Scrolls From China

Part of this journey has been the long awaited meeting with the artists and a reunion with Kenny. It was truly an incredibly special time. There were many hugs, tears and conversations of hope for the future.

First off I want to personally thank Dominic for all of his web design help. You are incredibly talented Dominic. Thank you for sharing your talent with Scrolls From China. Sarah - has been the backbone to the website and is incredibly talented and wonderfully professional. I encourage anyone to check out the resource page for their contact info if you are ever in need of hiring someone to do marketing and web design for you. Dominic and Sarah - I wanted you guys to know that I gave a blessing to the artists and it was from you guys as well.

Most importantly for this trip was to give the artists and several orphanages laptop computers. I was able to get many laptops but they didn't work due to a variety of reasons. My brother in law is extrememly talented in this field and was able to take all of these computers which didn't work and create 20 functioning, Dell wireless - Pentium III processor computers! Most things in China are relatively cheap because they are made directly here. This is not the case with electronics. Computers, digital cameras and other items of this nature are extremely expensive because of the tariffs that are placed upon them from the Chinese government. So a typical computer would cost almost 2 to 3 times more than for us in the States. The first computer that I gave to the artists two years ago - I purchased and then shipped it to a family in California who personally delivered it to Kenny. (This way, instead of mailing, is the best way to save money.) So to give 20 computers to those with practically nothing was quite an event. Stephanie and I gave each of the artists some clothes with Bend Oregon on them, plus some candies and a blessing and then of course the computers. There is nothing that I can say that will ever convey my love to Tim for his self-less help in making this happen. You see, computers are like lifeblood to these kids. There are educational websites that allow them to improve their academic skills, English comprehension and a host full of other educational skills that can be learned via free web sites that are established for anyone across China. But for these orphans - education is never really stressed on the whole. In addition, they don't have parents who are motivating them to learn and all in all the spiral of destruction continues to go downward for them. But here face to face with them and to be able to give them 20 laptops for them to learn with - what a gift. What an act of hope that will bring them to a place where they will strive harder because they now have the opportunity. Thank you Tim. Thank you for sharing your talents. Thank you for your love.