Dixie Adoption News from GLA, And Life Goes On adoption law, GLA, Haiti 1 Comment
OK, the IBESR and UNICEF “proposed law” meeting that was supposed to take place on Thursday, I don’t think happened. It is difficult to know what is rumor and what is fact. And what is rumor may just have the wrong dates but will take place eventually! I would not be surprised if there [...]
Dixie Adoption News from GLA, And Life Goes On, Our Kids adoption news, Frantina, GLA, God's Littlest Angels, Medical care 0 Comment
First let me tell you about adoptions. The meeting on Tuesday was cancelled because of lack of participation of orphanage directors. We cannot get people to come to these meetings. I just pray that everyone doesn’t regret not stepping forward and doing something a year ago to lobby for adoptions to continue in Haiti. Everyone [...]
Dixie Adoption News from GLA, And Life Goes On Adoptions, God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, New Adoption Law, News 6 Comments
I just received an email today that a couple of members of the Association of orphanages officially met with two Senators today and spoke to them about the new adoption law. From what was learned, the Association will have a chance to put forth their recommendations to the head of the Senate and those key [...]
Dixie And Life Goes On, Our Kids Frantina, God's Littlest Angels, Haiti, Medical care, Orphanage, Orphans, santo domingo 4 Comments
Wednesday, we arrived at Dr. Robert Reid Cabral Hospital at 9 AM to meet the doctor. We didn’t see the doctor we had previously seen but we saw another one who was equally nice and spoke excellent English! She said that she had a tutor in English as a young girl. I was so thankful [...]
Dixie And Life Goes On, Our Kids Frantina, GLA, God's Littlest Angels, Medical care, Orphanage, santo domingo 8 Comments
I still say that my best purchase here in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic was this stroller for Frantina. She loves it and in fact, is going for a stroll in the park across from the apartment right now with Vivianne and Dave Williams! This park across from us over 3 1/2 miles long! It has [...]
Dixie And Life Goes On, Our Kids Frantina, God's Littlest Angels, Medical care, Orphanage, santo domingo 4 Comments
We moved into our apartment on Wednesday. It’s an older building on a busy street. It is a gated community and large with a pool so Frantina can splash around in the children’s pool for some exercise. There is a large city park across the road that is over a mile long with children’s swings [...]
Dixie And Life Goes On Frantina, God's Littlest Angels, Orphanage, Orphans, santo domingo 3 Comments
My days are running together and I can’t remember what I have blogged and what I have just posted on Facebook! Friday, we went to see the neurosurgeon and he showed me the MRI results. The mass is not solid and has pockets in the area that makes him agree with the radiologist that it [...]
Dixie And Life Goes On Domincan Republic, Frantina, God's Littlest Angels, Medical care, Orphan, Orphanage 0 Comment
We arrived at the Medical Center at 7 AM and Frantina did very well considering she could not have anything to eat since the night before! She has been really good the whole trip. I am really impressed with how happy she is and loves looking at all of the different things around her! They [...]