Yu-Lin, China
— May 28 to June 6 (2010). We promised 6 months earlier that we would return to this rural elementary school to hand out gifts to all the children. This area of GuangXi, China (Xin Qiao) has definitely started to tug on our hearts as a possible future location for us to relocate. Thanks for all those that donated toys and/or money for toys to the school. We also want to say thank you to those that donated medicines, again, for the Yu-Lin orphanage. We brought an entire suitcase full of cough syrup that has been extremely helpful!
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— December 28 to January 1 (2009/2010). The entire Board of Directors took their first group trip to Yu-Lin this winter. So many challenges, so many obstacles, but so blessed! We thank all our supporters who were involved with not only the trip, but the three amazing projects leading up to the trip (Project Prayer, Project PenPal, Suitcase Project). Below you will find our summary video and a link to our photos, enjoy!
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— May 29 to June 9 (2009). We visited the local orphanage, preschool, and elementary school, though most of our time was spent hanging out with the orphanage kids. We presented the t-shirts and Boxed Love gifts [made by our many amazing volunteers] to the staff and kids during their National Children’s Day ceremony. We toured a few [large] city hospitals and met with their respective directors, along with visiting a rural medical clinic in a nearby village. We held conversations with Yu-Lin’s orphanage director and with a few other locals about plans to establish an orphanage and medical clinic in the area. Please check out our pictures from the trip.
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— May 24 to June 1 and July 26 to August 2 (2008). We visited the local orphanage, preschool, and elementary school. We also met with local leaders and toured three preeminent city hospitals with their respective hospital directors.
Please check out How GIVINGBACKLIFE was Founded to get a better idea of why this initial trip was so important to us.
Monterrey, Mexico
— April 20 to April 25 (2009). Went with Back2Back Ministries. This was a combined medical and service trip. We set up clinics at a few different locations during our time there (some on the Back2Back campus and some at the villages/homes we were serving). Most of these patients do not have access to quality and/or consistent health care. We also spent a lot of time at multiple children homes (“orphanages”) and had an amazing time blessing the kids and being blessed in return. Please check out our video and pictures below to get an idea of what we did. Thanks to all our supporters!
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