Today, a film crew came to the orphanage to take some video of the kids and the orphanage. We are hoping to make a short promotional DVD for GLA. Luke Renner, founder of the Caribbean Institute of Media Technologies , is shooting the footage for us and putting the DVD together. He and his friend, Kyle, will be back tomorrow to finish up the filming. We need a great promotional DVD to post and send out to help raise funds for the orphanage.

I have sent out 7 proposals this past week. I will sending out more later this week after I receive some psychological reports back tomorrow. My waiting list is getting shorter and shorter. This feels so good after almost 2 years of having a long waiting list of over 70 dossiers in Haiti at one time. I am down to less than 25 waiting parents right now and some of those have a proposal but just have not accepted yet!

We have 2 families here picking up their children this week. One from France and one from the USA. This means three children will be able to spend Christmas with their families and that is a wonderful thing! We just wish and pray that more children would be finished in the next few weeks.

Friday, we are scheduled to travel to Baie d'Orange, in the southern part of Haiti, to take seeds, clothing, tools, and medicines, to the people in this area. They were hit very hard by the hurricanes in August and September. The people in that area lost all of their crops, animals, and many lost their homes. Children have been starving to death and these people really need help. The Association for the orphanages is taking a delegation to the area with supplies. GLA will be sending at least one truck and possibly two to carry supplies.

We are still having children breaking out with chickenpox! Yes, you read that right! Chickenpox!!!! Just when we think that it is over, a new child will get it! We have kept it out of the intensive care nursery and also away from the Toddler House. But three (3) months of chickenpox is ENOUGH! Please pray that the chickenpox will be finished by Christmas! We cannot take much more of this!

The GLA office will be closed over Christmas. I will take time to catch up on emails, add new photos to the web site, and just catch up on rest and paperwork! I may even take a nap everyday if I want to!