Dear Friends and Supporters,
We hope you and your families all enjoyed a wonderful Christmas. We want to also take this time to wish you a very Happy New Year!
This month was busy and bustling around our home as we welcomed many groups and visitors who brought gifts and donations to the children for Christmas. Among the groups that visited, we were happy to welcome once more a small group from Beijing International Christian Fellowship (BICF). Led by Ka yan, this group comes each year at the beginning of December to decorate our home for the holidays.
We were also very happy to host a small group of students from the International School of Beijing (ISB) who came and put on a short Christmas concert for our children.
A new volunteer from Australia, Alicia, joined our New Hope family during the month of December. Alicia will be with us until early January and has been a wonderful help with our preschool classes.
This Christmas was really special for us as we were able to spend time with a few of our family members. Our son Adam came with his wife Asami and their two children, Christopher and baby Anna. Our daughter Ruth was also with us, as well as our daughter-in-law Karen (wife of our son Aron) and their two daughters, Maya and Georgia. We also celebrated Maya’s 11th birthday on Christmas day.
We would like to announce that our son Adam’s television show, Destination Flavour, was awarded Australia’s Best Lifestyle Television Program at the AACTA (Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts) this year. Adam, a lawyer, won the Australian MasterChef competition in 2010 and he was also appointed the “Japanese Goodwill Ambassador for Japanese Cuisine” in July earlier this year. He is also an Ambassador for UNICEF. Rob and I are very proud of his achievements as well as the achievements of all our children in their chosen professions.
Happy New Year!
Robin, Joyce and the New Hope Staff
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