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10. Living in China

Living in China

Joy and I moved to Beijing China in May of 1995. At time Beijing was at least one third smaller. It was a shock to be in a place that you can’t speak any Chinese and can’t order food or tell a taxi driver where you want to go.

We studied Chinese mandarin there for one and one half years. then we moved to a city in the Liaoning Province called Shen Yang. Joy taught English at a medical university.

In 2000, we moved to Dalian China, a city on the coast. It is beautiful there. We opened an orphanage and received 16 Chinese orphans. We could have taken 29 China orphans that day but we only had enough money to take the ones we got. We still have 12 of those children now. Some are in university, some in high school and one in middle school.

There are many Christian Ministries in China doing different things different ways.

Rick Haynes: SEO
China Harvest Ministries
254-592-2900

11. China orphans March Letter

Dear Family, Friends, and Pastors:

2nd Timothy 2:10 Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

We are patiently waiting to see signs of Spring over here. The weather still is cool, with temps in the 30’s and 40’s. We are believing for warmer weather to come our way, as the heat is turned off in all apartments and buildings on the first of April. That month is usually a time when we wear coats and even gloves and scarves in our apartments! But we know it is temporary and are able to endure all things.

Dawn Is Breaking:

Matthew 5:16 Let your light so shine before all men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

There is a break of dawn here, with light beginning to shine forth as I am teaching English to Korean Mothers, Korean Children, and a group of young fellows who work in a Ship Yard. A most interesting thing is that out in the Shipyard there is a huge monument. It is the Bible. There are two monuments, one is inside the gate, and the other one is on the main floor of the office building. On one side of the open book is inscribed Is. 25:1 in English and the other side it is in Chinese. It ministers to many as they stop and read the inscription. The company has employed over 500 employees. What a wonderful witness. The mother’s that I am teaching at the Korean School are open to hearing the good news, and there are some that are already in the family! Children are beginning to ask questions about our Father also. The splendor of His glory is beginning to break through, and He is showing Himself off in the classrooms.

Also I am meeting weekly with a young University student who is becoming more and more interested in walking in the light, and living the good life that has been prearranged and made ready for her to live.

Rick Haynes
China Orphans
China Harvest Ministries

12. Spring Festival in China

Spring Festival in China

Psalm 67:6 God sets the solitary in families ; He brings out those who are bound into prosperity.

In February, as many of you know we celebrated Chun Jie, which is called Spring Festival here. It is one of the biggest holiday’s here in China. The Chinese orphan children were richly blessed during those days with good family time, and lots of good food. Many of you made it possible to buy the extra goodies, as it is traditional to eat festive foods here during that holiday. Our dinner table was graced with Chicken Feet, Silk Worms, Pig Ears, Shrimp, Fish, and other kinds of Sea Food. I was able to get a recipe and make Kentucky Fried Chicken for the kids. They were elated with the good food, and fellowship that went around the table several times during the ten day holiday! The kids had their winter holiday at that time. Before the holiday some of them went to visit relatives, which they took the good news to them as well. There were 12 kids plus myself in our two bedroom apartment. With one bathroom and no hot water it was a challenge. But love never fails, and we can endure all things, so when the bathroom line was long, and the sleeping accommodations weren’t as comfy as one would like, we all put the Word forth and left patience have it’s perfect work in us!

Invitations:

The children attend the local legal Church here on Saturday nights. They have reached out to their classmates and are now taking classmates with them as they attend. At the end of each service, there is an alter call which gives them the opportunity to become one of the family. This is such good news, as so many say that the kids are so different from all others! We give our Father all the Glory for these invitations that are being accepted.

Sometimes things here don’t move along as we would like them to. There are hindrances that have to be broken through. I am making every effort to take a trip north to Shen Yang and teach some friends. Many are waiting for my arrival. Please keep this in thought so this can be carried out and our Father’s will can be done. I had planned to go this month, but the doors were not open, but I trust next month will be quite profitable.

Rick Haynes: SEO
China Harvest Ministries

13. The thief returns the cell phone

The thief returns the cell phone

About two weeks ago, my wife was on the bus in Dalian China where we live. The bus was so crowded as it was bitter cold outside. A man stuck his hand in my wife’s purse and stole her cell phone. When she got off the bus and into a store she was going to call one of the Chinese orphans we care for.

We call them our children and they call us grandma and grandpa. We have 13 children altogether. Joy finally noticed her cell phone was gone and knew it was stolen. So she went back to the apartment and one of our girls who is studying to be a nurse, called the house. "Grandma, she said, where have you been, I have been trying to call you". Joy said "someone stole my cell phone on the bus". So Xu Ling ( sounds like Shoe Ling) called Joy’s cell number. A man answered the phone. Xu Ling said "you stole that phone from my grandma; she needs that phone as she cares for 13 children and she needs it". The man hung up.

Xu Ling calls another girl and all the other children. They start calling the man. "That is my grandma’s phone, you must give it back". "She doesn’t have the money for another". Those precious kids pestered that thief until he said, “I will bring it back, it is too much trouble”. That is what he did. That will teach him to steal from Grandma Joy.

Rick Haynes- President and CEO
China Harvest Ministries
http://chinaharvest.org
http://chinaharvestministries.com

14. Can you help a Chinese orphan today
China Harvest Ministries opened an orphanage in Dalian China in September 2000. Rick and Joy Haynes founded the orphanage. They gathered 16 Chinese orphans whose parents had either been killed, committed suicide or died of disease. They still have 12 the original 16. Some are in middle school now, some in high school and some in university or trade school. China Harvest Ministries will continue to care for these kids until they finish school and go out on their own.

Rick Haynes: SEO
254-592-2900
China Harvest Ministries
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15. Registered black angus bull and heifer sale

Black angus bull and heifer sale

Donny Heinze from the Heinze Angus Ranch is having a bull and heifer sale. These are registered black angus cattle.

There is 20 bulls are 10 to 14 months old and will weigh from 850 to 1250 lb’s.

These are virgin bulls raised on all natural feed.

There is also 18 heifers that are 10 – 14 months old and weigh 600 to 850 lbs.

Contact Donny Heinze
254-977-3605


16. A day in the life of a Cattle Rancher

A day in the life of a Cattle Rancher

The days start early on the Heinze Angus Ranch. It is up at 6am and grab a cup of coffee and then out to feed the animals. It has been a cold winter in Abilene, Texas this year. So the mornings have been cold and sometimes the water trough pipes are froze. So the first thing to do is thaw out pipes and break the ice in the troughs so the cows and horses can drink.

The Registered Black Angus cattle they raise are their livelihood so they must be taken care of like a prize possession. Donny and Janice take great care of their animals.

While Donny is out working on the frozen pipes, Janice is feeding the horses, the Texas Long Horn Steers that she trains and the dogs. Then they work together to put out hay bails and bags of feed for the Angus cattle. First they have to feed the young bulls and then the mama cows and then the heifers.

It has snowed several times this year in Texas and several mornings Donny couldn’t drive his truck up the mountain to feed the 50 or so bred cows on top of the mountain. So they have to get the tractor and push the truck up the mountain so the cows can be fed and the water troughs checked.

Then it is back down the hill and all the animals are fed. Now it is off to get another trailer load of round hay bails from about 60 miles away. When he returns, he then must unload hay and then notices he has two cows that are ready to be bred so he must go and AI those cows. As you can see it is quite busy on the ranch.

There is also the times cattle have to be moved from one pasture to another. Then calves have to be vaccinated and tagged.

Many days, lunch time comes and goes without notice. They eat when they are finished sometimes after dark. When the day is over and then it is time for a good meal and they fall asleep on the couch as they are so tired. The next morning will come early with much to do.

Rick Haynes
254-592-2900

17. Angus Ranch info.
Donny and Janice Heinze are the owners of the Heinze Angus Ranch. Donny has a degree in agriculture from Tarlton State University in Stephenville, Texas. Tarlton State is a part of the A & M University system which is one of the top agriculture Universities in the United States.

In his early years Donny and Janice had a dairy outside of Stephenville and did very well until milk prices went down they they sold the herd.

Then Donny bought a truck and owned his own truck company for many years and now they have settled on the Heinze Angus Ranch in Tuscola, Texas.

They love animals of all kinds and and take great care in producing some of the best Black Angus cattle in the world.

Donny is now using his knowlege of cattle and farming to grow crops for his herd and to AI his cows to the top Angus Sires in the U.S. Donny and Janice are some of the best Black Angus breeders in the United States today.

The ranch is over 500 acres and has hills and valleys, with deer and wild animals. It is a beautiful place full of peace and warmth.

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254-592-2900
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19. China Harvest Ministries Jan. Newsletter
January – February Newsletter, 2010

We had a wonderful 2009 Christmas here in Dalian. We are well into 2010, and expecting a wonderful year. Not all of the kids were able to make it home for Christmas, but all have returned for the winter holiday!

Sharing Our Faith:

Philemon 5……..Hearing of thy love and thy faith which thou hast toward the Lord Jesus, and toward all saints; that the communication of thy faith may become effectual by the acknowledging every good thing which is in you in Christ Jesus.

On January 10th the kids began their winter holiday. They all came home from Universities, High School, and Vocational Tech School. They were relieved to have the winter break once again. This year there has been a major change in some of the kid’s lives. They were able to get jobs and work during the two month winter holiday.

They are shinning lights to their co-workers. Most would say here that it is impossible to get a job here, especially with being a student, as many people wouldn’t even consider hiring a student for two months.

Shekinah Joy is working in a factory, which provides dormitory living and one meal a day. There are 7 other girls sharing the dormitory with her. She is working ten – twelve hours a day. The work is hard, and many of the girls are easily discouraged. The dormitory mates comment that Shekinah Joy is fun to be with. They remark that she is always happy and her ring of laughter echoes out into the hallway, causing others to laugh and encouraging them to see the good things in life. Shekinah Joy is sharing her faith with the girls as she continuously has a good attitude and openly expresses her thankfulness to her Heavenly Father.

Gao Yan Ming is working in a local restaurant. He works ten hours a day. He has opportunities to display his honesty, and good character. He is eager to share his faith, and to tell what the Lord has done in his life.

Zhou Meng Sheng is tutoring 7th and 8th grade students. He tutors them in English, Physics and Chemistry. The parents of one of his students remarked about his integrity and work ethics and gave him about 5 pounds of fish. The parents are paying him by the hour, but are also blessing him with extra gifts because of his commitment to teach their children.

Wu Fu Gong is working in a local supermarket. His major in College is English, and he will be taking the Level 6 English test in March when he returns to school. The supermarket hired him to stock shelves. He will be graduating from university this summer and will find a permanent job and start out in life.

All of these kids return to school on March 6th. Their days are long, and the pay is little. They have to work for one month before they receive a pay check. They earn between $.29 and $1.00 an hour. There are many students here who wouldn’t work for those wages, but the kids believe that whatever they put their hands to will prosper.

Teaching English:
During the holiday season here, which is called Spring Festival, (China’s biggest festival of the year,) I have been asked to teach English. It is “Intensive English” which is a three week course. It has opened doors and given me opportunities to share my faith as well with the head of the school and the children.

Spring Festival:
Spring Festival begins on February 13th and lasts for ten days. We will be celebrating the festival together as a family. It’s been traditional for us to wrap jiaozi (a special kind of dumpling) on the Eve of the Festival, and then have a special supper. After supper everyone participates in games and activities, and then settles down to watch the TV specials. At 12:00 midnight the Chinese New Year is brought in with fireworks, along with cooking the jioazi that was previously wrapped. It is traditional to eat the jiaozi shortly after midnight. This is a long time family tradition that has been celebrated throughout history here in this country.

Our Appreciation:
We want you to know we appreciate all of you. We appreciate your love, prayers, and support that you extend to us on a daily basis. You have been a part in helping the kids here, and will have life long results. Your gift of love that you have sown will truly go on and on! Thank You for standing with us, for helping us, and for wrapping your arms around each one of these kids. Thank you for all that you’ve done to see the Kingdom of God advance in their lives and the lives of others.

2 Corinthians 9:8-9 says, “And God is able to make all grace abound towards you, that ye always having all sufficiency in all things may abound to every good work: (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he has given to the poor: His righteousness remaineth forever.)” Your prayers and financial support is definitely abounding to “every good work!”

Rick Haynes
China Harvest Ministries

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Top quality registered Black Angus Cattle. Donny Heinze is raising some of the best bred Angus cattle in Texas. He is using the top producing Angus sires in the ABS program to AI his top quality dams with.

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Donny Heinze
Heinze Angus Ranch
Tuscola, Texas 254-977-3605
http://heinzeangusranch.com

21. Update on China Orphans
THis is Han Xiao and she came to us as a Chinese orphan in 2000 and Has been with us 9 years now.
She is enrolled in a 3year Computer Course, learning computer programming. This is her first year. She has adjusted very well and has found favor with many of her classmates and teachers. She is a very happy girl, and has a heart to help others.

> This is Zhou Li. She was also a China orphan that came to Us in 2000.
Zhou Li and Han Xiao both attend the same school. Zhou Li is in her third year and will graduate in July. Her teachers consider her to be a good example to other girls in her class, as she is very modest, and also loving and kind to all she meets.

Rick Haynes
China Harvest Ministries
First Family

22. This is Yu Qing Qiao
This is Yu Qing Qiao

YQQ came to us when she was about 8years old. In 2000, China Harvest Ministries opened an orphanage in Dalian China. Both of her parents were dead and she only had an old grandfather who was very poor. So we took her in and have her for nine years now. She is a senior in high school and is studying hard to finish school. After she finishes high school, she will go to a trade school and learn a trade to be able to work.

There are many Ministries working all over China. They are all doing a good job spreading the good news. We are thankful to be one of them.

Rick Haynes
China Harvest Ministries
China Harvest Ministries Blog
Heinze Angus Ranch

23. Original prints from Liu Xian Sheng

In September 2000, China Harvest Ministries opened an orphanage in Dalian China. Liu Xian Sheng ( sounds like Leo She-en Shung), was one of 16 children that came to the orphanage. Both of his parents were dead and his relatives could not care for him.

Through the years , LXS has always liked drawing and painting. He studied art vigorously all through middle school and high school. He was the best art student in Dalian Kai Fa Qu. His school even paid for him to go to Beijing twice to study art there for several weeks.

This year he started his first year of university. During this past summer LXS painted all day everyday. We are selling some of his art prints to pay for his tuition and room and board. These pictures can be seen at China Harvest Ministries. Some people are buying two or three of them at a time.

Rick Haynes
China Harvest Ministries
254-592-2900
http://chinaharvestministries.com
http://bigtex52.1-family.com

24. Ministries in China

China Harvest Ministries has been in China since August of 1995. Rev. Rick and Joy Haynes moved to Beijing in 1995 and began studying the Chinese language. In 1997, they moved to the medical university in Shenyang which is the capital of the Liao Ning Province.

In 2000 China Harvest Ministries opened an orphanage in Dalian China with the cooperation of the Chinese Government. Mr. Wang Yong Sheng of Kai Fa Qu received the license for the orphanage and appointed Rick and Joy to be managers. They gathered 16 Chinese orphans and still care for 13 of them today.

There are many ministries operating China today. Some help orphans and others feed the poor and still others bring in medical teams and give free medical clinics.

Rick Haynes
China Harvest Ministries
http://chinaharvest.org
http://heinzeangusranch.com

25. Can You help this China orphan?
Can you help this China orphan?

This is Shekinah Joy.

She is a Chinese orphan that came to the orphanage outside of Dalian, China back in September 2000. She was 6 years old when she came and was very small from being malnourished. Her father died first then she cared for her sick mother. Her mother had cancer and Shekinah would take her mothers cloths to the half frozen river and wash the blood out of them. Her hands and face was like leather from weather exposure.

Her mother died of the cancer and she came to live at the orphanage. Her skin began to heal after many months of good food and skin care. Rick and Joy Haynes, founders of China Harvest Ministries, worked with the government and started the orphanage in Sept. 2000.

Shekinah has always laughed and giggled. Her Chinese name is Han Xiao. It means little laughing one. It sure fits her. She is in the 10th grade now and doing well. If you would like to help support her with finances, please contact China Harvest Ministries. Po Box 2074 Broken Arrow, Oklahoma 74013 U.S.A.

Rick Haynes – President and CEO
254-592-2900
http://chinaharvest.org
http://bigtex52.1-family.com

26. Chinese Lantern Festival
The Chinese Lantern Festival

It falls on the 15th day of the first month of the Lunar Year. The Lantern Festival takes place on a full moon, and marks the end of Chinese New Year festivities. The Lantern Festival dates back to shrouded legends of the Han Dynasty over 2000 years ago.

The most popular food for the Chinese Lantern Festival is a kind of sweet dumpling made of glutinous rice or wheat flour. Joy and the kids at the orphanage are making these dumplings for the festival. The Chinese name of this dish is (Yuanxiao)

Where did the festival originate:
We are not sure but there is one legend that the Jade Emperor in Heaven was so angered at a town for killing his favorite goose, that he decided to destroy it with a storm of fire. But, a good fairy heard of this storm of fire, and warned the people of the town to light lanterns throughout the town on the appointed day. The towns people did as they were told, and from the Heavens, it looked as if the whole village was on fire. Satisfied that his goose had already been avenged, the Jade Emperor decided not to burn the town. From that day on, people celebrated the anniversary of their deliverance by carried lanterns of different shapes and colors through the streets on the first full moon of the year.

When you go out in the streets, red lanterns are everywhere and fireworks are going off again.

Rick Haynes – President and CEO
China Harvest Ministries
http://chinaharvest.org
http://helping-china-orphans.com
http://chinaharvest.wordpress.com

27. This is Xu Huan Huan

This is Xu Huan Huan

Her name sounds like ( Shoe Hwan Hwan ).

Would you be willing to help sponsor her? Can you help? Here is a photo album of XHH. Just click on picture.

Xu Huan Huan

Rick Haynes – President and CEO
China Harvest Ministries
254-592-2900
http://chinaharvest.org
http://helping-china-orphans.com

28. Poor Chinese boy becomes a man

In the summer of 2000 my wife Joy and I heard from a group of reporters in Kai Fa Qu China, that there was a very poor man and his son living in the mountains of the Zhan He area in the Liao Ming Province. These reporters cried as they talked about this man and his son. The man’s wife had left him after he had a stroke and it was just him and his son Peng Peng. We wanted to meet them so one of the reporters took us up there and we met the man and his son. The man was paralyzed on one side and couldn’t work. They had no food and the house they lived in, had no windows but plastic over the window openings. It was freezing outside and the river near by was frozen. The floor was just dirt.

Peng Peng was about 7 years old and was caring for his father. He gathered wood in the freezing cold for his neighbors to make a little money and he washed his father’s cloths in the freezing river. He also walked 5 miles back and forth to school. When we visited them, we took them some rice and oil and told them we were going to open an orphanage soon and we would hire him to be a guard or something. The man cried as he needed some help.

In about a month we returned to get the man and his son. We noticed he wasn’t limping any more. He had regained his strength on his paralyzed side since we had seen him last. We offered him the job of cooking for the 16 Chinese orphans we had gathered. We paid for Peng Peng”s school and he fit in along with the other kids. He did well in School and they lived there about two years. His father decided to leave one day and took Peng Peng with him.

We didn’t see him for a few years and he called and said his father had died and he was working in a bread company. A few years later he called and wanted to join the army and ask if we could help him pay the entrance fee. We gave him the amount and he joined the army. He just got out of the army and called Joy and he still calls her grandma. He came to visit Joy and all the kids. He is a man now and will have no trouble getting a job as the Chinese treat their solders well.

This is a picture of Peng Peng today.

Rick Haynes- President and CEO
China Harvest Ministries
http://chinaharvest.org
http://helping-china-orphans.com

29. Chinese New Years

Chinese New Years with our China Orphans

Joy and I have lived in China since August 1995 and have seen many Chinese New Years Come and go. It has been special these last 8 years as we have enjoyed it with the Chinese orphans we support and care for.

Travel: This year, Jan 26 is Chinese New Year. Millions of people travel during this time by bus and train. The train stations are packed and people try to buy tickets days ahead of time. Some can't even get tickets. Many have to stand in the isle for hours or days to get home. It is very important for them to go home and be with family.

To Chinese It is there most important holiday. But Christians consider the holiday second after Christmas. It is similar to Christmas as the family gathers and has good food. Every year the kids at the orphanage along with my wife Joy make Jiaozi or dumplings. It is a tradition. It usually has pork, cabbage, vegetable and spices. They are very delicious. They boil them in water and you dip them in soy sauce with garlic. Other good foods are enjoyed such as tangerines, fruits and different snacks. Then they watch special Chinese shows with singing and comedy. They are glued to the TV.

Fire works:
I have never seen such fireworks as they have on Chinese New Years. The fireworks they use would blow a hand right off. It sounds like a bombing during a war and is constant for hours. All the cars alarms are going off. You can’t even hear a friend talk next to you. If you live on the 6th floor as many do, it sounds like the windows will blow out.
The next morning you can go out and red paper from the fireworks cover the streets and everything. It is very interesting. People spend a lot of money for fireworks.

Rick Haynes
China Harvest Ministries
http://helping-china-orphans.com
http://chinaharvest.org

30. Helping China Orphans
Hello Everyone I have just started a new website called "Helping China Orphans". As you know we have an organization called China Harvest Ministries located in broken Arrow, Oklahoma. My name is Rick Haynes and I am the president and CEO. My wife Joy and I founded China Harvest Ministries in Sept 2000. We feed the poor in China and care for 14 Chinese orphans. We consider them our children and they consider us their grandparents. Have a look at our new site and watch the video. http://helping-china-orphans.com http://chinaharvest.org Rick Haynes China Harvest Ministries

31. China Orphans Video