Connecting with the Thai kids already

Our  kids Hannah, Tom and Dom have sponsored 3 children for Christmas from the Baan Tharn Namchai Orphanage and they are very excited to have a personal connection to these lovely Thai kids who are 10, 12 and 15. 
We received lovely bios about them, their hopes and dreams, their smiles and sense of fun.  What shines through about these kids is their determination and persistence to achieve goals,  and their willingness to help with the younger children and babies in their community. 

My kids are now busy writing little letters to them with photos that I hope to deliver when I go there. 
It is a Christmas present that they will remember for the rest of 2013 and beyond and has really made them start to think about how lucky we are in NZ, especially in the heady days of Boxing day sales.
We hope the contribution will make a difference to these children, and I think it will make a big difference to ours!