heading back home

Hello everyone!

Tonight is our last night in Haiti. We are excited to be heading back home (cold weather and all) but we are sad to say goodbye. We have met so many great people and fell in love with these kids! We have been so blessed to have had the opportunity to live in Haiti for a month and volunteer our time to love all the kids at GLA.

This morning we got a tour of the toddler school house and their rooms. We also got to hand out candy canes that Nicole got from Santa to all the toddlers. They were all so excited! They sang us a few songs in Creole and the sang us a goodbye song. It was so cute! When we were finished handing out the candy canes, we headed back to the main house to begin our last day with our kids. Every wednesday we took care of all the kids in the nurseries while the nannies attended a Bible study. We have all enjoyed the opportunity to play with all the kids... even when they were screaming because we couldn't pick them all up.

Today when we were in the nursery we were given some bad news by Holly, one of the staff members. A little one month old girl that came in last week had not been doing so good. She was severely malnourished and dehydrated. She had been stable, but in the past few days her health was heading down hill. This morning she had stopped breathing but nurse was able to get her breathing again. At lunch time she had been doing a bit better, but one of the volunteers that had been helping with her said it would take a miracle for her to live. She passed away this afternoon. It was sad to be here when a child died, but we are glad she does not have to suffer anymore. Please pray for the health of all the other children here!

We look forward to seeing you all soon!
Love team Haiti