1. WORLD VISION CHILD SPONSORS VISIT XIENG NGUEN ADP, LAO 10-16 JANUARY 2010

2. Arrival at LuangPrabang International Airport

3. LuangPrabang is serene, calm and beautiful

4. We visited local villages in the XiengNguenADP to see the work of World Vision

5. Crops and animals bring food and income opportunities to the locals

6. A weaving programme for people living with HIV/AIDS gave the visitors a meaningful shopping opportunity

7. The Mekong River

8. Taking a soothing boat ride to meet our sponsored children

9. We are ready to meet our “children”!

10. And looks like they are ready to meet us too!

11. Child sponsor, Han Lip and his sponsored child, Tong getting to know each other

12. Child sponsor, Danny is greeted with a local Nop greeting from his sponsored children

13. A local World Vision staff acted as an interpreter for the children, Danny and his wife, Helen.

14. It was all smiles when the other child sponsors met their “children” too

15. A World Vision assisted school in XiengNguenADP

16. The students were initially very shy to meet us

17. Danny played teacher and taught English to the quick-learning children

18. Children and adults alike had a field day with balloons

19. Games that brought laughter and smiles

20. Beautiful faces we cannot forget

21. Innocence that touched our hearts

22. Smiles that showed us their warmth

23. Reality that broke our hearts

24. Poverty that can be changed

25. Hope that shines through

26. To a future of dreams yet to be realised

27. We can make the commitment to make them real

28. Thank you for sponsoring a child

29. Thank you for making their dreams come true