“We, who have so much, need to reach out to the orphans of this world and show them the care, hope, and love they deserve.”
Source: Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom
“And now the fight continues for all orphans and children who need families who will love and care for them—until they too can all go home.”
Source: Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom
“Dear Diary,
My pen is finally touching your pages. It is time to tell our story. Our story began in China and now it continues in America. I want to write about our old life and I want to write about our life now. I will write it all down with hopes that somehow I can connect the two worlds I have lived in. Right now those worlds seem so far apart.”
Source: An-Ya and Her Diary
“Dear Diary,
All that she left inside the box was a blank book and a name. You are the book, and I am the name...An-Ya. As you know, my name is printed on your first page. Did She write it? What did She look like as She stood over you with Her pen? Were there tears in Her eyes? Why were you left empty inside?”
Source: An-Ya and Her Diary
“…there is no other logical explanation for how things ultimately worked out except by God’s hand.”
Source: Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom
“Where the Word of God is taken seriously, love exists abundantly.”
Source: The Infallible Word of God: 365 Inspirational Quotes
“Fear gripped me as my children and I arrived at the Ukraine-Moldova border crossing.”
Source: Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom
“Dear Diary,
We flew to the other side of the world, and I never stopped holding you close to my chest. You were empty and so was I. My only friend in the world. The only one who understood where I began and where I was going. We flew together and everything we knew before was gone.”
Source: An-Ya and Her Diary
“Imagine you’re visiting a place where there’s little to no English spoken and you wake up one day to find that the group you went with has all gone home and you are left there alone.”
Source: Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom
“You are stranded in a culture where you can’t trust many, you don’t fully understand the language, and you can’t read the signs—and at the same time you try not to let on that you can’t do those things.”
Source: Until We All Come Home: A Harrowing Journey, a Mother's Courage, a Race to Freedom