February 11, 2009
Letters from the students that Mai Pearls sponsors
Every year, Mai Pearls gives 10% of its profits to charity. Over the past 3 years, we have been making donations to Operation Blessing, an international charity with an office in Beijing. From here, the donations have gone towards their educational programs and Mai Pearls have been able to support 41 students during this academic year.
All 41 students have written letters to Mai Pearls, telling us a little more about their lives and how the sponsorship money has helped them.
Kindly, Operation Blessing have translated 7 of these letters so that I can update you on what a difference this sponsorship makes.
Here is the first letter;
Dear Uncles and Aunties:
How are you?
Hopeful you are in good health and your jobs are going smoothly.
I have learned in the bright class for three years, and I can’t imagine how fast time is, three years are just like three days. I learned much knowledge and I know how to handle the relationship between students and teachers. I'm much obliged to you for you love and your caution. Maybe I am a shepherd or a migrant worker without your help. It is you who help me realized my dream three years ago, and I owe you a debt of gratitude which I shall never be able to repay, maybe the only way I reward you is study hard.
There are four children in my family. Compare with my oldest sister, I am very lucky to have this cherish opportunity to study, and your help relieves the burden on my family. My family can't express how grateful I am to you.
Since China started carrying out the education policy of free tuition and free textbooks, we only need to make up for the cost of living in school. With your help, my family only needed to pay half of my living expenses when boarding in school, so I save some for my second sister.
I want to tell my living in school, we get up at 5 o’clock and sleep at 10:30 everyday, even I am really tired sometimes, I know why I am here; even I have pressures, I will change the pressures to motive; even I don’t know where I am next year, I should precious today, and I must never be unworthy of your love and our teachers' untiring teachings and my parents hope. If one of us must quit school, I have to give up my study to support my second sister, for she is a three-grade student in high middle school. In any case, all this could wait till the next day. No use worrying about it now.
Uncles and aunties, thank you very much for your help. After this year, would not you be in touch with me? I really want to in contact with you no matter where I am. May we keep in touch?
Yours Sincerely，
Du jianmei
Posted: February 11, 2009 10:28 AM