I'm Naomi, just a simple woman hand picked to live in China, love special needs orphans, and to work as physical therapist. I am ChinaBird and these are my stories, joys and trials of life here at Shepherd's Field Children's Village in Tianjin, China!
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"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 happens or what we're going through in life, God is still God and He is in control. I love knowing that the Creator of the universe has his arms open wide to me when I'm happy or sad, when I'm hurting, when I'm feeling discouraged, when I'm worried or unsure about the future, no matter where I'm at...He is waiting for me to run into His open arms. It was so cool, this song has been so powerful that I had to share it with all of you (see below). While looking up this song on YouTube, I came across a video of speaker Francis Chan from Passion 2015. His message at the conference was about not losing the wonder of salvation and the wonder of approaching Christ and his presence through prayer. It was the right word at the right moment for me. I think so often I allow myself to get caught up in what's happening around me, good and bad, that I forget to look to the one who created it. It was a great word, I've been so encouraged!
I think it's good for all of us to take some time to step back from what we have going on and just thank and praise God for our current situation - good and bad. I know that sadly, horrible things happen to people and but God is still God and no matter what He is always a reason to worship!
So, here I go - I'm stepping back with a heart of gratefulness and giving God the praise he so greatly deserves for giving me this life! Give the song a listen and take a look at these pictures from the last few weeks! I can't stress enough how grateful I am that He given me this place and these kids - they're all so dear to my heart!
LISTEN NOW! :)
Kayla and Katy are too cute!
Hanging out with Isaac during Chinese New Year!
Watching fireworks with Cody during CNY
Ronny lighting a CNY sparkler
Wes
My new flag! Just a reminder of the awesomeness of God for knowing me more than I could have known myself! I'm so in love with China and the work that is being done here!
Lydia
The therapy Ayi's and I at a therapy seminar in Beijing!
Hey Friends! HK here we come! :) As promised, I'm here to tell you all about my recent adventure to Hong Kong. Several of you may remember that I have a small traveling buddy that accompanies me on my adventures here in china. Her name is I Love You Bear or ILY as I call her. In Early September, ILY and I set out on our most recent adventure to Hong Kong to renew my Chinese visa. If you know me, then you know that I tend not to have the best luck when it comes to traveling. Thankfully this trip was much better than trips in the past. The one and only "hiccup" per say was on during my exit of mainland china. I flew from Beijing to Shanghai and had a short layover before catching a flight to Hong Kong. During this lay over I had to go through Chinese immigration to get my passport stamped to verify my leaving the country. I got in line with plenty of time before my flight, I stood in line for what felt like forever, but finally it was my turn. As always, I stepped u...
Hey All! I know it's been awhile since I posted last. Life has been quite eventful and with the Christmas holiday and all...sadly, I just never got around to posting my thoughts, photos, etc from these last few weeks. All of that being said, lets back track a little and talk about all of the christmas celebrations and December happiness at SFCV and then move forward to present day :) December 10th: SFCV Inn Staff Thanks-Christmas dinner. As tradition would have it, we all (the SFCV Inn Staff members) gathered for a Thanksgiving/ Christmas dinner (turkey, stuffing, pie, the works...) with all of our foreign staff members and Inn staff. The night was fill with Delicious food and even greater company! December 11th: All Staff Christmas Party. Celebrating the Christmas season with all of our SFCV staff members (minus the Ayi's caring for the kids- they had a different party) with snacks, grab bag and awesome giveaways! Sadly, I was sick and had...
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