China's Stolen Children

I have intended to blog about this for quite some time. The plight of the children in China continues to break my heart. Here in America, with our advanced technology and our wealth, we daily kill children for the sake of convenience. In China, this is a lifestyle the government has enforced upon the people. With a generation now grown up of largely men, women are being stolen from surrounding countries due to the shortage of women resulting from the 'One Child Policy'. Incredibly, China has just announced its renewal of this foolish policy for another 10 years. This policy puts incredible pressure upon couples to give birth to boys because of the great value China's culture gives to men. Without a son, an older couple has no financial security. So, when a couple finds out they are having a girl, often times the girl is aborted so they can try for a boy. If a couple decides they want to have more than one child, the government requires the couple to pay for that ability which is something most cannot afford. Girls are given to orphanages, aborted, left to die...horrible. And all for the sake of controlling the population. Yet with the renewal of this policy a new generation of teen boys will grow up to find there are few girls available to marry. So very sad!

Recently I saw this video on Carolyn McCulley's blog. It documents how children are stolen from their parents and sold to other 'parents'. Please take a few minutes to watch it.

China's Stolen Children


How can people be so sick? How can a government continue to enforce such impossible requirements on their people - in a way forcing them to act in ways that otherwise would be so detestable to them? Please pray for this people. Pray for our Christian sisters and brothers. Pray for them as the whole country is in the spotlight as the host for the 2008 Olympics. I can't wait until the Lord enables me to visit this people and to bring home a little girl. :o) Until then, I pray...

UPDATE: Did you know you can actually write to a prisoner in China? It's so incredibly simple, it's ridiculous! The Voice of the Martyrs has put this together to make it easy for us to encourage, even if we don't know the language. I can write to Li Mei who has been imprisoned for almost a year (she has endured beatings and torture for showing the JESUS film) and let her know I am praying for her - thousands of miles away. If you're interested, click here www.prisoneralert.com and find out how you can also send a letter to someone who is truly suffering for their faith in Christ.