Monthly Archives: August 2012

As the Sri Lanka bloggers continue their journey experiencing firsthand how World Vision sponsorship helps transform the lives of children and families in poverty, Joy Bennett shares a collection of pictures of a special moment — meeting her two sponsored boys. This post originally appeared on Joy’s blog, Joy in this Journey. As you read Joy’s thoughts and view her pictures, consider this: How are these children and their mother like families you know right here in the United States? What dreams could they pursue — and what goals could they achieve — with the same access to life-giving essentials that we’re used to as Americans?...

Tony Jones is traveling with World Vision’s blogger team in Sri Lanka, experiencing firsthand the impact of our sponsorship programs on the lives of children and families in need. Here, he shares this touching story of meeting 8-year-old Afra, his sponsored child. We hope our readers are as inspired by it as we were. This post originally appeared on Tony’s blog, Theoblogy....

Allison Olfelt, traveling with our Sri Lanka blogger team this week to see firsthand how World Vision’s sponsorship programs work, presents a snapshot of her first interactions with the people of this island nation. Allison’s post originally appeared on her blog, O My Family....