ChinaBird

Wow, wow, wow! Spring has sprung, the dreary winter is over! Time is marching right on by and I can't believe how fast it's going. I'm excited to share a little update with all of you about what's been going on here at SFCV. God's on the move and it's  exciting to see Him at work and to be used by Him. "We are all pencils in the hand of God" ~ Mother Teresa~ Therapy... Lydia, Sid & Xander in Sign language class with teacher Kelly in January 2015. Back in December and January we had an intern named Kelly, come from the U.S. to teach sign language to some of our non-verbal and verbally challenged therapy kids. Kelly was awesome and laid a solid foundation of basic signs for our kids to learn and use on a daily basis. Having her here opened my eyes to our need for a speech development and speech therapy program. In the beginning of March, I took a huge leap of faith and decided to put my nose to the grind and develop a custom progra

"All of my life, In every season, You are still God, I have a reason to sing,  I have a reason to Worship..."     You may or may not be familiar with Hillsong Music, which is a well-recognized music ministry based out of Hillsong Church in Australia. I truly believe that God has blessed this ministry and has used it to draw others to Himself.  This music has the ability to capture and speak to the depths of our soul and draw you into a time of worship. For the last several weeks, I've been listening to "Hillsongs radio" on Pandora and I love it! Yesterday morning a song came on that I had heard before but had never honed in on the words or their meaning. The words began to speak deeply to my heart and instantly drew me into the tangible presence of God. By now you may have guessed it, that song was entitled " Desert Song". It talks about continually having a heart of praise, gratefulness and trust in God because, no matter what happ