Maria’s Big House of Hope

Our family has always played the lottery game–you know the one, the “What would you do if you won the lottery?” My answer for as long as I can remember has been, “I would open a big facility in China where I could take care of orphans the way they should be cared for–with love, patience and helping them through whatever issues that brought them there.”

I’ve never won the lottery and am still not able to follow that dream but I remember the day I was surfing the net to find current news about China and it’s orphans. I came across the Show Hope website and when I opened the link titled Maria’s Big House of Hope, a chill went down my spine.

It was described exactly how I’d always dreamed I would spend my lottery money on. Here is a tidbit of the description– read how wonderful it is….

Show Hope is proud to officially announce the opening of this exciting project that will provide love and care for orphans throughout China who are in desperate need of surgeries and special medical attention.

Located in Luoyang, which is in the Henan province and has a population of around 6 million people, this caring facility will be a beacon of hope to the people of China and the world. Henan is one of the poorest provinces in all of China. The state-run Luoyang orphanage takes care of nearly 700 children and ends up with most of the “special needs” orphans from all around Henan. Maria’s Big House of Hope is a 6 story building that will be equipped with everything needed to care for orphans with special needs. Every child in this facility will be 5 years old or younger, and these will represent some of the neediest orphans in China.

The Fourth Floor is the one I would want to be a part of:

The fourth floor is dedicated to hospice care for children who are terminal. This floor contains 28 beds. Other rooms include a medical room /intensive care room, main emergency room, and isolation room. Every new child will be brought to the fourth floor to be evaluated, registered, and diagnosed. They will then be sent, depending on how severe their ailments, to the corresponding floor. Robin and Joyce want to make the children as comfortable as possible before they pass.

If you are looking for a way to help China’s orphans, please consider donating to this amazing mission. This isn’t my organization and I am not linked to it in any way. I have never even met anyone that is affiliated with it, but because I have been on the front lines of the orphan’s battleground and seen the need first-hand day in and day out, I believe in this house and what it would mean to the children. If you do too, you can donate HERE.

Thank you.
Kay