A Change in Seasons and Life

Since the weather is so warm here, I thought I would share with you a story about how Global Partners in Life has tried to protect orphans from the cold. The story starts when I was teaching at a university in China. I learned of a fire in an illegal fireworks factory...

Where It All Started

When I was teaching at a university in China in 2003, I spent a lot of time teaching in classrooms just like the one pictured below. The room may not have been spectacular, but the students certainly were! One day, one of the female students looked sad, so I asked her...

Not a Barbecue

If you think the man in the picture below is grilling, you would be mistaken. This is not a barbecue. He is actually practicing the nearly forgotten skill of blacksmithing. So, when is the last time you saw someone using an anvil, hammer, and fire? I found it...

Hero

I want to honor a hero who has done so much to help others, even to the point of putting himself at risk. This man is a hero in more ways than one. One of the things that make him a hero is that he is the principal of a migrant school in China. I’ll give you some...