherishingsparrows2020 it is an extremely easy process for Chinese to adopt Chinese. And some Christians do but in all honesty if a child needs medical care here it’s a pay first get care after system and most parents can’t afford the costs. 😔. So this is one issue. Even our family has a hard time when we need medical care.

However this is where the church can be encouraged to put their funds together for these children and work together as in Acts when it comes to rescuing these little ones!

@Kruselady amen!

@sinbach @Cherishingsparrows2020 awwwww thank you! I could share mountains and mountains that are in my heart on this topic. Every time others show care towards these precious children it means so much.

ALL CHILDREN are a blessing unto the Lord and His creation knitted in a mothers womb. Even orphans. ❤️🧸❤️🧸❤️🧸❤️🧸

@Cherishingsparrows2020
Chinese families very rarely adopt.The
Culture here has been formed to only want a perfect child, and 95% of Chinas orphans have some type of issue wether it be physical, mental or sometimes even as small as a visable birthmark.The babies who are born to unwed mothers (rare due to the high abortion rate) are quickly adopted by parents on a wait list for a perfect baby. But those babies are extremely rare. So most adoptions are definitely international.

There used to be many “foster homes” which were basically like orphanages created by foreigners (usually Christians) where gov orphanages would allow children to go live with them while still registered in the gov one. These “ foster homes” were amazing! Full of love and kind care. Full of medical treatments, surgeries and schooling.Until the government swooped through a few years ago and forced them all to close and send the children back to gov facilities. The children now suffer a lot.
Thank you for caring!

Please don’t forget to pray for the orphans in China. Because of Covid no international adoptions are moving forward and there are many children waiting for parents and a loving home. 😰😰😰😰😰 they are on my hearts every day. Some little children even had parents arriving to be pick them up and bring them home.... when suddenly the China wall went up and no one could come in to pick them up anymore until Covid restrictions are lifted. Those children have been waiting ever since. Those parents are besides themselves waiting to come get them! Please pray the hearts can be turned soon to opening back up the roads for adoption. And that the people of God could also have moved hearts towards providing homes for children who have been abandoned and are suffering every day without a family.

"Mom the police are here!"
One thing I never get used to is surprise police visits! Today it was to introduce the new "Manager of Foreigners " and ask us questions. Our family is the only foreigners in our area! So it is an honor and privilege to be here.I believe it is important to always show love,kindness,respect and do our best to win people's hearts. A "from the past Anti-foreigner" attitude can still be seen and felt at times. Some will still use the words" white devils" in reference to us, but we understand WHY. They had to live through EXTREMELY unimaginable hardships during the years when China forbid white foreigners .They lived with intensity of Communism,Great Starvation,Tiananmen Square Massacre and more! So I find it easy to love those who may treat us wrongly or with prejudice.Jesus spoke on the Cross " They know not what they do"...
Having said all that, MOST people here are the sweetest kindest people!The Chinese have become my people in many ways and always will be!

Still on lockdown.
A few of you have asked if we are ok. Yes we are pressing on and keeping our eyes on Jesus. 🦋

But it truly living on pins and needles!

@Cherishingsparrows2020 @sinbach it’s a little crazy over here. The other night almost 5000 were gathered and moved the other night! 😔😔😔😔😔

Please pray for the people in Beijing

https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/06/china/china-xi-pbsc-zero-covid-intl-hnk/index.html