~Qian Meng zhen~

NAME: Qian Meng zhen

English Name: Melissa

SEX: Female

BIRTHDATE: October 26, 1996

HEALTH: Good

DATE OF ENTRY TO SANCS HOME: October 2008

ACADEMIC STATUS: Grade 6 primary school - as of summer of 2009

FAMILY BACKGROUND:

Her father's name was Qian Fu de and her mother's name was Zhang Xiu ru. She was living with an aunt and uncle who said that her mother had taken her identification booklet away so we had no proof of her age, but they said she was born on October 26, 1996 by the lunar calendar. This means she is about twelve years old. We don¡¯t often bring children into the home at such an old age but knew we were to help her grow and develop into a refined young girl. When she was two years old, her father and mother were divorced and her mother left them. When she was in grade two in primary school, her father died of diabetes.

This family is doing okay and not quite so poor as many since they have two grown sons, ages 26 and 27 to help them with their farming. If we didn¡¯t feel extremely led to help this child we would not have done so. She is only a good student, ranking 19 out of 46 students so will perhaps be unable to attend high school but if she proves to be diligent we can send her to technology school later on. There is a special purpose for her life and we are part of it.