The SFCV Journal

In spite of the international financial uncertainty lingering on, the needs of our children continue to grow.  We have never turned a child away and God has always provided the financial support needed to care for each one.  But we’ve noticed a peculiar thing—God’s provision has always come through individuals just like you!

We need your help more than ever with the following specific needs:

Sponsorships: Just $35 each month helps provide our operating budget for the food, clothing and care needed by each child in our village.  Sponsorships of individual houses are also available, providing the housing and utilities for an entire group of children.

School: Our new school is ready for children just as soon as we furnish the rooms.  An average of $2,500 furnishes one room.

Medical: We currently have several children in need of medical care: Sam, Walter, Joelle, Lily-Diana, Grace, and others. $15,000 is needed to replenish our medical fund.

Vocational Center: $37,000 is due for the foundation and the next phase totals $109,000.

We trust that one of these projects is within reach for practically every person reading this newsletter.  Will you help us care for these incredible children?  If so, please e-mail us:  info@chinaorphans.org.

Thanks in advance for your love, prayers, and support!

Tim & Pam Baker
Founders

Our babies don’t get chubby all on their own; it takes a pretty steady diet of formula to make that happen.  And chubby do they get!  Within months, our smallest are transformed into rolly-poly chubness.  But in the last few weeks, the price of formula has significantly jumped, and in the last few months, the number of babies in our home has jumped by nine. We need some help.

If you know of anyone coming to the Beijing area who could bring in regular or soy formula for our children’s village, we’d much appreciate it.  Our staff & drivers are in Beijing often enough, we can even send someone in to pick it up.  We prefer the Nestle brand (in China) but any brand from the West is appreciated.  This need will be current through at least June.  Though we can purchase regular formula here, soy formula needs to be brought in from the West.

Another need, though not quite as dire, is for XL diapers.  We have an amazing team in Hong Kong that started a Hong Kong PHF Diaper Club, and they help supply our diapers each month.  We are forever grateful, especially as the nannies’ salaries, prices for food, and medical care has all risen in the last few months.  It has greatly alleviated our house budgets to cover those increases.  But, their company doesn’t make XL diapers.  We have some larger children, mostly House of Love kids like Judah & Xander, who still need diapers.   Again, if you know of anyone coming in who could help us purchase XL diapers, we’d much appreciate it!

UPDATE (2009.03.05): We use NESTLE or LACTOGEN brands for formula.  SOY is more difficult to get in China, but at this time, we can use both regular and soy.  Apparently there is more than one size for XL; size 6 (16+ kg) would be helpful.  Thank you!

* Ginger is now in hospital.  She will be here for the next couple of weeks to be evaluated for her upcoming surgeries.  She has a hernia, an abdomen deformity, and a heart defect that will all need to be corrected. We still need to raise about US$7500 for her surgery.  We were so excited to see the surgeons in their newly opened wing at Huaxin Hospital; they are good surgeons, and they have been faithful PHF partners!

* Lily-Diana returns from the hospital today.  Doctors inserted a new shunt, and we hope this one takes!  This little one has a glint in her eye that we hope gets her into lots of trouble when she’s older!

* Five-month-old Sam went into hospital. He currently has a colostomy bag, but the surgeons are confident they can do the necessary corrections.  We had to pay US$3000 to get him admitted; we may need to pay more.  Please pray for this little life!  He is new to us, so we are still getting to know him.

* We were so blessed to have a quiet Spring Festival, but I am sad to report that Pattie Fu Yuanle passed away quite suddenly due to an infection related to her megacolon.  We were so grateful to Taxi Wang, who transported her in, missing his own holiday celebrations; for the doctors who found her a bed in the hospital and treated her that night; and the medical team for responding so quickly.  We had another little girl a couple of years ago who had the same problem and the same result.  It’s hard when we are not sure what we could have done differently, but we trust that she is safe and comforted in our Father’s arms.

* Thank you for your continued prayers!  God continues to show us favor, and we continue to serve.