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| Blessing Hands is Thankful |
Peggy Says "Thank You"
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| Peiling Wu with her students |
Peiling Wu (Peggy) graduated from college in 2011 and became a teacher in a rural school. She was among the first 12 girls we sent to college with a grant. She wrote me email just recently that I want to share with you.
Dear Betty,
How are you? Sorry I haven't contacted you for a long time. Yes, it has been a long time. I currently still teach at the village elementary school. There is not a big number of students, only 187 kids. Besides teaching everyday, I also work on my vegetable garden after school. I live a busy and meaningful life now, which is given by "Blessing Hands", If it were not for your help, I would have dropped out of school. If it were not for your help, I would have worked very hard in a factory production line. I am so thankful for all you have done for me.
Best wishes!
Peiling Wu
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Just Say Boo to Drugs
Blessing Hands volunteers took part in the Just Say Boo to Drugs
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Cowboy receives candy after saying "Boo to Drugs".
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event in our community for Halloween. Over a 1,000 children came to get candy from tables set up by nonprofits and businesses in Morehead. The yearly activity keeps the kids out of the rain and dark and allows them to receive a wholesome message about avoiding drugs.
Matthew Liu, one of our board members who was visiting from China, joined Shuyi Wang, a visiting scholar from Tianjin, in handing out candy to the kids. Having never seen a Halloween in the USA, they took lots of pictures of kids in Halloween costumes and make up.
Savané Silver Gift
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| Silver Sweeties Earrings |
We have a special way to raise money this Christmas while offering you Silver Sweeties earrings handmade by Savané Silver in Lexington, Kentucky.
Rachel Savané has given us a special promotion for Blessing Hands supporters. She likes to invest in her community and help others. These are solid sterling silver earrings that slip through your pierced ears.
The cost, which includes shipping in the USA, is $60. Kentucky residents will pay $63.30.This includes Ky sales tax and shipping. International shipping would be about $13 more.
Do your Christmas shopping online now while helping rural kids in China.
 $60 for Silver Earrings and shipping
$63.30 in Kentucky for tax and shipping
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New Primary Students
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Mingding's father is hard of hearing.
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Yuanyuan's family is very poor. Her brother, Mingding, is also in our program.
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I met Tina Yuqing Qin while she was a visiting scholar in the USA. She and her colleagues had been helping poor students in their area. They joined their efforts with ours to help 12 more of these very poor children. Here is their report of Yuanyuan's family situation.
"These primary students are brother and sister. Among all the poverty-stricken families, their house is the rattiest one our volunteers have ever seen. The kitchen is open air, and the roof ofthe house is a piece of plastic cloth. The outside of the wall is washed out by rains. Written in big read characters is "Keep away from this dilapidated house!" A hand-made bed from a piece of wood is where the little girl sleeps at night. The father is so hard of hearing that we could not communicate with him. The mother has just disappeared. A cousin, who has lost his parents and is also very hard of hearing, is living together with the family."
Besides these 12 students, there are 23 more new primary students in Yangshuo, who also need sponsors. You can sponsor one partially for $84 a year or fully for $295 a year. Most of them are from single parent families or the family has a
disabled member. We hope you will give a Christmas gift that will keep on giving to these students for years to come. You can also give to the primary fund and not take a particular student.
We give thanks that three of these new students have sponsors now. Please make it all of them. We have started a Christmas giving page for these students.
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Blessing Hands Featured at the MSU International Dinner.
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| Xiaomin Mai Oney and Betty Cutts at the International Dinner at Morehead State University. |
Xiaomin Mai Oney, one of our board members, and I had a great time at the recent International Dinner at Morehead State University. We signed up several newsletter contacts and made new friends. I got to present a 10 minute slide show about our students and their needs at the dinner.
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| New sponsors, Hannah Chen and Ray Liu, in Cleveland with Shuyi Wang, a visiting scholar at MSU |
Shuyi Wang, Matthew Liu and I enjoyed a trip to Cleveland to talk about Blessing Hands to supporters there. Almost everyone at the meeting signed up to help our kids. If you want a presenter to come to your area, let us know.
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On this Thanksgiving Day, we are thankful for the 1000+ students we have helped over 9 years, our devoted volunteers, board members, and staff. Most of all, however, we thank our sponsors, donors, and friends, who make it all possible, and God whose Blessing Hand started and has guided everything.
Sincerely,
Betty Cutts
Blessing Hands
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