An Unexpected Welcoming

If you have read my books, Lessons From China and Unseen Tears, you know about the fire in a fireworks factory that claimed the lives of many adults and made many children orphans. This occurred in a rural area about an hour away from the university where I taught in...

The Hole in the Heart Operations

As I wrote about in Global Partners in Life’s (GPiL) book, Unseen Tears, there have been multiple children for whom GPiL has provided funding to meet the expenses for an operation to correct a hole in a child’s heart.  The character in the book was named Xiao Ting,...

Medical Issues: Helping a girl with spina bifida

As I mentioned in my book, Unseen Tears, on my first visit to the main orphanage in the book, I wasn’t told this was a special needs orphanage.  As you may imagine, I was slightly surprised when we entered the orphanage and I realized it was a special needs orphanage....

Scholarship Recipients

Last week I shared with you about the scholarship program Global Partners in Life implemented through the university where I taught.  I have always heard that China’s culture places a greater value on males compared to females, and I noticed that a female wasn’t one...

Scholarships

One of the goals of Global Partners in Life is to provide for the education of students in China, especially those that are facing challenges.  Global Partners in Life worked closely with the university where I taught in China and developed a scholarship program.  The...