First leg of trip (Denver to Chicago)

We challenged ourselves to only bring a carry on back with all our clothes so that we wouldn't end up without our luggage. So far we are winning, 2 people are now without their bags and we haven'tЧитать далее
Chicago, IL

More pics of chicago
Chicago Hyatt

Sightseeing in Chicago
Since our flight doesn't leave until 7:50pm tonight so we decided to take the subway into town and visit a couple of tourist attractions. The first stop was getting to a storeЧитать далее
Chicago

More of Chicago
Hamad International Airport

We did indeed make it out this time and the flight was packed. Mia and I sat in the middle section in-between 2 very nice men. The man by me was rather large and sat halway in to my seat and also hadЧитать далее
Colombo

After another 5 1/2 hour flight we finally got to Colombo Sri Lanka, I believe we landed around 2am.
Cinnamon Red, Mawatha colombo

After another 1 hour drive to the airport we were checked in by 430am and had to be up and ready by 845am to visit the projects. I believe I got a 2 hour nap but Mia wasn't tired so she didn't sleepЧитать далее
Compassion Project in Madampe

After no sleep we were on our way (2 hour drive) to visit our first project which is a child survival project. Its a program that helps moms and their children develop together and survive. We got toЧитать далее
Anantaya Beach Resort

The hotel is gorgeous and the staff are super friendly. The water is a little rough and right next to the hotel on the beach is a large amount of people living in poverty, shacks line the shore.
Compassion Project in Thidalaya

We were greeted by all the kids in the Compassion project.
Kids at the project

The kids loved Mia and kept asking her name and touching her hair
Church at the project

It was super long and hot we sat outside for a two hour service.
Park

After church we loaded up the kids on our air conditioned tour bus we took the kids to a park.
They love to dance and sing and made us sing pop songs that they could dance to.
Bus ride

They have never been in a tour bus and the kids loved it. I have a video that I will post of them singing.
Compassion project in Ingodawela

This project is in a flood zone, alot of the houses were hit by severe flooding and are trying to rebuild. We visited one house where the family lived in very wet conditions and the wife was veryЧитать далее
Compassion project in Ingodawela

Everywhere we go they offer us food and drinks. They have nothing but they make sure we are taken care of. Mia is trying this sweet snack that they bake in a large leaf, it wasn't that bad. We alsoЧитать далее
Compassion project in Ingodawela

The older kids Mias age got out of school and we got to meet them. They also did a music performance for us.
Cinnamon Red Mawatha, Colombo

We are now back at the first hotel which was a 3 hour bus ride. It's in the heart of colombo which is very crowded. We are done visiting our projects and get to be a tourist for a day. We are headedЧитать далее
Youtubers

We are traveling with a couple of you tube stars Justin and Andrew.
Here are a couple of links to some videos that they have created. They usually do one a day but since the wifi has been bad theyЧитать далее
Buddhist temple

Buddhist temple
