Your Top Ten Adoption Questions Answered
Just starting your adoption journey? AGCI’s Director of Adoption, Julie Salwasser has the answers. Check out Julie’s responses to the most common questions about adoption below. 1. Why does adoption cost so much? Adoption costs a lot because it’s a legal process involving dual government cooperation. Home studies, agency fees, and the legal documents required to […]
Forever Hopeful: Dabens
Clinging to life by the hour, Dabens, a malnourished one-month-old infant, came into our care. Weighing just over 5 pounds, his survival looked bleak. Despite an uncertain future, our team of Special Mothers rushed him to the hospital, working with all their might on behalf of this precious child. Our Special Mothers stayed by Dabens’ […]
Forever Together: Pongi
Pongie was a darling little girl who arrived at our partner home in Haiti a few days before one of our Embrace Missions teams arrived in Haiti. She was an absolutely beautiful little girl who would be warm and engaging one moment and break into sad tears the next. The staff and care takers at […]
Inspired by Haiti
After a long week of work, we’re finally saying goodbye to Haiti. It seems like just yesterday we were adjusting to the heat, fast paced driving, and loud sounds at night; and yet those same sounds that at first kept us awake have come to lull us to sleep. The children we’ve embraced are no […]
Haiti Day 5
Team Update by Lani Another great day of serving those who are serving orphans every day. After another amazing breakfast of pancakes and fresh fruit, the guys and girls split up to finish various projects. The guys went to Rachael’s house to finish the playhouse (very grande!), the teeter-totter (fun!), and to replace the swing […]
Haiti: Return Trip
By Mary Aultman Hurley, Mission Team Participant Being sent to Laboule 15 after two years of being away from Haiti was quite exciting. I truly couldn’t imagine the empty house filled with laughing and crying… and oh, the smells. Walking through the doors and seeing healthy Haitian babies, and lots of them, brought me back […]
HAITI UPDATE: Our Strong Team
Mission Team Update by Meagan Richardson Well day 3 was successful! Murals were painted ALL over the house (including the outside) for the children to get to enjoy. The women definitely were flourishing with their creativity today while painting an entire garden, a night time scene, and even polka dots on the outside of the […]
Haiti Team Arrives!
We have all arrived! After a busy day of two airport trips to pick up three different groups of 17 people and 32 bags of donations we all made it to the guest house. Tuesday was our first day of work, we had planned to start building a playhouse for the kids but all our supplies […]
Adoption Tax Credit
Individuals Just Like You are Making a Difference! Members of Congress only act on an issue when they believe it has a real impact on their constituents. It is especially important now that the credit is under threat that your three Members of Congress understand how important the adoption tax credit is to you […]
Our Amazing Time in Haiti
Wednesday morning we had spaghetti for breakfast which is apparently a Haitian favorite. Rachel took us to the top of this mountain where the view was breathtaking. Down below we spotted a church service going on outside, the congregation was reaching their hands to the sky and yelling, “hallelujah! Hallelujah!” as massive clouds rolled past […]
Haiti Trip Update
Sunday morning we met another mission team with Mountain Top Ministries (MTM) and went out in a caravan of ATV’s, 3 people per 4-wheeler. We drove down gravely, hole ridden roads- to a dried-up river bed. Through the river bed, the hills surrounded us on all sides; the country side is magnificent! We splashed through […]
Arrived In Haiti
The following is the first report from our team serving in Haiti this week… Little white homes and businesses dot the landscape and increasingly tumble on to the coast line. Rolling green hills spread across the entire island which is larger than I imagined. Our luggage and bags full of gifts for the kiddos are […]
