Last week, our Charity Director Xia took her quarterly trip to China for training of our LOCC staff! The training provided our LOCC staff an opportunity to learn from each other, study new child care practices, discuss goals for 2016, and present critique and commendations for 2015.
It was a fantastic trip and we cannot wait to see what 2016 brings to our Lily Orphan Care Center’s!
A global forum for World Without Orphans welcomed more than 500 delegates from 70 countries on February 11, 2016 in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The four-day conference brought Christian leaders and orphan care organizations together for the first time, to launch a movement for a world without orphans. CCAI’s co-founder and president Joshua Zhong was privileged to attend the conference and witness a global enthusiasm to de-institutionalize orphan care and to seek permanency for all orphaned children. For more information please visit www.worldwithoutorphans.org.
Hello CCAI families! Here is your weekly dose of cute – please meet Shi! He is 9 years old. Shi had the opportunity to participate in our Winter Hosting Program 2015. He loved living with his host siblings, and would really love to have his own siblings some day! Please share his story to help this sweet boy find his family!
Here is what his host family shared with us:
“Shi is a typical boy – he loves to play basketball and with matchbox cars. The only thing he dislikes is arts and crafts. Currently, he is running around the house with a flashlight hunting for monsters under our beds. He doesn’t let his skull abnormality keep him from participating in games. As the Nerf darts were flying around the house, he went and put on his helmet before I told him to. He is not a picky eater. He will choose healthy foods over sweets. Our dentist praised his teeth brushing habits, and Shi had no cavities. He loves to take bedtime baths. He sleeps well and dresses himself.
Shi is a sponge! He was able to pick up English so quickly! We are a family of 12 and within one week the clever boy knows all our English names. He is a sweet boy with a good temperament and he really loves hugs! He is sensitive boy with just a pinch of naughtiness added. He is always curious and up for any challenge. He likes to run with the older boys and when they are tired of playing he is content to play with our 6 year old daughter. Shi is so bright! He is able to look at directions and build complicated Lego 
figures without any help!
Shi would be a wonderful son and brother in any size of family. He can be a snuggle bunny and we have fallen in love with him!”
Shi’s host family is willing to talk with families that are seriously interested in adopting him! Please ask the Waiting Child Department for more information.
Shi is a Special Focus child, meaning he can be matched to a family either with or without a dossier in China and may also be accepted along with another child! He is diagnosed with Head and chest malformation, poor development of right clavicle, and missing parietal bone. Please call 303-850-9998 or email waitingchild@ccaifamily.org for more information about Shi!
Visit http://ccaifamily.org/WaitingChild/Waiting-Child-Profile.aspx to see more children waiting for their forever families.
It’s time for another Too Cute Tuesday! Meet Kun (you might also recognize her as Quinn from Journey of Hope!) This silly, fun-loving 10-year-old girl always has a smile on her face. Please help us share her story so that she can find her forever family!
Kun likes to sing and dance, and she sure likes to talk too! She has learned to express her needs and takes the initiative to say “hi” to visitors and play games with the younger children. Quinn also comforts other kids when they are sad by sharing her own toys. She can help nannies with chores and loves to help others.
Kun was hosted in the US this last Winter as a part of our Winter Hosting Program! Kun’s host family shared some of their favorite things about her with us:
“Kun is a cheerful, cuddly girl who loves to giggle and be silly and loves attention. She is definitely a girly girl and likes having her hair brushed (and to brush others) nailpolish and chapstick, and the prettier the dress the better. She loves playing with shape puzzles, building toys (like legos and magnetic shapes) and especially play-doh. She LOVES to sing and could never get enough of swing dancing with one of us in the living room. She enjoys chores and took it on herself to do things like sweep, wash windows, break down boxes, and fold clothes – she has an amazing work ethic. She has good self care skills – can bathe (though I stayed with her at bathtime) and dress herself and can go to the bathroom on her own.
I feel she was very timid and a bit scared when arriving but left fearless. She was very scared of our two dogs at first – to the point that she couldn’t even look at them (we kept them confined by a baby gate in another room at first). But halfway through her stay she really warmed up to them, and really seemed to enjoy being around them and feeding them. Also at mid visit she just took that attitude with everything else – and threw herself into every activity from sledding to sleigh rides to horseback riding. It was neat to see her petting one of the big draft horses just a week after she was terrified of a dog.”
Please help us find Kun’s forever family!
Happy Chinese New Year, CCAI Family!!!
This past Friday, February 6th, the Joyous Chinese Cultural Center ushered in the new Year of the Monkey with their annual Chinese New Year Celebration! The beautiful event was attended by over 1000 family members and friends and featured breathtaking performances from our incredible (and incredibly adorable) JCCC dancers and actors (well done, Adult Chinese Language Class!), as well as a Chinese magician!
Opening up with an electrifying Lion Dance from the talented Shaolin Hung Mei Kung Fu students and closing with a heartwarming group sing-along to “The Ocean is My Homeland”, the unforgettable evening was yet another beautiful success.
We loved all of the fantastic performances and catching up with friends, old and new. CCAI and JCCC wish you all a happy and healthy Year of the Monkey, brimming with blessings and delicious food!
Xin Nian Kuai Le! Gong Xi Fa Cai!
Happy Too Cute Tuesday! Please meet Jun – a smart and friendly 8 year old who is looking for his forever family!
Jun is currently studying in the special education class and is doing well. His nannies say that he is ahead of some of his classmates in school, and that he is able to express himself very well through language. Jun likes listening to music and playing at the sand table in his classroom. He gets along well with other children and is helpful and polite toward his nannies. Jun can manage most tasks on his own – he can eat alone and go to and from school alone, though his motor development is a bit delayed. Jun has a bright future ahead of him – please help him find his forever family so he can continue to grow!
Jun is a Special Focus child, meaning he can be matched to a family either with or without a dossier in China and may also be accepted along with another child! He is diagnosed with Club Feet and An Upper Limb Deformity.
Please call 303-850-9998 or email waitingchild@ccaifamily.org for more information about Jun!
Visit http://ccaifamily.org/WaitingChild/Waiting-Child-Profile.aspx to see more children waiting for their forever families.