GongYi Home of Hope

Well Sam turned twenty this year and he bought the cake and gave his own party for all the other children and everyone really enjoyed it!

In the picture at the left and staying with a long term tradition here at the Home of Hope, Sam gave a speech. The children give their speech in both English and Chinese and by the time they reach Sam’s age most of them are fluent in both languages and are not timid about speaking in public.

Sam spoke about his life at the Home of Hope and the different things he has learned during his eight years with us.

He also encouraged his younger brothers and sisters to really pay attention to their studies because when they reached his age they would realize how important education was and also how difficult it was if they didn’t have a good foundation of study developed in their early years.

Henry and Hank (some of Hank’s room mates) then joined Sam for his formal birthday picture. Some of his other room mates were away at school or doing something else at the time so were not available for this picture.


Above left, Sam is blowing out his candles to the sound of applause from his brothers and sisters (they always clap when the candles are blown out) and on the right Sam is cutting his cake!