Liang Fangyu Wants to Learn a Skill

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Quick Links Register Now for the 5K Run for Families See Other Scholarship Applicants who have already been featured More About Us on Our Web Page Give John a $500 Scholarship Send a check to Blessing Hands, 106 Timber Lane, Morehead, KY, 40351 Or click on this link to give by credit card online. Our Sponsors Visit Our Sponsor I Want to Learn a Useful Skill. Liang Fangyu I gave Fangyu the English name John the first time I met him when he volunteered at our Yangshuo eyeglass clinic. He retook his last year of high school to get a better score and brought his national score from 360 to 400 this year. He is still very disappointed, because his dream of taking a more advanced course of study at a university has not been possible. His older sister just graduated from a university owing many school loans but has not found a job. He has been admitted to Guangxi Mechanical Electrical College and wants to study practical subjects and learn electronic or mechanic skills. You can see his Youtube video at this link. Give John a future. Betty Cutts I am from a farm family My name is Liang Fangyu. My parents are not in a good, healthy condition. In 2000, my mother was in the hospital because of years of hard work. My father also suffers from chronic laryngitis and depends long term on medicine. My Father often does some manual work to maintain our life, and my Mother stays at home and does farm work. My parents have a heavy burden. They have to save every penny to support us. I want to take a more advanced course of study in a university, but my parent's health is poor and my sister needs a job. So I can't bear the expensive tuition fee of a university. My sister graduated from a university in 2008, but has not found a job. I wanted to find a job to help my family, but I can't find one. I am applying for college aid from you. I really need your help to realize my dream. If I get the aid, I will study hard to repay your kindheartedness. Thanks, Liang Fangyu Wang Bao Wang Bao has been accepted by Chang Chun Industrial University with a national score of 527. He repeated his last year of high school to make a better national score. He wants to major in Biological Engineering. He is from Pubei County in the Qinzhou area of Guangxi Province. There are three students in school in his family. His parents are farmers, but his father is in poor health. He hopes that he can get support from a Blessing Hands sponsor. He was unable to submit an essay in his own words, so watching his video is especially important. You can see his video at this link. Give a $500 Scholarship to Wang Bao. Thanks Wonderful Sponsors We thank you for all your support. We have 7 new scholarships from many sponsors this year. What a difference you have made in six lives! One sponsor added an extra scholarship this year to support a needy girl. Maybe you can add another one also or know someone you can forward this to that might want to invest in lives and dreams. . Of course we want all our students to have a chance to go to college. We still have four more to feature and hope that two more will be accepted into colleges so we can feature them too. Betty Cutts Blessing Hands 106 Timber Lane Morehead, KY 40351

Wonderful Chinese Trip

Fabulous China Trip Newsletter: August, 2009

Blessings Overflowed in Yangshuo and Qinzhou, China Our team is back from China and ready to report about a great trip.

Gifts Received by Mayor Zhou, Subprefect Zhu, Friends, Teachers and Students Before going to China, Doris Wells collected many McDonalds' learning DVDs and also basketballs and other items donated by Pikeville College and Morehead State University. She had a great time giving them away to teachers and students, especially her student, Zhuge Dehai, who loves basketball. Abbie Oney brought Beanie Babies, and MSU Pubic Radio sent over a hundred music CDs of Americana Crossroads. We gave them to government officials, scholarship students, visiting scholars, and other friends of Blessing Hands.They especially like country music in China. The lovely new subprefect mayor of Yangshuo, Zhu Juanping, enjoyed looking at the scrapbook that Carolyn Franzini sent from Sister Cities. I invited her to visit Morehead, Yangshuo's Sister City. She is studying English and interested in coming to the USA. Meals with our Scholarship Students It is time for college sponsors to give for the fall 2009. We set up four scholarship meals in Guilin, Yangshuo, Nanning, and Qinzhou. I love getting to see our present scholarship students, especially now that they know more English. We had a great time together sharing volunteer activities and college progress. We made movies of them thanking their sponsors. You can see some of the movies and photos at the addresses below. Guilin Dinner Yangshuo Dinner Lunch in Qinzhou James, Joy, Sunday, Alice, Sally, Bamboo, and Hua are shown having fun at our meals. It is time for sponsors to renew their scholarships for the fall. We hope that you all support your special students again. We ask them to keep a 75 grade point average and do three hours of volunteer work a semester. We want them to be blessing Hands. It is Scholarship Sponsorship Time Again The scholarship committee is selecting the first students to feature online and in our newsletter for $500 scholarships. We interviewed 9 students in Yangshuo and 12 in Qinzhou. If it was up to me I would give them all scholarships, but really it is up to you, our sponsors. Listening to their stories of hope and need, I cried along them when the pressure of nerves, grades, and family bore down on them during the interviews. They have worked so hard to get into college. Some are on their second try, having repeated their senior year to try to get a better national score and so qualify for their dream, key college. You can see their photos and some videos at these two addresses. We will feature their essays and videos in future e-mails. Yangshuo Students Needing Scholarships Qinzhou Students Applying for Scholarships GIve $500 for a College Scholarship with PayPal Give $500 by Google Checkout Blessing Hands on Video Our China trip was well documented this visit. Abbie Oney took a lot of videos of students and schools. One of our own college students, Bamboo Chen, took videos to make a movie, and YSTV in Yangshuo sent Yang Yonyguan with us for a day to record Blessing Hands' activities for the Yangshuo evening news. Malan Cai (in red) was our faithful volunteer interpreter for the time we spent in Yangshuo. The camera followed us to Yangdi Middle School where we gave gifts from Crossroads Charity in Hong Kong, We were also able to see the students sponsored by special sponsors, who sent gifts for their children. We even visited the Mo home where I again met Grandmother Mo, who is raising her two orphaned grandchildren,Her devotion to her grandchildren had touched me three years ago, inspiring me to help. Thanks for all your support for our kids. We hope you will send in your support for the fall semester for your special child now or select a student to sponsor for college. Checks can be sent to the address below. The Lexington Chinese Christian Church Vacation Bible School raised $200 toward our food fund for lower middle school students. The kids were great and got Blessing Hands postcards for their efforts. Thanks to all of you, Blessing Hands Betty Cutts 106 Timber Lane, Morehead, KY, 40351, USA