Get ready to smile! If you find you are going through one of ‘those’ weeks and in need of inspiration, this week’s blog is written and photographed by adoptive parent Kathy Goedeken and should be all the ‘pick up’ you need! Read the rest of this entry »

Saving abandoned children and seeing them start living life to the fullest is one of the greatest thrills in my life. The joy comes not only in seeing our children flourish in their new lives with their forever family, but in seeing the huge magic of transformation in the lives of the forever parents, grandparents and so many others. This is certainly the case for Mike and Donna Arnold who only last month got to take their forever child, two year old Ming Yue (now Carly), home with them. Donna recently wrote:

Dear Christian Action Family,

Words cannot express the gratitude we feel for the work that you do with the children of China. When we married 10 years ago never did we imagine where our lives would have led us 10 years later. Little did we know that our paths would cross with more meaning and love than some people experience in a lifetime. Read the rest of this entry »

The Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO) is a not for profit, global network of young chief executives connected around the shared mission of becoming Better Leaders Through Education and Idea Exchange.  I took a small group of YPO members to Qinghai in June to show them what Christian Action has been doing as we serve the most vulnerable people in that province. Read the rest of this entry »