Miracle

奇迹

等我们收养工作人拒绝了我们收养了Michael，那儿有另一个家庭说想收养他。那时候他们好像只有三个月的时间，最后他们做到了！我们超高兴！这简直是一个奇迹呀！

太棒了！可能上帝知道很多人很想让他有个家，所以就叫一个家庭去举行行动。这真是太不可思议呀！Michael那时候也超高兴要见他的家庭！

在我的生活中，我经过了很多不可思议的奇迹。比如说我还能跟中国人联系，我的数学老师教了两年。在2014年的暑假快到了，我们的司机说我们会换另一辆校车，也可能会有新的司机。我们很喜欢那个司机，他这人特好玩。每次当我们坐校车的时候，我们都会笑个不停。那时候我真希望他不会离开，结果他真的没离开。我今年还有他。我那时候很高兴。

同时我有一点点为苏楠楠伤心。早知道我就坚持收养她，可是她现在没有家庭了。她不会有教育。她不会有人对她说我爱你，告诉她她是多么的漂亮，多么的聪明，多么的棒。我不知道她现在的生活是怎么呀。为什么没有人收养她呀？为什么？

但是，我还是相信我们的生活这是多种多彩的。有那么多的奇迹在我们的周围！这是不是多种多彩呀？

After our social worker said no to us to adopt Michael, there was another family who said they wanted to adopt him. At that time they only had like three months. In the end they made it! We were super happy! That simply was a miracle!

Awesome! Maybe God knew many people wanted him to have a family, so he called a family to take action. That was unbelievable! At that time Michael also was super happy to see his family!

In my life, I have seen many unbelievable miracles. Like I still can get it touch with people in China, and my math teacher taught me for two years. When 2014’s summer vacation came, our bus driver said there was a chance we would have a new bus, maybe also a new bus driver. He is really funny. Every time when we ride the bus, we couldn’t stop laughing. At that time I really hoped he doesn’t leave, and really he didn’t leaved. I still have him this year. I am very happy.

At the same time I also was a little sad for Su Nannan. I should have insisted to adopt her if I know early, but now she doesn’t have family. She won’t have education. She won’t have people say I love you, tell her how beautiful, smart, and awesome she is. I don’t know what her life is like now. Why were there no people to adopt her? Why?

However, I still believe our life is very colorful. There are so many miracles around us. Is that colorful?

Can We Adopt Michael?

我们能不能收养Michael

在2013月1月，我们知道Michael他2014年5月1日就想14岁了。Michael是我们在北京说话的一个盲男孩。他是倒挺好玩的，而且也会好多的乐器。他的梦想是一个音乐家。我们挺喜欢跟他说话。那时候我们很想收养他因为他快到年纪了。妈妈没我有那么的信心因为Amy刚来到家，她怕我们的收养的工作人不会同意因为这太早了。而且我们那时候只有三四个月，我们收养机构没那么快。我那时候觉得只要我们闯一闯，我们会成功的。所以妈妈问了收养的工作人。

一天当我们从学校回来的时候，妈妈告诉我们我们不能收养Michael因为 Amy 得先呆在家里长一些。当时我很生气。难道帮Michael找个家不重要吗？Lucy，Amy和我相处的一点儿问题都没有。我觉得他们应该同意我们收养Michael。

我对这件事也有一点点儿伤心。上次我没能帮助苏楠楠，这次我也不能救Michael。这已经两次了，我真的不想有第三次。

我还想了想：我也有一点点错因为我做的还不够多。我祈祷的不够。那时候我也应该聪明一点，我应该问一些中国人收养Michael，因为国内收养比国际收养更要快。我真不知道为什么没有早点想到这个。每次我都是这样，等那个事情发生了以后我才想到办法了。我的脑子有时候倒挺慢的。

但是，这不是最后的结果，因为后来有个奇迹要发生了。

On January 2013, we knew that Michael is going to turn 14 one May 1st, 2014. Michael is a boy we talked to in Beijing. He was pretty funny, and plays many instruments. His dream was become a musician. We liked to talk to him. We wanted to adopt because he was also age out. Mom didn’t have as much confidence as me because Amy just came to our family. She was scared our social worker wouldn’t said yes because it was too early. Also at that time we only have three - four months, our adoption agency isn’t that fast. I thought if we just try it, we would be successful. So mom asked the social worker.

One day when we came home from school, mom told us that we couldn’t adopt Michael because Amy has to be home longer. At that time I was very unhappy. Was helping Michael to find a family not important? Lucy, Amy and I have no problem to get along. I thought they should say yes to us.

I was a little bit sad about that. Last time I couldn’t help Sun Nannan; this time I could rescue Michael either. That was two times already, I really didn’t want to happen the third time.

I also thought it was a little bit of my fault because I didn’t do enough. I didn’t pray enough. At that time I need be a little bit smarter too, I should ask some Chinese people to adopt Michael, because national is faster than international. I really don’t why I didn’t think that earlier. Every time I would do that, I finally got an idea after the event happen. My brain sometimes is a little slow.

However, this wasn’t the end, because later there was a miracle.

How Teacher Respond to a Bad Grade

老师对一个坏成绩是怎样呼应的

有一次在七年级科学课有一个考试，我得到一个不好的成绩。我的特殊教育老师问我我得了多少然后我给她看了。那时候我对我很不开心。然后我的特殊教育老师说：“这很好呀。”当时我就很惊奇，也不怎么高兴。我心想：这根本就不好，这有不是优。根本就不好。你不应该说好，如果我在中国的话，中国老师会骂我的。你为什么说这是好呀。后来她说这对我一个刚刚学英语的挺好的。我不同意，不好就不好，这根本就没有借口。我不喜欢别人用我刚刚来到美国的事情当借口。

有一次我上三年级的时候，我们考了一个期末考试。有一天中午我们在排队吃饭，我的语文老师冲过来了，生气的看着我，然后推了我说：“你还敢吃饭呢！”那时候我很糊涂。之后她告诉我我得到了一个很不好的成绩因为我有一个很大的阅读题没有做，我真不知道我为什么没有做。我可能忘了吧。我的语文老师很生我的气。第二天她公布了我们的成绩，然后她就又骂我。她说我不应该吃饭。我觉得她说了我是白痴因为我的成绩很不好。她有一句话好像没说，但是我能听懂她的意思。她觉得我浪费了她的工夫，我根本就不值得老师教我。她觉得我浪费了她的时间。然后她继续说，继续说，后来我实在忍不住了，然后我就哭了。我很伤心我得了一个那么不好的成绩，我也不应该得那么不好的成绩。后来那些学生安慰了我，但我还是挺伤心的。

其实，我并不觉得我语文老师做错了什么。我觉得她的行为倒是挺有理由的。当然了，我是不会像她一样的对待别人，也不想让她在这样的对待另一个人。她这样对待我是因为我经常得到很好的成绩，然后我却在一个很大的考试得到了一个坏成绩，她这样对我也是一种惩罚，这样我以后会记得，然后再细心一下。所以每当我得到不好的成绩的话，我对我很不高兴。

当我来到美国的时候，那些老师对我的要求比我想象的要很轻松。当我得到了一个不好的成绩，老师他们不但不骂我，而且还鼓励我。我一直在想：为什么老师她们不生我的气呀？我不是说我想让他们生我的气，但我就是很惊奇因为在中国的话，老师对你就不怎么高兴。

我记得有几次我得到了一个坏成绩。一个是在七年级历史课，历史老师给我看了看我在班里的成绩，这让我感觉好了一点点儿，但我觉得我在班里的成绩也不是很好。还有一个是在七年级数学。考试的时候我就很紧张。有的题我根本就不懂，但我也没问，我觉得我应该问一下。后来当我知道我的成绩不怎么好，我就很不高兴。我那时候很想打我自己，但是我不想让他们看见，所以我就忍住了。到了下课的时候，我最喜欢的老师知道我不高兴，所以就告诉我在班里的分数，我倒觉得挺好的。然后她让我笑了笑。从那以后，我就知道为什么美国老师不会在我得到坏成绩的时候骂我。我非常感谢我的美国老师对我的付出。我以后会试着在我得到不好成绩的时候往正面的方向。

One time in seventh grade science class we had a test and I got a bad grade. My special education teacher asked what I got and I showed her. At that time I was very unhappy. Then my special education teacher said, “That’s good.” I was very surprised, and wasn’t very happy. I thought: That was not good, that wasn’t an A. It’s not good at all. You shouldn’t say it’s good, if I were in China, Chinese teacher would scold me. Why did you say it’s good? Later she said it’s pretty good for an English learner like me. I disagree, not good is not good, there are no excuses. I don’t like when people use that I just came to America as an excuse.

One time when I was in third grade in China, we had a final exam. One day at noon when we were lined up to go to lunch, my Language Arts teacher rushed to the door, looked at me full of anger, then pushed me and said, “ You still dare to eat lunch, Huh!” I was very confused. Then she told me that I got a very bad grade because I missed a big part of the test. I really didn’t know why I missed it. Maybe I forgot. My Language Arts teacher was very angry with me. On the second day she announced our grade, then she started to scold me. She said I shouldn’t eat. I think she said that I’m an idiot because my grade was so bad. There was one thing she seemed like she didn’t say, but I understood her meaning. She thought I wasted her effort, I didn’t deserve a teacher teaching me. She thought I wasted her time. Then she kept saying it and continued saying it, then I just couldn’t hold it anymore, then I cried. I was very sad because I got a very bad grade. I shouldn’t have gotten that bad grade either. Then those students comforted me, but I still was very sad.

Actually, I don’t think my language arts teacher did anything wrong. I think her action was reasonable. Of course, I will not be like her, and I don’t want her to treat other people like that. She treated me like that because I got good grades very often, but then I got a very bad grade. She treated me like that as a punishment to me, so later I will remember, and in the future be more careful. So every time when I got a bad grade, I would be very unhappy with myself.

When I came to America, the teachers’ expectations were lower than I thought. When I got a bad grade, they did not even scold me, but encouraged me. I always thought: Why is the teacher not mad at me? I didn’t say that I wanted them to be mad at me, but I was very surprised because if it is in China, the teacher will not be very happy with you.

I remember a couple of times I got a bad grade. One was in seventh grade Social Studies; the SS teacher let me look at my class grade, which made me feel a little bit better, but I thought that my class grade wasn’t very good. Another was in seventh grade math. I was very nervous when I was testing. Some of the questions I didn’t even understand, but I didn’t ask, I think I should have asked. Later when I knew that my grade wasn’t very good, I was very unhappy. I really wanted to hit myself, but I didn’t want them to see it, so I sucked it up. When the class ended, my favorite teacher knew I wasn’t happy, so she told me the class grade, I thought it was pretty good. Then she made me smile a little bit. From that time, I knew why American teachers didn’t scold me when I got a bad grade. I was thankful for the effort that my American teachers put in. In the future I will try to think a positive thought if I got a bad grade.  

Janna and The Giver

小坚强和善善

在妈妈和我从中国回来的的时候。我听说了一个孤儿的事儿。有些事儿让我生气，有些事让我伤心。

小坚强在中国的生活很不好。她老师老会说她很笨，也她说了很不好的话。他是她最喜欢的老师因为他是唯一肯教她的老师而且她喜欢他教育他学生的方法。我以前听说过她最喜欢的老师，那时候我觉得她最喜欢的老师很好。我真没想到他以前会这样对她。我一点都不喜欢她最喜欢的老师，他怎么那么会演戏。其他的老师比他还坏。他们踢过她。

福利院的阿姨也没有比学校的老师要好。她们根本就不适合当阿姨。她们让所有的东西都让小坚强做，不给她买东西，经常骂她，骗他。我知道你们现在想什么：爱丽丝不是一只想自己做事吗？那些阿姨有什么错？现在我就来告诉你：我的情况跟小坚强的情况不一样。我那个阿姨她有时候让别的小孩帮她干活，所以那时候我就说既然他们让别的小孩该活儿，那我也可以干呀。小坚强的生活也不比接上的小孩要好。除了这个，她还要照顾她福利院里的一个＂姐姐＂。那些阿姨根本就会在乎小坚强。所以对我来说，那些阿姨都应该开除！

小坚强的福利院也有老人。那些老人在小坚强出国之前告诉他一些让她害怕的事儿。这让我很生气，也让小坚强害怕。也让她花了很长时间才融入那个家庭呢。我真不知道为什么那些老人做这些事儿，小坚强又没有着他们惹她们的，他们就不能让她开开心心的去美国呀！真是的！

生气的事儿都说完了，接下来就是伤心的事儿。小坚强老是说关于她姐姐的事儿。他的姐姐是一个很善良的人，我们把她姐姐就叫善善吧。在小坚强出国之前的时候，善善去世了。善善她一生中都在招呼着小坚强。她们俩的姐妹关系好像是世界上最好的姐妹关系。他们俩什么东西都一起做。有一次我们见面说了话，我试着安慰安慰她，但是她说我根本就不懂因为我根本没就没有经过。那时候我很伤心因为我不能安慰她。同时我也觉得我这人什么都不懂。我真不知道我应该怎么安慰她。


现在我想让大家知道一件事儿。我觉得善善可能还会活着的如果她福利院把她招呼的好好的。我的福利院是住在北京，在那里那些领导和主席经常来到我们福利院那儿来看望。但是，善善和小坚强的福利院是住在离北京比较远的地方，所以那些福利院不需要给那些重要的人看他们福利院有多好。那些福利院的阿姨经常找借口不照顾他们。当那些小孩反抗的时候，那些阿姨老师用：＂我是大人，你是小孩。是你在教我还是我教你。我讨厌当她们说这个。人并不是完美的，有时候他们会有错，他们应该谦虚地认错！

现在我想让你想想：他们当孤儿是他们的错吗？我觉得不是。那些在中国无辜的孤儿应该别人那么对待吗？我觉得不是。如果你们跟我的想法一样的话，我想你们会像我一样的很想帮助对吧？那你们有什么办法吗？我有两个办法：一个是把那些孤儿带进一个温暖幸福的的家庭。一个是让中国的政府和其他人注意到那些阿姨的行动，然后让那些阿姨执行她们应该做的事儿。我觉得这两个都是好办法，也都会实现。但是，我觉得第二个办法跟第一个要快和好，因为什么东西都没比一个温暖幸福的家庭要好。况且，第二个办法要是用很长的时间因为要是一种文明活习惯改变是很难的，不管是好的还是坏的。所以在我们等那些阿姨改变之前，我们可以做一些伟大的事情。

现在就让我们手牵手的帮助那些孤儿吧！

When mom and I came back to America from China, I heard an orphan's story. Some of the things I heard made me mad, some made me sad. 

Janna's life in China wasn't very good. Her favorite teacher told her that she was stupid and said many bad words to her. He was her favorite teacher because he was the only teacher that would teach her and she liked the way that he taught the students. I had heard about her favorite teacher and thought he was very good. I couldn't imagine that he would treat her like that, he must have been a very good actor to have fooled everyone! Other teachers were worse than him. They kicked her. 

The orphanage nannies weren't any better than the teachers. They made Janna do everything. I know what you guys are thinking now: Alice wants to do everything by herself, isn't that right? What did the nannies do wrong? Now let me tell you: my situation and Janna's situation are different. My nannies sometimes would let kids help them do chores, so I thought if they let other kids do chores, then I could do them too. Janna's life was no better than the kids who lived on the streets. In addition to that, she had to take care of a "sister" in her orphanage. Those nannies didn't care about Janna at all. So I think those nannies should be fired! 

Janna's orphanage also had old people. Those old people told her some stuff that made her very scared before she came to America. That made me mad, it also made Janna scared. It also took her a long time to trust her family. I really don't know why those people told her those stories. Janna didn't do anything to them, couldn't they just let her happily come to America? 

The previous makes me mad, the following makes me sad. Janna always talked about her sister. Her sister had a very soft and kind heart. Let us call her The Giver. Before Janna came to America, The Giver passed away. The Giver used her whole life to take care of Janna. Their sister relationship probably is the best in the world. They did everything together. One time I met Janna and talked, I tried to comfort her, but she said that I don't understand because I never experience the loss of someone close. At that time I was very sad because I couldn't comfort her. I really didn't know how should I comfort her. 

Now I want to tell you guys something. I think The Giver would have lived if her orphanage had taken care of her well. My orphanage is in Beijing. The president and the important people came to visit my orphanage very often. However, The Giver and Janna's orphanage is very far away from Beijing, so they didn't have to show how good their orphanage was. Those orphanage nannies often found excuses to not to take care of them. When the children protest that the nannies were wrong, the nannies always use "I am adult, are you teaching me or am I teaching you?" I hate when they say that. People are not perfect, sometimes they are wrong, they should just say they are wrong.

Now I want you to think: Is it their fault that they became orphans? I don't think so. Should they be treated that way? I don't think so. If you agree with me, I bet you, like me, want to help the orphan so badly. What idea do you have? I have two ideas: One is to bring those orphans to a blessed happy family; One is to let the China government and other people be aware of of those nannies actions, then enforce them to do the things that they should do. Those two ideas are both good and doable. However, I think the first idea is better and faster than the second idea, because nothing is better than a blessed happy family. In fact, the second idea will take a long time because if you want to change a culture or a habit it is very hard. So while we are waiting for them to change, we can do some mighty things. 

Now let us hold hands to help those orphans! 

Welcome Back

欢迎回来

在2013年12月16日星期一半夜，我们回到家里。爸爸和Lucy在机场上等着我们。等我们回到家的时候，我们的两只狗，Josie和Skyle来到了Amy的前面，Amy和我们的第一次一样也很害怕。我跟Amy介绍了一下的东西。半夜的时候我们就上床睡觉了。

第二天我没有上学因为妈妈想让我休息休息。我也不怎么记得我们那天做了什么。下午我去了功夫，师傅肖恩跟我说了："欢迎回来"然后很多人也说了："哦，你回来了。"

第三天我去了学校，那时候我很高兴去见我的老师和同学。很多的学生说欢迎回来，他们说他们很想我。老师也跟我说欢迎回来。有的老师的反应超大，也超好玩。我美国最喜欢的老师的反应就特好玩，一开始我以为她没发现我呢！然后她就说："Alice，你回来了！"当时我觉得他这人好好玩呀。然后她就问我中国怎么样呀，我有没有忘记英文等等。我的吉他老实地反映跟我最喜欢的老师差不多。我觉得他这人很疯狂。

很多人问了关于Amy的事儿。我说她很好。他们都很高兴。

教堂里的人也跟我说了欢迎回来。我在星期天学校说了说一点关于我在中国的事儿。大家都很高兴我回来了！我也很高兴我回来了。

同时，我还是很想念郑老师。我每天都会梦到她，天天都会想她。有时候是每节课想她！但是，现在我已经适应了。不过，我还是会想她了！

我真没想到我回来的事情会带来那么多的好笑和欢乐。

On Monday, December 16, 2013,  we came home. Dad and Lucy waited for us in the airport. When we came home, our two dogs, Josie and Skylar came to Amy. Amy was scared, just like our first time. I told Amy the bathroom stuff. At midnight we went to bed. 

On the second day I didn't go to school because mom wanted to rest for a day. I don't remember what we did on that day. That afternoon I went to Kung Fu, Shifu (coach) said to me, "Welcome back." Then other people said, "Oh, you are back."

The third day I went to school. I was happy to see my teachers and classmates. Many classmates welcomed me back and said they missed me. The teachers also said welcome back. Some of the teachers' reactions were very big and funny. My favorite American teacher's reaction was super funny. At the beginning I even thought she didn't notice me! Then she said, "Alice, you're back!" At that time I thought she is a super funny person. Then she asked how was China and had I forgotten English, etc. My guitar teacher's reaction was similar to my favorite teacher. I thought she was crazy. 

Many people asked about Amy. I said she was doing very good. They were very happy. 

The church people also said welcome back to me. In Sunday school I told them a little bit about China. Everybody was very happy that I came back! I was very happy I came back too. 

At the same time, I still missed Mrs. Zheng very much. Everyday I would dream about her. Everyday I would think about her. However, now I already got use to it. But, I still think about her!

I couldn't imagine that coming back home from China would bring so much funniness and laughter. 

Day 17- Leaving Beijing China

第十七天－离开中国北京

在2013年12月16日星期一中午，我们离开了中国北京。

早上我们的早饭很晚，之后江阿姨教了我们做饺子。我很喜欢做饺子，那是我第二次做饺子。我第一次做饺子的时候是当我爸爸妈妈刚收养我的时候。我在福利院从来都没有做过饺子。

我很喜欢叔叔给我们做的饭。等我们做完饺子的时候，叔叔让妈妈和我看了看他是怎么做法的，不过现在我已经忘了怎么做了。哎呀！
  
等我们快要走的时候，我们的午餐是饺子。我超喜欢饺子。之后我们去机场那儿。等我们上飞机的时候，我很舍不得，我好想念郑老师呀。我对北京说了："再见了，中国北京，我会想念你的！"

On December 16, 2013, in the afternoon, we left Beijing, China. 

We had a very late breakfast, then Joy taught us how to make dumplings. I liked to make dumplings very much. That was my second time making dumplings. My first time was when my mom and dad just adopted me. I never made dumplings in the orphanage. 

I liked the food that Michael made for us. When we finished making dumplings, Michael let mom and I see how he cooked the food, but now I have already forgotten how to cook. Oops!

When we were about to go, we had a dumpling lunch. I like to eat dumplings very much. Then we went to the airport. When we got on the airplane, I was so not ready to leave. I missed Mrs. Zheng. I said to Beijing, "Goodbye, Beijing, China. I will miss you!"

Day 16- Foster Family and Visiting Bethel

第十六天－寄养家庭和看望爱百福

周日那天我们早上做了车去我们的寄养家庭。我的寄养家庭是住在农村那儿。我们家里的房子也挺大的，比我家的房子要大一些。当我们快到那儿的时候，我看了看那里的田地，就想起了一个我从前学校认识的一个人。我忘了她的名字了，我现在只记得她姓谢。她是学校对我最好的人，也是对我最坏的人。我的小学是孙营一小。

等我们到那儿时候，我看见养父养母，哥哥，一个叔叔，我的妹妹水春证，还有一个另一个小孩。他们都很开心看到我。我的养父养母告诉妈妈我小时候的个性。他们说我很聪明。Amy说我这个人很要强。好像每个人都觉我这个有一种很执着、要强、和固执的个性。但是我就是看不出来。

养母带我去外面看了看。我们去了我的一个朋友，王若晨的家里。养母告诉了我她已经去衬里读书了。那里有好多人都记得我，但很多的人我都忘记了。但是，妈妈说她对我很满意因为我已经六年没来到这儿了。这让我就觉得更舒服一点儿了。

养父养母给我们准备了一个很丰富的午餐。养母就让我吃吃吃，最后我吃得特饱，所以我就叫她停止帮我盛饭。

中午的时候我们就要走了，养母给Amy和我几个礼物。Amy得到了一个很漂亮的项链。我得到了一个菩萨项链，一个Hello Katty，一个手链，和一个很漂亮的头发东西，到了分手的时候，我的养母很舍不得，她哭了。我为她感到一点点伤心。

下一站我们看望了Tracy和其他的爱百福的孩子。她们是住在一个楼房。那里有两个阿姨，其中有一个阿姨很像我以前认识的一个阿姨姓沈。她很喜欢我，我也很喜欢她。那个阿姨让我想起了她。说实话，我很想见沈阿姨呀，不知道她还记不记得我。

那有另一个女孩，后来我知道她叫Hana。她也跟了跟我们说了说话，她用她的葫芦丝给妈妈吹了一首歌。

到了要走的时候，Tracy问了问能不能送我们。她这人的心可真好呀！

到了上车的时候，Amy就问她能不能现在就收养Tracy。妈妈说我得先到美国。然后她继续问我们能不能收养Michael，接着她就问我能不能拿爱百福的所有的孩子都收养。妈妈说我以前问过这个问题，但她没同意。说实话，我真的很想很想收养我的朋友。

那里有几个女生。其中有两个小女孩在读书，一生都不吭。我们给Tracy一个笛子。之后Tracy就开始跟Amy说了说话。我看了看她们的屋子的东西。她们的床是蹦蹦床，他们有好多的乐器，我好羡慕呀！如果我的福利院有那么好就好了。如果我们福利院的每一个孩子能上学，那有多好呀。

这就是在中国的第十六天。  

On Sunday morning we got in the car to visit my foster family. My foster lived in the country side. My foster house is really big too, bigger than my house in America. When we almost there I looked the farmland in there, I started thinking a person from my school. I forgot her name, I just remember that her last name is Xie. She is the nicest person in the school, and the meanest person too. My elementary school in the country side is Sunying #1.

We when got in there, I saw my foster parents, older brother, my younger sister Shui Chunzheng, and another kid. They all were happy to see me. My foster parents told mom about my personality when I was little. They said I am very smart. Amy said that I was eager to excel. It seem like everybody think I have a determine, eager to excel, and stubborn personality. However, I just don't see those in myself. 

My foster mom took me to outside to see. We went to one of my friends Wang Ruochen's home. Foster mom told that she already went to school in the city. There are many people still remember me, but I forgot many of them. However, mom was very impress with me because I haven't been there for six years. That made me feel a little better.
My foster parent gave us a very plentiful lunch. My foster just let me eat eat eat, family I was super full, so I told her to stop gave me food on my plate.

At noon we were going leave, my foster mom gave Amy and I a couple of presents. Amy got a beautiful neckless. I got a Buddhism neckless, one Hello Katty, one bracelet, and a beautiful hair stuff. When it was time to go, my foster mom wasn't ready, she cried. That made me little bit sad. 

next stop we visited Tracy and other Bethel kids. They live in a department. There have two nannies, one of them looks like Nanny Shen that I know. She liked me very much, I like her very much too.  That nanny remind me of Nanny Shen, didn't know if she still remember me. 

There were few girls. Two of the girls were reading book, didn't making any sounds. We gave Tracy a recorder. Then Tracy started talking to Amy. We saw their room and stuff.  They bed is bump-bed, they had a lot of instrument, I was very admire! It would be so wonderful if my orphanage had those good stuff. It would be wonderful if every kids in the orphanage can go to school. 

There had another girl, later I learned her name is Hana. She talked to us a little bit, she play a song to mom with her cucurbit flute.  

When it was time to leave, Tracy asked if she can say goodbye too us. She has a such kind heart!

When we got into the car, Amy asked if she could adopted Tracy right then. Mom said that first we have to get to America. Then she asked if we could adopt Michael, next she asked if she could all the Bethel kids. Mom said that I asked that question before, but she didn't say yes. Tell you the truth, I want to adopt my friends so bad.

That was the sixteenth day in China.