Be Willing to Pay the Price for Dreams

By Han Leiping, Kunming, China

I love English, so I chose a liberal arts high school.  I want to be a doctor, so because my school didn't teach science I transferred to another school that taught both liberal arts and science.

I was far behind my classmates because I hadn’t had science classes, so I made a timetable to catch up. I did my best studying science to catch up: I went to teachers' offices very often to figure out problems; I never had weekends because I had to read more books and do more exercises; at night I was in teachers' offices to review my classes while the other students and teachers were in the dormitory. After discovering this, my head teacher arranged extra classes and asked every teacher to give me lessons on weekends. With the help of my teachers, I felt better.  I became sensitive to every problem, and without help I could always discover solutions to complex problems; however, I still worked as hard as before.  For two years I spent my time studying while my friends played. When I took the NCEE test I was surprised by the high marks.

I learned many lessons from my experience. I discovered the importance of gratitude.  Without my teachers I wouldn’t have gotten such high marks.  I feel very grateful for them, and so I want to help others the way others helped me.  Also, I learned everyone must pay the price to achieve dreams. Sometimes the price is difficult and takes many years, but the prize is worth it.  Sometimes we must sacrifice something we want very much to achieve something better.

My friend, Leslee, told me about BYU when she lived in China; now she is a missionary in Chile.  She gave me my dream to go to BYU and tell me it is possible if I have faith.  I have faith.  When I graduate from BYU, I will be loyal and a good example for all Chinese students, and I will help more students achieve their dreams.  

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If you would like to know more about Hannah... Han Leiping (American name given her is Hannah) got acquainted with Leslee and Carrie Brock while they were in Kunming China, teaching English to school children. Leslee and Hannah became especially close, and Leslee planted the thought in her to come to America and attend BYU. That was Winter, 2006. This became Hannahs dream. With her essay, she has now completed all the Parts of her BYU application that she can do, scored 571 on the National College Entrance Exam (571 is very competitive per BYU, which requires a minimum score of 550 for international students). She has studied English for years, and recently took the TOEFL, which is one of the last remaining parts of her application. She has always lived the BYU Honor Code, and so when that was explained to her, that just made her all the more sure that BYU was the school for her. She hopes to start BYU in January, 2008.

The last remaining part of her application is that BYU and governmental agencies require that she submit a signed statement from a sponsor. BYU has indicated that this amount is about $14,000 per year. The first year proof of funds needs to be accompanied by a bank statement showing enough funds for the 1st year, though she will need sponsorship for four years. CREED is willing to sponsor her with a scholarship.  Those that would like to be apart of Hannah’s life and education may contribute to CREED; by making their tax-deductible contribution.   This will help CREED help her accomplish her dream. Ideally, she needs sponsors to make their commitments as soon as possible in time for her application to BYU to be submitted most timely.

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