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"Falling" in Love all over again...

Fall is here!

Of all the seasons that our dear Lord created, Fall has to be the best! All of creation is stunningly gorgeous in the fall. The air is crisp and clear, the sun is warm, the kids are just as cute as ever and change is in the air and yet His blessings are new every morning! With the seasons change, several new changes have come to the SFCV therapy program too: new hours, new space and new kids!
These last few weeks the therapy Ayi's and I have been working hard to clean up and clean out our current space by moving boxes of supplies, moving storage cabinets, moving unused supplies for our new space over to our room in the Vocational Center, cleaning toys, mats, and re-arranging our current space in the House of Promise. It's been a lot of hard work, but such good team building! We now have a re-freshed look on our old space, it's awesome! We've also extended our treatment hours so we can treat more kids! This is something that has been on my heart since I moved to SFCV a year ago, and now, we've done it! With this scheduling change we're now able to treat up to 42 kids, where 31 was our max before! This is so exciting! It's been an adventure in itself making all of these fall changes but overall the experience has helped me to grow in my Faith in Christ, as a leader and as a therapist; just another reason I love fall...God is so good! All of these changes have re-ignighted my fire and passion for my life and work here in China. I've fallen in love all over again with these kids, with my staff, with my co-workers and with China! I've been blessed beyond words that God has allowed me to live this life here in China! I'm awed by the beauty of His creation and His constant love. <3 He's awesome! Ya know what else is awesome? Our kids! haha take a look at these fall photos!

Fall Fun!





Kennedy standing without any help!Yahoo!
Maya is the coolest!

Fall Costume Party!




My favorite batman pumpkin!
They're just the cutest! Love these two!


Therapy Fall Clean up!
House of Promise BEFORE 
House of Promise BEFORE
So grateful for all their help!

Moving supplies over to the Vocational Center to be Stored
Xander even got in on the action! He helped us carry
supplies up to the 3rd floor!
Supplies for the new room, stored in the new room.
New therapy center to open spring 2016!







This AWESOME team of volunteers came and helped us move
 10+ storage cabinets from the House of Promise to the new VC!
So grateful for their hard work!!

House of Promise: AFTER!





Houhai district, Beijing








 Fall Fun with the Kiddos!
Zai is back and ready to help attack therapy! 
(Not literally...I just said it because it rhymes! Zai is a good girl and loves the kids!)






The duo from room 209! Love my partner in crime :)
Robert LOVES when he gets to play with Zai in therapy!
















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