Day at Mariposa Butterfly Park with our @Compassion-sponsored child, Nellie | Aug 2009, Santa Cruz, Bolivia

These photos capture our day in Santa Cruz, Bolivia with Nellie, the child we sponsor through Compassion International [http:www.compassion.com]. There were many firsts for us, and even more for Nellie—including visiting the Mariposa Butterfly Park, riding a horse-drawn carriage, going down a water slide, and using a digital camera.

See all the smiles! Especially the one on Nellie at the end of the day (last photo taken with her Compassion project director before she returned to her village in Chané, located an hour’s car drive from of Santa Cruz).

Each of the families on our tour visited with the children we sponsor in Bolivia, and we saw first-hand how we truly impact the life a child with a little more than $1 a day. It was hard to tear ourselves away from these sponsored children after the day that we enjoyed with them, but that just means more letters going both ways from now on and more love.

For more information, visit Compassion’s website at http://www.compassion.com.

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