PingYu Home of Hope

Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see. Hope for a better future, hope for a better way, have faith in hope because hope will never fail you. Michelle and I are truly grateful how all of you who help us spread love, peace, joy and HOPE to so many. We hope that you know, that all you do is much appreciated and not in vain.
信是所望之事的实底，是未见之事的确据。盼望有一个更好的未来，盼望以一种更好的方式；相信盼望，因为盼望永远不会辜负你。
笑笑和我衷心地感谢所有帮助我们传播爱、和平、喜乐和盼望的人们，盼望你们知道你们所做的一切被纪念的，不是徒劳的。

Melody (FanGe) is a 16 year old girl who was kicked out of an orphanage in another city. The orphanage heard about our home, and said Melody is a Pingyu person who needs to go back to Pingyu. Melody showed up broken and afraid. Michelle just gave her the biggest hug letting her know she is safe. The civil affairs leader who brought Melody to us hugged Michelle and told her that she has never seen this kind of compassion and love and that Michelle is her hero. We have been shown such favor with the local government here and we hope we can keep building on these relationships.
范歌一个16岁的女孩，她是一名平舆的弃婴。原来在驻马店市福利院，后驻马店听说了平舆县有自己的孤儿院，他们提出平舆的孩子需要回到自己的地方。范歌与我们当地民政部门的人员刚来到这里的时候，她是害怕伤心和困惑的 。笑笑拥抱了她，告诉她在这里是一个非常安全的、温暖的家。笑笑的在与范歌的接触过程中感动了，送范歌来这里的民政部门的工作人员，她说笑笑是她的榜样和女神。我们得到了当地政府的支持，我们希望能在这个基础继续建立更好的合作关系。Pictured above is Michelle on the floor trying to talk to Melody. The elderly lady pictured, is the woman who originally found Melody as a baby abandoned on the side of the road. Nicky (one of our translators and teachers) is across from Michelle helping talk to Melody. The other woman pictured to Michelle’s right is one of the civil affairs leader.
上面的图片是笑笑和范歌坐在地上谈话。之前的照片显示的那位年长的女士是范歌的“奶奶”，她是在一条河旁边的路上发现的范歌。聂贞（我们的翻译中的其中一位）在笑笑的前边帮助笑笑翻译。另一张照片（右边）是民政部门的工作人员和笑笑。

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Enjoying our beautiful city!

The children like to go out roller blading on the weekends. There is a beautiful area they like to go and feed the fish and see the lights at night. We do not let them skate at night but we will take them out for a walk where they can buy small snacks with their allowance money.
孩子们喜欢在周末的时候去到外面溜冰。有一个美丽的地方是他们非常喜欢去的，孩子们喜欢拿着鱼食去喂小湖里的鱼，看夜灯。我们不允许他们晚上溜冰，但是会带他们去外面散步去到一个小的地方可以用零花钱买些小零食。

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Moving Day is getting closer and closer搬家的日子越来越近
As some of you may know, I (Ben) have had several meetings with the mayor in trying to get our organization registered as an NGO (Non Governmental Organization). We hired a lawyer to help with this process and all our documentation was turned into the provincial level last week for their approval. It could take two months before getting approved, as they have hundreds of other applications.
你们大家可能已经知道我们即将面临着搬家，我（Ben)已经面见了我们这里的县长几次，共同合作尽快取得非政府组织的登记注册。我们雇用了一律师帮助我们进行注册的程序，所需要材料已向省级有关部门进行了提交。大概需要一两个月的等待时间，他们有许多的文件等待着审核。
We are also trying to figure out where we will live in the future with all our children. The first two weeks back from the States, I was literally in daily meetings with either the mayor, the civil affairs or the building department leaders. The mayor told us that he will do whatever it takes to help us get approved and keep helping the Pingyu children.
同时我们也在试图搞清楚搬家的事情。从美国回来的前两个星期都是在开会中度过的，县政府、民政局和拆迁办的人员们。县里的领导表示会竭尽全力帮助我们取得相关证件，继续留在这里帮助这些平舆的孩子们
Unfortunately, without our organization being approved, we cannot continue with our plans to build our new home. This has caused problems with the building department, as our current home is the last home occupied around the lake they want to beautify.
不幸的是，如果我们的组织在没有获得批准之前，我不能继续之前的计划建新家。建筑部门也通知我们需尽快进行搬家，我们家是这周围最后的一栋建筑。
The mayor gave us two locations to choose from where we can temporarily move to until all this mess with the registration is complete. He is even going to cover all remodel and preparation costs. After much consideration, we chose the 4 story building, where we will move to and gave the mayor a list of all the things that must be repaired before we move in. He agreed and said he will get a crew working on the remodel immediately. We think it will take them around a month to prepare everything.经多方面的考虑，我选择了一栋四层楼的建筑，县里安排会给我们进行装修，并在装修上征求了我们的建议，费用由他们承担。尽快会在一个月内完成装修，让我们进行搬迁。

If our struggle is this hard, our hope must be that much greater!
县里给我们两个选择可以暂时搬进去，直等到我们有长期的地方可以居住及取得和证件。

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1/2 Marathon!!!
My very good friend, John, and I are training to run a 1/2 marathon held in Pingyu in early December of this year. Some of our boys have been helping with the training process by going out running with me. Sometimes they run beside me or skate ahead of me while I run. It’s been fun training and I look forward to the time I get to spend with them each time we run.
我的好朋友John和我，我们一起准备参加今年11月份的马拉松赛；一些孩子们和我们一起跑步，成为我们的陪练。有时候和我们一起并肩跑步，有时穿着溜冰鞋一起。我非常开心他们可以陪我们一起训练，每一次都珍惜这美好的时光。
Left picture from left to right is Joey, Sammy and Aaron. Right picture from left to right is Tyler, Jaxin and Eli.
左边图片（从左边到右）小宝、刑恩典和孙芳旭。右边图片（从左到右）雅各、杰克和伊利亚。

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The peace we have is the peace we give you so that you can have rest and comfort.我们把我们心中所拥有的平安也祝福给你们，愿你们得到心灵的和平与安息。