To: World Vision Lanka

Jay and I sponsor a World Vision kid whom we were fortunate enough to visit during our last trip to Sri Lanka. That was exactly a year ago! He's ten years old now. We try to make sure to correspond regularly.

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September 5, 2007

Dear Isuru,

We wanted to send another letter to you. Although we are in Canada today, it was exactly one year ago that we visited you. We think you have probably grown bigger in one year!

In a previous letter, we sent you a photo of our visit but cannot remember exactly which one. We’ll put another in with this letter and hope it’s not a duplicate. There are also two other pictures taken here in Canada.

One shows Jayantha in a small park with the city of Vancouver in the background. You can see the edge of the water because it is a port city. Lots of big ships carry products to and from different Asian countries. The second picture shows Dennis behind a group of students he taught this summer. In order for these people to study courses well, they need some more practice studying the English language. Most of them have come to live in Canada from many different countries.

This year we will not be travelling to Sri Lanka. Instead, we are going to spend a few weeks visiting some central European countries. In fact, we fly into Germany in only one week. You can check on a world map or globe and find Austria and Hungary as those are some places we’ll visit too.

In your last letter you said that you liked all your school subjects. We hope you still do. Is there one that you like the best? What time do you have to arrive and when do you get to leave? Also, how many other students are in your classes? Who are your best friends and what are their names? Maybe you can tell us some of these things in your next letter.

We hope your grandmother and all family members are healthy and fine. Please give all of them our greetings and respect. Be good.