The SFCV Journal

On Tuesday, June 30th, the children and staff of Shepherd’s Field were treated to a concert compliments of Professor In-Hong Cha.  Dr. In-Hong Cha, known as the ‘Maestro in a Wheelchair’, teaches applied violin and serves as an Associate Professor of Music, director of orchestral studies, conductor of the University Symphony Orchestra, coordinator of strings and leader of the Faculty String Quartet at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio.

As a guest conductor with New York Gospel Orchestra, Dr. Cha completed a gospel music concert tour with Ms. Lena Maria, the world famous Swedish gospel singer. The KBS and SBS TV, Korea produced a documentary drama on his life called ‘Human Victory’ and it was telecast throughout the country. His autobiography, ‘Beautiful Man and Beautiful Success’, was published in Korea and it became a best seller. His appearance at the Crystal Cathedral Church with Dr. Robert Schuler was broadcast all around the world.

Dr. Cha still holds the record of wheelchair field tract and marathon in Korea. He is a gold medalist from the 1976 Oita Fespic Games, Japan.   The President Award of the most distinguished Korean in foreign country was given to him in 2006.  He plays a Joseph Gagliano violin made in Naples, Italy in 1769.

They sang some songs.  Then we sang some sangs.  All in our first ever hangout in the new Outreach Center.  A big THANK YOU to Penny’s Gang for spending the day with us!  They were a great encouragement to our staff and lots of fun for our kids.

Some friends of ours, Jessica & Brad, have been teaching at one of Langfang’s universities, and they bring their Chinese university students and foreign teaching colleagues every month to love on our kids.  They have chosen our House of Blessings as Their house to serve in, and we are so grateful for their time.  I love LOVE the video Brad put together and wanted to share.  If this link doesn’t work, look for user Bard203 at Youtube & PHF 10-28-08.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBUUMNEfUjs

Langfang Walmart Visit

I’ve been rummaging through our old digital pictures tonight.  I am blown away by the number of people who have come alongside PHF and given of their talents & resources to bless these kids.  The U.S. Marines has done Toys for Tots for our kids the last six years. The Langfang Walmart invited our kids to a pre-Grand Opening Celebration, set up just for our kids.

Steven Ose

Friend Steven Ose attempted a Ride Across America to raise money for the vocational center.  The Nippon Paint factory in Langfang donates all the paint we need, whenever we need it!

Numerous churches, organizations, and businesses have sponsored our children’s homes, providing well-maintained housing and full time maintenance staff to keep the kids cozy.  I met someone today who three years ago had donated the three terracotta warriors now in our office.

I hesitate to mention any names, because I know I’ll leave hundreds more out, but what a beautiful partnership this has been!  May He continue to Bless.

Three doctors.  36 Volunteers.  Two Days.  12 Hours.  992 Clients.

Trying to manage the crowds

What a whirlwind week!  We had three teams here serving our kids & community, including a slew of volunteers here to run Luxottica Group Foundation’s two day Gift of Sight . Though one of the smaller projects of the more than 130 they’ve done in the last 17 years, we were proud to partner with them to reach out to our local staff and community on Oct 23 & 24.  Our hearts rejoiced with the seventy-year-old woman who received her first pair of glasses and saw clearly for the first time.  Another woman in her late thirties was the first I’ve met who delighted in her wrinkles,  newly revealed by her first pair of glasses.  Our upcoming Oct/Nov newsletter has pictures of the project, but check out our Picasa album, too, for more soon-to-be-posted pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/PhilipHaydenFoundation.

A Terracotta Warrior Benefits

A woman waits for her Glasses

If you want to read more about Luxottica’s amazing projects, go to http://www.givethegiftofsight.org.

Six-year-old Hayden Sun Yuanyuan is always quick to pull guests down to sit next to her and chat, and it’s usually more sweet command than gentle request.  Though here just a short time–she moved to House of Love in July–she’s quickly captured our hearts.  Hayden has a large tumor on her cheek, which has grown significantly in the last few months, and tomorrow she heads to a surgery team in Hefei with Dr. Moody.  U.S. Surgeon Dr. Lisa Buckmiller will meet them there to help remove the tumor from Hayden’s face.  This is a very delicate surgery, as the mass is attached to the nerves in her cheek, and we ask for your prayers in guiding the surgeons & giving Hayden peace.  We know she has a long healing journey ahead of her, and we can’t wait to see her back home. We lift her up to Jehovah Rapha–our God who Heals.