Time with the Chapmans

No words can describe the extreme sorrow and sheer joy that were experienced on Saturday when we joined the Chapmans at their place in Tennessee. Seven years after the tragic loss of their daughter (their story is HERE), the children whose lives were saved due to their direct care for orphans in China, gathered for a "family reunion". Andrew was among the approximately 80 children who were able to attend and say "Thank you!"

David Trask, SCC, Derek, and Andrew:

Andrew and his nurse

(who is on furlough after serving for six years in China):

On a hay ride around the Chapman's property:

HISTORY:

Steven Curtis and Mary Beth Chapman began a hospital care center (Maria’s Big House of Hope, MBHOH) in memory of their daughter Maria. Andrew was a preemie, and his orphanage only had two incubators. Both incubators were occupied when Andrew was found—a month old and weighing 3½ pounds. MBHOH took Andrew and cared for him for 15 months until he was able to live in his orphanage. They saved his life!

Because the Chapmans travel to Maria's Big House of Hope in China multiple times a year to snuggle the children and to sing to them, they know “their” children and decided to invite them to visit for a “family reunion”.

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When we got home from Tennessee, Andrew dressed himself in his matching "reunion" shirt and lanyard, and repeatedly announced: "Show hope! I love [the Chapmans] SO, SO MUCH!" heart emotic

We love them, too!