***URGENT TIME SENSITIVE NEED!****
I can't believe it! We are in danger of having no van!Our city has new rules and we must get rid of our van! It has an emissions problem that is a design flaw.
WE MUST have a van! Here are some reasons:
-work is so far away that he cannot use buses to travel.
-Joshua's emergency seizures. trips to the hospital and health needs.
-No more orphanage outreach :-(
-Our family can't fit a car - we are 7 people.
-There are ministry needs that I am not free to share.
WE are looking into options, but**BUT WE ONLY HAVE 14 DAYS* until we must hand our van over.
So I am starting this fundraiser immediately!
I do not want to use GOFUND ME because they take almost 3%.!
We we will need to raise approximately $9000.
If you can help here is the link:
paypal.me/WeaverFamilyChina
PLEASE know that we are thankful from the bottom of our hearts! We know God wants the people in China touched even MORE than us!
The Weaver Family!
Tears fall. Today was already hard for many reasons. But tonight I saw this picture and tears fell like a silent waterfall.
This is little YuanHao. He was a precious little baby who was born with anal atresia ( no opening). He was cruelly brought to the brink of death 3 times before we got the phone call asking if we would care for him! In this picture he is almost a year old. When we got him he only weighed 6.5 lbs at 9 months of age. With love and care he learned to smile, and even laugh.
We got the blessing of loving him until he went to heaven due to internal organ failure.
It’s amazing how there is always a place in our hearts for each child we care for that will never go away.
🌹And can still bring tears🌹
See the before picture and after:
sometimes when we think of slavery and human trafficking, we think of the problem of other nations, when the fact is, it's happening in our own backyard
https://backtojerusalem.com/slavery-and-human-trafficking-is-happening-in-our-own-back-yard/
Difference between North American hospitals and Chinese:
1. No triage system
2. Bathrooms offer no toilet paper.
3. Bathrooms have cold water only. If it works.
4. No soap. 😖 No hand sanitizer. No paper towels.
7. No western toilets. Only acrid smelling squat toilets.
9. Family drives the beds, take the temp, hold IV bags up in the air when the IV poles are all in use etc
11.You get all your results within the hour
12. Most times you see the specialist Doctor that same hour if you need one.
13. Hygiene with staff is 20 years behind.
14. There are no wheelchairs in the emergency department
15. They burn incense in the bathrooms.
16. You have to pay for everything before you get it. For example before you have IV or oxygen you need to buy the needle, the tourniquet band, the lines, the IV bags, the med and oxygen and mask. Then upon receipt you get the use.
18. AND NO PRIVACY AT ALL.about 8 people all group together, watchand listen to learn what’s wrong with one another
@MaineStreams I can't imagine the pain and anger to watch all those ppl turned over to the enemy. The horror for those being turned over, to go from nervous happiness to the feeling of terror in the gut. I believe Jesus stood with all of them but what an tragic thing to endure. My heart cries for the return of Christ and yet marches onward for the lost souls. Satan needs to go to hell with his demons alone - without one person in his evil hands.
This Sunday, let's remember our brothers and sisters being persecuted.
A church in Chengdu gets a surprise visit from the police during their Sunday morning worship service. Then the believers do something that the police rarely see and they are SHOCKED...
https://backtojerusalem.com/chinese-police-stunned-when-house-church-raid-doesnt-go-as-planned/
We have had a crazy couple of weeks here!
We were able to spend some time with a young person and give them a Bible. So exciting!
However here in China, it’s getting harder and harder all the time for us and our Chinese brothers and sisters.
One thing that has really irked me lately is how many Americans and Canadians are crying out “ our country is communist now”
And here were are in China shaking our heads saying “ ummm nope! Your nothing like here!”
Maybe things could head that way but for now it’s nothing like living in a country with millions of cameras tracking every move, guards everywhere, police everywhere, and a gov always watching, citizen credit scores, etc., social pressure that is absolutely intense, 99% conviction rate, and you can get life in prison for stealing a bike if they feel like it.
Just a few thoughts.
China is filled with beautiful people. Precious souls. They suffer here more than you know.
Blessings
Has the Taliban mistakenly opened a back door for underground house church missionaries into Afghanistan? Perhaps so and this is how... https://backtojerusalem.com/has-the-taliban-unwittingly-opened-a-back-door-for-chinese-missionaries/
I am HORRIFIED by this story out of Afghanistan! And I don't understand why God let this happen.
At the same time, perhaps He is sowing seed in the soil of this land. Perhaps the blood of His saints will bring forth a mighty Harvest.
In case they are still alive, please pray for these brothers and sisters and orphans to be safe.
https://backtojerusalem.com/100-christians-and-300-orphan-children-in-kabul-rescued-brought-to-airport-then-forced-to-leave-and-meet-their-death-by-taliban/
RUTH! This is one of our favorite Sight & Sound Theatre productions. This Friday you can watch it and pay the amount you choose! It is an amazing performance. And a beloved story of courage and loyalty! Enjoy!
Drastic Lockdowns here in China due to the Delta variant!
Millions of tests, People have to stay in their homes ( and that means homes..... only medical exceptions allowed out), and so on!
Communities are once again building walls and fences and guards standing 24 hours a day!
And yes our family will be affected. As to what degree....? that is just being decided here in Beijing...
UPDATE: the father has returned home and is with his two children who were not near the fire the day it happened. Mom has had successful surgery and is now awake in the hospital. The two children have had successful surgeries and are slowly recovering.
Sadly the grandpa has been charged with negligence causing injury to 5 people, and the death of the 1 year old. Something to do with the Gerry can filled with gas? He is utterly broken so please pray for him!
The flooding in China is crazy!
It is going to impact China in many ways! Many people are missing! Many people have drowned, as most Chinese do not know how to swim. There are people crying out for help to find their loved ones! Entire Farms have been washed away! Apparently millions of livestock have drowned or been basically standing in flood waters unable to eat for days! This will once again create a lack of food! Entire crops gone! Entire livelihoods washed away! We will be looking at price increases for food here once again! At the beginning to Covid they went high but have been slowly coming back down......but this will once again change things!
Chinese Christians are banding together and helping in the most beautiful sacrificial ways! It brings me to tears as I hear reports of brothers and sisters racing to the flood frontlines to help!
this small video is nearby where we live and it is nothing compared to Henan flooding! Our friend sent it....
If you want to understand how China’s 1 child policy has affected China this is a good glimpse into it! We see and feel the effects each day, as we see the effect that created “ little emporer and empress children”! And the deviating effect of abortion in many lives! And the consequences of 1:3 ratio of women to men which is causing havoc in areas such as abudction, selling brides etc...
https://www.amazon.com/One-Child-Nation-Nanfu-Wang/dp/B08CS63MCV
PLEASE PRAY FOR THIS FAMILY~! And all the firemen, police , ambulance, medical and frist responders as they are traumatized also.
They were having a bonfire when the dad went to add gasoline to the fire as it was not starting. And explosion happened and the Dad, Mom, 1 year old and 4 year old girl, and 6 year old boy were all injured. The children and mom have life threatening burns and the baby just died after surgery.
We were best friends in Canada with 2 of the first firefighters that arrived on scene and have been in contact. They are taking it very hard.
Blessings
Orlena