Philip Hayden Foundation
During my time at Auburn and Grace Campus we launched a large-scale fundraising campaign to impact the world. We call it Give Grace and one thing Give Grace is about is helping orphans around the globe. Recently, i wrote about my friends visiting Bethany Village in Uganda. The orphanage at Bethany Village is one of the orphanages that Give Grace sponsors. Also, Give Grace sponsors many children at the Philip Hayden Foundation near Beijing, China. Here’s a brief excerpt about PHF,
The primary work of Philip Hayden Foundation is the establishment of their children’s villages in Mainland China, where they take in at-risk and special-needs orphans, love them, provide them surgeries to correct their special needs conditions, and work to find loving families to adopt them. Approximately 95% of the orphans in their care are special needs children, most of whom were abandoned by their parents because they were born “broken”. PHF’s philosophy is to take in these so-called “broken” children and transform their hopelessness into beautiful stories of redemption and love.
While in Auburn we would spend day after day talking about these kids in China so now that i’m here i thought it would be perfect to go visit them and play with the children that people all the way back in Auburn love so much. My weekend was amazing. The kids are beautiful. The staff at PHF are amazing and very generous. The orphanage is beautiful which gives the children an amazing environment to grow up in. I haven’t quite processed everything, but i know i was changed by my experience there. Check out the video below and then visit these other websites to find out how you can get involved with loving orphans around the world.
www.chinaorphans.org
www.givegrace.net
What orphanage have you been to that tugs at you to return?
Also, while at PHF i learned that it is the place where Stephen Curtis Chapman’s daughter, Maria, was adopted from. Can anyone confirm that?
Yan said
am June 2 2008 @ 9:39 pm
Haha, I’ve been at your blog for the whole day, so now I have the chance to be the first to comment here.
Heihei! Show us some videos!
jeh said
am June 2 2008 @ 11:30 pm
bisc, it was beautiful! thanks for being our eyes and hugs over there. love.
Mom said
am June 3 2008 @ 12:02 am
If that doesn’t tug at your heart, you don’t have one. Thanks for hugging them for us.
vicky beeching said
am June 3 2008 @ 1:52 am
Wow… thanks for taking the video so we can see where you went… Definitely a heart tug for me to go hug those little ones and let them know they are loved and special…
dad said
am June 3 2008 @ 5:25 am
Great video! That really does tug at your heart. Glad you had the opportunity to share we so many. You are doing a wonderful job.
All my love …
Beth said
am June 3 2008 @ 5:45 am
hey biscuet! gosh isn’t phillip hayden awesome. that’s where i was for half of my time in china 2 years ago. and yes that is where maria chapman was. she was actually with a foster family when mr. chapman met her. anyway i’m so glad you got to see it. thanks for sharing everything with us..
Matt Dean said
am June 3 2008 @ 11:11 am
thank you so much for going there and putting that on film. I’ve wanted to see that for a long time - to say the least. seeing that puts give grace in perspective. how could we not be a part of that? appreciate you friend.
Andy said
am June 3 2008 @ 11:01 pm
B-
I’m on here every day. Thanks for the encouragement.
elaine said
am June 3 2008 @ 11:29 pm
what orphanage have you been to that tugs you to return? well, i dont even like to call it an orphanage, because really my friend has become mother to 45 indian children, so they’re not orphans. http://www.lifeatkhomes.blogspot.com. simply amazing.
jennife said
am June 17 2008 @ 11:24 pm
how beautiful. i have always loved those children and someday want to adopt. thankyou for the wonderful video.
Leah said
am September 14 2008 @ 7:30 pm
I hope you can come back soon! Our new kids’ homes opened, and the new buildings are almost done. September is a great month to visit! : )
Grab Erin & come over!
Oh, and can I link this blog/video to our PHF blog/video?
Jill Shelton said
am September 16 2008 @ 12:17 am
Excellent clip. Can I either copy it or buy a copy from you? Our son, is the second little boy shown in the video. He has the water bottle.
His name is Drew and we are expected to travel to adopt him this Fall.
:O))))))))))
JS
http://www.tableforliu.blogspot.com
Janie said
am September 16 2008 @ 3:17 pm
What a sweet reminder of PHF’s heart through your video! We barely missed meeting one another….I was there early June through August! Thanks for sharing! BTW…Auburn is definitely getting represented at PHF, I met several AU students on a short-term group that came through and I am an Auburn grad, myself!