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Lee and Becky Plummer living and working in Hope Foster Home Beijing, China.
Lee & Becky flew out to China on 1st September 2005 to begin their work at The
Hope Foster Home.
The Hope
Foster Home in Shun Yi County, Beijing, China, cares for sick and
physically disabled babies who have been abandoned. The babies all come from
private or government run Children's Welfare Institutes close to Beijing.
The owners of the home, Dr. Joyce Hill, a
family medical practitioner and her husband, Robin have a vision to
provide
the children with long term care in a caring and secure environment. The home
also seeks to find out the very best medical solution for their handicap and
facilitate the treatment. Robin and Joyce work closely with the local Children's
Welfare Institutes to give these children the greatest opportunities for the
future and raise the awareness of the needs of these abandoned children in
China.
Over the past 5 years the care provided by the
foster home has seen many babies’ lives not only saved but also changed as they
have been adopted into families across the world.
The success of the home and the vision of
the Hills has led to a number of recent developments including a Special care
unit in Henan province (800km from Beijing) and a second home, plus an extensive
fostering programme in the local area.
More details of these projects can be found
on the Hope Foster Home website
www.hopefosterhome.com
Ephesians 3 verse 20
“Now to him
who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his
power that is at work in us”
Robin and Joyce are committed Christians who
run HFH with Christian values at the forefront. Their commitment to the children
they work with is to ‘comfort always, relieve often, save sometimes’
(Palliative Unit motto)
HFH is non-profit making and relies
completely on donations of money and supplies, plus volunteers who offer their
time and skills.
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Where do
we fit in?
We are members of Aldridge Parish Church and Holy Trinity
Clayhanger and have been part of the leadership team for
Aldridge Youth Fellowship for the last five years.
During that time we have had
the privilege of taking two groups of young
people to visit Hope Foster Home, with the aim of supporting those in
need, learning what it means to serve others, experiencing another
culture and
to inspire these young people in overseas mission.
HFH employs and trains local staff and
encourages volunteers to get involved with the work of
the home.
On our last visit in August 2004, Robin and Joyce Hill offered us
the opportunity to work
at HFH to support the growing demands of the
work that they do, especially as the work of the
home now covers a
variety of sites. |
Becky
was one of the wardens at
Holy Trinity Clayhanger and Lee led the
worship team and together they ran the Housegroup. They were both involved in the
running of services in leading and preaching with Becky helping out in “Pebbles”
children’s group for under 5’s.
What our roles will be:
Becky
- To continue and develop the work of a kindergarten for
2-5 year olds,
- With the possibility of expanding the structure to
include the younger children and children of the nannies who work at the
home.
Lee
- To assist in the on going maintenance of the HFH and
related sites,
- And take responsibility for the organisation and
facilitation of volunteer group programmes.
Together
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Look after the pastoral and social needs of volunteers who come to
HFH for short or extended periods of time,
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And develop relationships with volunteers to support their work in
a foreign environment.
Our aim is to remain at HFH for at least 12 months but we
are open to this being extended in order to provide consistency in supporting
the home and developing these areas.
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