| Xuefei |
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| Basketball court built by PLAN at Xuefei's school |
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| Xuefei is our Writing Buddy. She has a sponsor already but some sponsors have so many children, they cannot possibly write them all. |
| Letters From Xuefei Dear John and Erika Slivka, I am so happy that you become my new friend. I love drawing. It is a surprise that so do you. How's everything with you and your family? Are you busy on your work? Thank you very much for taking time off from your busy schedule to write to me. I know you have married one and a half years. Wish you have a sweet marraige. I live in the Eastern of China. Everything is OK here. I heard Chicago. It is summer here and it is not very hot. It also snows in winter here. When it snows, everything is covered with snow and changes into white, which is a beautiful landscape. I think I love winter very much. I have a lot of friends. You can see that from picture. My best friend saw your pictures and they think you and your country are beautiful. Wish you happy every day. Yours truly, Xuefei Dear John and Erika Slivka, How are you? I am pretty good. I have received the camera and others . Thank you for your concerns. I will take some photos of my school, my family and so on. I promise you that when I run out of film, I will send the camera back to you. From your pictures I can see you have a happy family so I really hope you and your family happy and lucky forever. Yours truly, Xuefei Dear John and Erika Slivka, How are you? I am fine, thank you. It's snowing in your country but it's summer here. It also snows in the winter here especially during Chinese New Year. Is your country beautiful? I hope you could come to the Great Wall which is one of the most famous building in our country. It's very long, and you can visit the Palace of Museum, the Tian Tan Park and so on. I like sports. Climbing mountains and jogging are my favorite sports. There are many mountains here so I always climb the mnountains. Jogging is just for exercises. I also like drawing. But I am not very good at it. When I draw something well, I will be very glad. I think I am good at drawing the picture with watercolors and pencil. OK, I should go now. My sister and I have to go to school. Wish you and your family happy and healthy. Yours truly, Xuefei Dear John and Erika Slivka, I am very happy to know you and your family are all fine. My family and I are all OK except my mother is not very good but now she is fine. Did you enjoy yourself in Easter Day? But for me it is the first time to know this festival. Maybe it is the different culture. Recently we celebrate the festival called Dragon Boat Day. Have you heard it? In this day (June 15) we always eat the Zong Zi (this is traditional Chinese dumpling with rice and Chinese date). It is delicious. I think your wife looks very beautiful. Please say hello to her. Wish you and your family happy, lucky, and healthy. Yours truly, Xuefei. I have received the gifts and letter that you sent to me...I am happy to know that you help the cats which have no place to stay*.... The new term has started. In the new term I decided to study harder.... I hope that you receive my letter soon. I also hope in your spare time your can write to me. *We volunteer at a local animal shelter How are you? I am happy to know you have a cat and when I see its photo, you know that the cat looks like the cat I have. Both of them look very lovely. Only difference your cat looks fatter than mine. Are you busy on your work? How is everything with you and your family? I hope everything is fine with you and your family. My family and I are all fine. Thank you very much for your concerns. I hope I can hear from you as soon as possible. How are you! I am very glad to receive your letter. It is a surprise to hear from you so soon. We are busy these days. My class need to train in gym. We are tired after a period of practice. I do my homework immediately when I come back home, even have no time to consider my supper... How is everything going with you? Are you fine? I have to do my hoework now. I will write you next time. Wish you happy forever! How are you! Please don't worry about us. We are fine. I am very glad to receive your letter and gift. Thank you very much! We are busy with our mid-term these days... We have many subjects such as Maths, English, Chinese, Physics, Geography, Biology, Politics, Painting, Sports, Computer, Music, History, etc. Do you know what is my favorite? I like Sports and English very much. But I am not good at English. You are my friends so I told you about that. Though we are far from each other, I want to express my gratefulness to you for attention to my study, so do my parents. Wish you happy. I will pray for you here in China. I hope I can hear from you soon. I will wait for your letter. Wish you lucky and happy! Xuefei |
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| With her mother, Yumei |
| About Xuefei: Her favorite pasttimes are playing football, listening to music, and flying kites. She wants to be a policewoman when she grows up! At home, where she lives with her parents and her younger sister, she looks after the domestic animals and prepares the family's food. She is in 7th grade and walks about 45 minutes to school, where her favorite subjects are local language, foreign language, and sports. |
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