Olympic Weightlifters Travel into Chengdu Earthquake Zone and Home of Children's Hope

We had two visitors from the US Olympic weight lifting team, Melanie Roach and Kendrick Farris, at our foster home on Saturday. Melanie is a mom of three children. She loved playing with Lele, who has no lower legs. Melanie came to our foster home with a friend on Tuesday and brought her local NBC crew and friends from her Olympic team. Her husband and mother-in-law who came with her have visited with us previously. They are State Representative and Senator of Washington State, Dan and Pam Roach.


Melanie Roach mentioned her trip with us into earthquake-devastated Chengdu last week in an interview with the NYTimes. Read the full article, here.

Just a day after visiting us, Melanie earned 6th place in the 53-kilogram (117-pound) weight class and set an American record with a combined lift of 425 pounds. Congratulations, Melanie!












Caption: (Left) With children at Home of Children's Hope. (Right) John, held by Olympic weightlifter Kendrick Farris, is 6 years old. (Click photo to enlarge.)