Our beloved founder, Finn Torjesen, passed away on October 16, 2023 at his home in Colorado. Finn had been battling health issues for years but this sudden decline came as a shock to all. The family is deeply grateful for the love, prayers and support showered on them by so many. Click here for more on the Founders.

Memorial gifts may be made here.

Evergreen Family Friendship Service

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Evergreen Family Friendship Service seeks to be a part of China’s holistic development through
the locally appropriate use of professional skills. Our passion is to impact the lives of Chinese people and, through working together with them, to see China blessed.

We welcome you to explore our website and learn more about Evergreen and our work!

Our Work

Invited into Shanxi Province by the local government in 1990 to help with social and economic needs, Evergreen’s founders immediately began investigating what those needs were and the most locally appropriate ways to respond to each. What evolved were several areas of professional service in which Evergreen offered services based on the needs of actual communities in Shanxi.

As Shanxi developed, the services provided by Evergreen have shifted to better meet the evolving needs of the province and her people. Changing areas of service naturally required different sets of professional expertise, bringing a parade of over 40 professionals from around the globe to work in Shanxi through Evergreen. Since 1993, these skilled expatriates lived and worked in three locations in Shanxi Province. Most of their work has fallen in one of the following eight areas of service: