Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Blessings from  Blessing Hands  THE THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY IS IMPORTANT TO OUR FAMILY Dad and his birthday cake  and my son Matt Because my Dad's birthday fell near Thanksgiving, our family has always really celebrated Thanksgiving big. As Dad got older, we made it a family reunion almost as important as Christmas. This year my Dad, who lived to be 100, will not celebrate Thanksgiving with us. He died on October 12th. However, I am thankful that he lived such a full life and died without pain with only a short illness. I am also thankful for what he taught me about living well with faith. He never smoked or drank alcohol and attended church devotedly.  I found this description of Thanksgiving on the internet. I will paste it here for our students to read.  Betty and visiting scholars, Nina Yang Wen 杨闻 and Anna Liu 刘蕴娜 , carving our Thanksgiving turkey "Thanksgiving Day has been an annual holiday in the United Statessince 1863. Many people trace the origins of the modern Thanksgiving Day to the harvest celebration that the Pilgrims held in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1621. However, their first true thanksgiving was in 1623, when they gave thanks for rain that ended a drought.  In the second half of the 1600s, thanksgivings after the harvest became more common and started to become annual events. George Washington, the first president of the United States, proclaimed the first national Thanksgiving Day in 1789. " link to Thanksgiving page.  Cindy Cutts and Rachel Cutts  are great Thanksgiving cooks. I am also thankful for our daughters-in-laws, Cindy and Rachel, sons, Ross and Matt, grandchildren, Josiah and Ellie, and my husband David Cutts. I am also thankful for our Chinese Blessing Hands family. I get so many letters of thanksgiving from our Blessing Hands students this time of year. I am glad that they are learning the custom of offering thanks for the blessings they have received. It will always be a day for me to thank God.  Happy Thanksgiving, Ross and Matt clean up after the  big Thanksgiving dinner  Betty Cutts My Dad, James Daniell,  and Matt Cutts with the  Thanksgiving turkey Join Our Mailing List!

Blessing Hands New Fall Activities and Students Left Image Block Introduction Block Linwang School gets School Supplies. We have taken this little one room school to sponsor with school supplies and extra needs. They are helped by Lexington Chinese Christian Church's Vacation Bible School and cash jars that we place in Chinese Restaurants. These Yao minority kids are located in Longfu Township in the County of Du'an in the Guangxi Province of China. There are about fifty kids in this remote village. Wei Senbao also lives in this village. We are still waiting for a doctor's appointment for him. The latest estimate of the cost of his care is $31,696 (200,000 yuan). That does not include the travel and other expenses. This is a fund raising opportunity that will require a lot of us working together. Linwang students receive textbooks bought by Blessing Hands Workbooks and school supplies received Dr. Dai (on the right) from Longfu Hospital helps Blessing Hands with this project Linwang School Divider Block Fine Print Block Promotion Block New Students in Pubei Available to Sponsors Song Xiaohong -seven in farm family, mother sick and father older. Married brother is only worker. These new students in Pubei need $160 a year in tuition to be able to go to high school. They have tested into the best high school in Pubei and need help to continue their studies. We can now feature them for you to pick as sponsor. Please pick a student to sponsor. Link to give Change a student's life with just $160. Su Wenxia - five in farm family, three students, father ill but works anyway. Bao Chengzheng - father died April 2012, three in farm family, two in school Ruan Xueqin - four in farm family, brother in university with high expenses Xiang Hanlin - Four in farm family, sick mother, sister in school also. Li Chunyi - Five in farm family, three girls, father out of work. Ning Xueyu - six in farm family, four are students Divider Block Promotion Block Philippine students enjoy food given by Blessing Hands. Filipino Children These students in the Philippines recently enjoyed food provided by the Hill Family and Blessing Hands. The Hills have seven boys who enjoy participating with drama, stories, music and gift giving when the family visits schools and poor neighborhoods. The Hill boys got to give school supplies to the kids. The kids got school supplies and enjoyed the stories the family told through drama and songs. Even the little Hill kids got to participate. Their mother was expecting her eighth child, a girl, but she came along and participated too. The Hill boys dramatized their stories. Divider Block Divider Block Signature Block We have also added more students at An long High School in a Buyi area of Guizhou Province. They already have sponsors. We are pleased to be helping this minority group and intend to give four primary schools in this area water purifiers next summer. East Oldham Middle School personnel will install the purifiers. Our next newsletter will feature a new location that we are entering in Yunnan Province. Blessing Hands is expanding now to that province. Thank you for all of your support and encouragement. You have changed many lives. It is a pleasure to work with you. You can send your checks to the address below. Betty Cutts Betty Cutts Blessing Hands 106 Timber Lane Morehead, KY 40351

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