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San Ming Times
Vol. #27 March 10, 2008
Greeting from the Unique City of San Ming, China,
As I write this letter I am thinking of the last couple days of torture. My new boys are defiantly a test to ones patience and perseverance. I must confess that I lost my patience and at one point got very angry at my children. It started the beginning of the week with several of my older boys deceiving me in a very bad way. I have one boy who wets his bed but refuses to take a required shower. Next, how in the world do you get 8 boys who want to play ping pong to clean their room and to do a good job? This ended up with one boy hiding from me for most of the morning, but it also ended with 8 hungry boys eating a very cold dinner 1 hour later then normal.
Friday afternoon my order for wood finally came. I send some photos of my children as they excitedly help me put the wood into my woodshop. My children are almost as excited as I am upon the arrival of my wood. I have attached a brochure with more info of my Woodworking business training project.
Thanks for all your support,
Stephen Burkholder
GIVE THANKS
Give Thanks with a grateful heart,
Give thanks to the Holy One,
Give thanks because He's given
Jesus Christ, His Son.
And now let the weak say, "I am strong,"
Let the poor say, "I am rich because
of what the Lord has done for us!"