About a week ago, 20 students from a high school in Sichuan Province in China came to visit in Duarte. They were selected to come over here based on their academic performance, low income, and courage in the earthquake last May. Almost all of them had relatives that were lost in the earthquake. The Education Foundation decided to host a cookout at our house for the students. Within 24 hours, we put together a "real American barbeque" with hotdogs and hamburgers and all of the accompanying dishes. We had about 50 people for dinner, including the students, teachers, administrators, and boardmembers. Fortunately, the weather cooperated and it was a beautiful evening. In the first picture, some of the students are shown sitting by the fire pit with foundation boardmembers, Ed and Helen Ferguson..
After dinner, the students performed some Chinese songs for us. They did a great job!
Some of the students went swimming. They thought it was pretty cool to be able to swim in the winter - in their part of China, that wasn't an option.
Three of the girls wanted to hold baby Elise. They didn't have siblings and they thought this was great fun.
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