2019.12.29

Dear Mr. Enrique and Mrs. Laura,

I am zhai xuyang's father, I take the liberty to tell you a small story at the beginning of the letter...

Fourteen years ago, a chubby little Chinese girl was born.

My mother wanted her to be beautiful, sweet, and lovely, but at that time, god did not give her too much extra care!

Her father hoped that when she grew up, she could become a sports player to realize her father's unrealized dream

. But that doesn't seem to be a possibility at the moment...

Season change, winter to spring!

The little girl grew up day by day under the care of the whole family. She is no longer that chubby swaddling clothes, nor that toothache but also drink sweet yogurt drink of small refined beans, not because of dad's wishful thinking and like any sports, it is gratifying that she likes reading and drawing. But this seemingly quiet hobby turned out to be earth-shattering! Mother's favorite towel was she made into a little teddy bear's coat; Dad's treasured diary by her with red ink "serious" "correction"......

Xu Yang's name is entirely his father's idea, but it must be strictly approved by the family meeting. In accordance with the customs of the Chinese surnames ? name combination of two words. The surname ~ zhai word is the ancestor to give; "Xu Yang" means: just rising from the east of the red sun, brilliant sunlight on the boundless wide sea (the rising sun east of the ocean).

Here's a secret that only dad knows about today! That is, I hope this little girl can grow up strong and courageous, with a broad mind like the sea; With a view like the sun overlooking the earth, with their own feet around the world's seven continents and four oceans...

A girl who goes to middle school becomes a big girl with independent thoughts. About this study trip, my mother wants her to go to Britain, and my father wants her to go to America. As far as I know, she loves America more! Disney, the walk of fame, the NBA, Hamburg, Halloween... After all, freedom and happiness are the most desirable things for every child. Fortunately, the school's decision this year is orange view middle school in Los Angeles, so this trip to Los Angeles is also a lucky way for the little girl to realize her dream!When a person's dream comes true, all the joy can not help but overflow every day. Through the life videos and pictures sent by Mr. Jiang and the children, as well as the delicious food cooked by Mrs. Laura, xu Yang's mother and I deeply felt all the different happy times our children spent in your home! Of course, it must have caused a lot of trouble for you. Here I would like to express my deep apology to you! Of course, I would like to express more sincere thanks today! Thank you, Mr. Enrique and Laura, for your unselfish love and care for a little Chinese girl during the past 60 days and nights! Let her life in a wonderful and special memory!

The sunshine in Los Angeles is always so warm and the sky is always so blue. The little girl's study life has come to a perfect end till today. But for this little girl, this is just the beginning of her dream and future. I hope she can remember this precious life experience, study hard and realize her dream of Los Angeles again in the near future.

At the end of the letter, I would like to sincerely welcome you and your family to China for a holiday when you have time! Xu Yang's mother and I will welcome you at the airport with open arms!

advance

Thank you!（Zhai xuyang's parents）

A letter to Lorena and Lvan:

Tomorrow we will leave the United States and leave this warm American home.

Thank you so much for taking so much care of us.  Every time we have something you want to buy or have a request to you, you will very actively agree to us.  Every weekend, you will take us to play in various places to enrich our experience and increase our knowledge, without leaving us bored at home and playing games all the time.  One thing I have to say is that Lorena's cooking is really delicious, and every time you change the pattern for us to make a different delicious meal.  Almost every meal our four boys eat several plates.

In fact, this home is our second homestay in the United States. The first homestay we rent is not comparable to you. Whether it is from the environment or cooking, or the enthusiasm and care of our parents is not comparable.  If it has to be compared, it can only be described in terms of heaven and earth. I don't mean that the first family is not good, but that it is really different from you.

All in all, thank you very much for taking care of us for so long.  If I come here again in the future, I will definitely come back.  I sincerely welcome you and your family to China for vacation, and my parents and I will certainly warmly welcome you!

thank you all!（TONY Zhang Jintao）

Dear Rowland flores Anna and PJ

In the three months since I came to the United States, I will always be engraved in my heart. From the strangeness when I first met to the mutual concern later on, I am very grateful to you.

Thank you very much, do your best to meet our requirements, thank Anna for every delicious meal, happy to be PJ we play every moment, you bring us infinite happiness and happiness

If you travel to China, I will receive you warmly and wish you good health and happiness every day.（Joe）

Dear Anna,Bang and Peejay:

I'm glad you took care of me for three months. You may just be a passer-by in our long life, but we will not forget you for that. You spent three months with us in America. From our first acquaintance to the present, it's really a precious process. All of us are growing up. It's really like our second home. It really feels like home here. You take us out to parties and lots of activities every week. When we discuss our host family with our classmates, our family can always attract the envy of our classmates. In China, one of my teachers said that American host families are very negligent to their children, but what I see is not so. It's always warm here. When we have problems, parents will tell us and wait patiently for us to correct them. Take a group photo every time you go out. At Christmas, you have prepared gifts for each of us. Before you left, you took us to downtown Los Angeles, Chinatown. Now the time is still walking quietly. As soon as we think of tomorrow, we will board the plane that will go to China. There are five flavors in our hearts. I hope that when we grow up, we can still meet each other.（August）

Dear Anna,Bang and Peejay:

I'm glad you took care of me for three months. You may just be a passer-by in our long life, but we will not forget you for that. You spent three months with us in America. From our first acquaintance to the present, it's really a precious process. All of us are growing up. It's really like our second home. It really feels like home here. You take us out to parties and lots of activities every week. When we discuss our host family with our classmates, our family can always attract the envy of our classmates. In China, one of my teachers said that American host families are very negligent to their children, but what I see is not so. It's always warm here. When we have problems, parents will tell us and wait patiently for us to correct them. Take a group photo every time you go out. At Christmas, you have prepared gifts for each of us. Before you left, you took us to downtown Los Angeles, Chinatown. Now the time is still walking quietly. As soon as we think of tomorrow, we will board the plane that will go to China. There are five flavors in our hearts. I hope that when we grow up, we can still meet each other.

Originally, we felt that the United States would not be so enthusiastic about the Chinese, but the three months I came here changed my view of the Americans. You guys are really warm and hospitable! Anything will be shared with us.

Every time we encounter some language barriers, you are always patiently waiting for us to find the translation, and will patiently explain to us. As long as we want to do something, you will do it as much as possible.

We have lived together for so long, thank you very much. We are very sorry for the late Christmas present. I can't bear to part with it. (And Peejay, the inequality panda: P)

It's time to go to bed. It's time to leave tomorrow. Just end with a sentence from my favorite book ：

As long as the time is walking, meeting is not a problem.（August）

Dear larsen and his wife and my sisters.

Thank you for your three months of care. I'm very happy to feel the warmth of my family abroad. I'm really happy to be a member of your family in the United States. Maybe this is a kind of fate. Your kind eyes linger in my eyes and turn into tears. I really don't want to be separated from you. It seems that on the day of the first meeting, my father drove to pick us up. From then on, it seemed that it was the first time I took the copilot's seat, and then I could see your smiling face every time I looked left. Thank you for sending us to school, going shopping with us, laughing at the table and having a family party every Tuesday.

I really don't want to be separated from you. When will we have a hug? I hope you are happy.（Amy）

Dear ：Rowland flores Anna and Peejay

Thank you for your interest in our 60-day-old pavilion 。As if everything were yesterday. Confiscation from the moment we first arrived at this big family And then to the back of the familiar really makes me a little incredible. To my surprise, the different languages on both sides did not bring much difficulty to our emotions. But when we don't understand the language every time, we will explain patiently to us. Thank you for your patience and love for us over the past 60 days. Here you have brought us infinite happiness. Wherever we want to go, you will agree as much as possible. No matter what we want to do, you will support us. Thank you 。 Halo, the bits and pieces of your life are still printed in my mind, and every picture seems to be as memorable as yesterday. We loved the gifts you prepared for us, but we didn't get them ready for you in time, so we're sorry. I hope you'll forgive me. I am really reluctant to part with you, you are my first family in the United States. After all, he's been taking care of us for three months. Peejay It's a shame to hear that you're getting married and I can't see it. I can only congratulate you first on your happy wedding. If you want to go to China, please be sure to go to Zhengzhou, Henan Province, because we live there, we can take you to our places of interest there. The mountain over there is also very good .Thank you again, we will always be your Chinese children. Remember to visit us when you have time. We'll all miss you. （Sunny）

A letter to the homestay parents (Lorena, Lvan and Ava)

Tomorrow we will leave America, this beautiful and warm family. In fact, whenever I think of these dribs and DRBS, recall some things here, the heart is full of reluctant to give up. We came to the United States for more than 70 days. We lived in this warm family for nearly 60 days. We are very happy here, to the family, things, things feel 100 percent good.

The first sound you hear every morning is the one you say to us get up! You prepare a big breakfast for us in the morning. Let's have a full morning every day. Even though it is far away from the school, we all have different feelings on the road. When we first came here, we first thought wow, this place is so warm with Ava's toys everywhere. We also have a sense of childlike innocence here. Mother here is very good to us, every time we see mother is a smile, smile is very beautiful very intimate, but also let us really feel the beauty of home. Every afternoon after school ready to go home, you are very punctual. We were all very happy when we got home. I remember we moved here from another host family and the first meal we had at night was noodles. I remember it very well. Because the taste is very similar to the taste of our hometown, it not only makes us feel at home. Every time you tell us it's time to eat, we look forward to it. What are we going to eat today? Because every meal is so delicious, we appreciate every meal mom cooks for us here. Every meal was delicious and sumptuous. Whenever we go out to play, we are very happy to take a lot of us, go to ask our advice, and try to meet us. Every time you talk to us, we feel like we are brothers. Grandma has a nice voice. You bring us a lot of happiness here. We appreciate all the things you've done for us here. Tomorrow is going to leave, we here are full of heart, very do not want to leave. This is also our sweet home, we will never forget some things passed here. May happiness always be with you, and happiness around you.（Alex）