My grandma and grandpa are the most amazing people I know.
Grandpa was born and lived most of his adult life in Vietnam, and Grandma grew up along the China-Tibetan border. They met at Nyack Bible college in New York. They went off and were missionaries for most of their lives.
Now that they're retired, they teach Sunday School classes at church for a lot of the week. They're leaders in the Chinese church, and teach a lot of classes there - they also have Vietnamese church and regular church.
They are extremely poor. They live on the top floor of a building in a tiny little apartment. They can't afford most of the things that people take for granted.
This is an example of the kind of people they are.
My cousin, David John, is living at Waterloo going to university. They didn't have a couch, so grandma and grandpa gave him theirs.
When my mom asked where they were going to sit, they said "oh, well, we have our rocking chair, and the chairs from the kitchen table". They can't afford to go out and buy another one. They are hoping to be able to save up and buy a leather couch. Someone gave them $200 in Sears money a while ago, so they have somewhere to go from.
Mom's hoping to send them $100 to help them out with their couch fund. We don't have a lot of money right now either - if we could, we would buy them a whole leather living room set. A whole house. As much as they would ever need.
They can't afford air conditioning (and most people in Toronto can, because it's much more of a necessity there than it is here). Mom has bought them many fans, but she's stopped now because grandma and grandpa just give them all away.
They're so selfless. I hope I can become half of the kind of people they are.
Grandpa was born and lived most of his adult life in Vietnam, and Grandma grew up along the China-Tibetan border. They met at Nyack Bible college in New York. They went off and were missionaries for most of their lives.
Now that they're retired, they teach Sunday School classes at church for a lot of the week. They're leaders in the Chinese church, and teach a lot of classes there - they also have Vietnamese church and regular church.
They are extremely poor. They live on the top floor of a building in a tiny little apartment. They can't afford most of the things that people take for granted.
This is an example of the kind of people they are.
My cousin, David John, is living at Waterloo going to university. They didn't have a couch, so grandma and grandpa gave him theirs.
When my mom asked where they were going to sit, they said "oh, well, we have our rocking chair, and the chairs from the kitchen table". They can't afford to go out and buy another one. They are hoping to be able to save up and buy a leather couch. Someone gave them $200 in Sears money a while ago, so they have somewhere to go from.
Mom's hoping to send them $100 to help them out with their couch fund. We don't have a lot of money right now either - if we could, we would buy them a whole leather living room set. A whole house. As much as they would ever need.
They can't afford air conditioning (and most people in Toronto can, because it's much more of a necessity there than it is here). Mom has bought them many fans, but she's stopped now because grandma and grandpa just give them all away.
They're so selfless. I hope I can become half of the kind of people they are.
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