This book is dedicated to my husband Gregg's grandmother, Calla. Thank you for stepping in and being a loving maternal figure in the wake of his mama's death. I know how much he loved you and how much he still misses you.

This book is also dedicated to the missionaries fromVision International who work at the real orphanage in Ti Palmiste that I modeled my fictional orphanage upon. Thank you for your love and dedication to Christ’s Great Commission that pours out onto the orphans in your village, and for the example of love and servitude that you give to us all. May God bless your service.