Sebastien’s second set of casts done two weeks ago gave him great relief from the first set. Lightweight casts that ran from his knees to the balls of his feet he was very pleased with the freedom they gave him. They granted so much freedom that he would try to pull himself up and put [...]
With Toddler House having less than a third of our kids in the adoption process and none that have gone home to their Forever Families in the last 6 months we are sitting at a pretty full capacity, but that doesn’t hold the little ones from the Main House back from growing. No Sir, they [...]
Not long ago we were blessed by a visit from the a team of individuals coming from the Roswell and Alpharetta Rotary Clubs of Georgia and 410 Bridge. The group had plans to work with several tent communities elsewhere in Haiti but after being put in contact with GLA by Tara Thorn they graciously [...]
A saddened little face looks up at me, his thick black eyebrows raised towards each other just above his nose, parted only by the wrinkle of concern running down his forehead. His face speaks without the slightest movement on his lips, inquisitively, hesitantly, he looks at me. His eyes open to the pain in his [...]
The days and weeks leading up to this years Christmas with the kids at Toddler House was filled with excitement and anticipation. We tried to do small things here and there to that reminded Joyce and I each of things that our families did with us when we were little to make the holiday special. [...]
As we celebrated thanksgiving this year, the kids pondered over what they were most thankful for. Across the board the response was family; mom, dad, grandpa, aunt, brother, grandmother, uncle, the people that these kids were raised and nurtured by, who were their for them until they came to GLA. And though daily we [...]
Friday the 18th, known as the Battle of Vertières, marks the victory of Dessalines in the last battle for a Haiti free of her chains to France. Since its one of the more important and more celebrated holidays in Haiti we gave our teachers the day off. Creating 60 displaced children in need of [...]
Today my heart sings in thankfulness for a little boy who entered our lives and joined the GLA Toddler House family a little over a year ago. He turned nine today. In his few years here on earth he has had to live out harder things than most of us do in a lifetime. [...]
